NEW ALMASTY VIDEO?

A video purporting to be an almasty has been uploaded to Facebook video. Richard Freeman, who in 2008 led an expedition to Russia in search of the creature, writes:


'The film seems un-naturally blurry. Even film taken on a mobile phone at a distance could surely be cleaned up more than this. If this had been taken a few decades ago on cine film it would have been more believable. Look at the way the figure moves. It is walking slowly and gingerly along the cliff edge. Almasty witnesses have comented on the creatures' agility and climbing skills, scaling cliff faces that would be impossible for a human.


This looks to me like a man in a costume. He could be walking slowly due to fear of falling off the cliff or not being able to see well through the mask. From time to time he seems to pause. This could indicate he is looking about him to get his bearings, but it could also mean he is pausing to allow the person taking the film to shoot enough footage of him.


It reminds me of a more blurry vertion of the 'snow-walker' footage from a few years back: someone floudering about in a clumsy manner, in an ape suit. Compare it to the highly convincing Patterson footage and you will see how poor this film is. I think the almasty exists but that this is not film of one.'