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13 June, 2021
Above are two thermal images from a recent Daily Mail (U.K.) article. Thermal cameras capture heat signatures and at first
glance both figures look human. However, it is claimed that the image on the above left is of a giant man-like creature known colloquially
as a Yowie but otherwise is undiscovered and unknown to science. The image on the above right is a thermal of one of claimant's
team members as a comparison.
Thermal cameras can reveal a surprising amount of information. For example, clothing, which can affect how heat is distributed and
dispersed, is visible to varying degrees on the human subjects to the right whereas the "Yowie" (above) shows
no sign of that (although the figure is mostly obscured by foliage from mid-torso down.) If the human comparisons (right) were
also similarly obscured by foliage clothing would still be visible on the upper torsos of A and B whereas C and D would appear
"unclothed" (i.e. bare skin indistinguishable from areas of clothing) and comparable to the "Yowie" in the lack of
visible detail.
It should be noted that the thermal images of the figures in the comparison (right) were not taken standing side-by-side
at the same time. The images were taken separately, possibly at different distances, and then digitally cut/pasted into a single
picture for the purpose of comparison. Furthermore, how settings are adjusted affects image quality but that will be covered next
in more detail.
So, if areas of bare skin are sometimes indistinguishable from parts covered by clothing in terms of heat signatures,
then the human-like "Yowie" thermal image could simply be a regular human rather than some giant human-like mystery species.
Clothed or Buck Naked?
"Yowie" Thermal Images
Coming next:
The Issue of Image Quality
Details of the environment - tree trunk, foliage, ground - are visible in the thermal comparison
(right) but are completely absent in the original "Yowie" thermal image (left). Why?
Clothes doth maketh the man but doth lack of clothes maketh the monster?
UPDATE -- 1 February, 2022
Note that links to the "Yowie thermal" videos are now unavailable. Why were they removed? Is
it an acknowledgment that Yowies weren’t actually captured on thermal video? Is it an attempt to avoid further scrutiny? Is Big Brother
responsible? Or have the rights been sold?
At any rate, removing the original videos makes further analysis impossible. I will
wrap up with the points of suspicion:
The “Yowie thermal” video was suspicious for a number of reasons:
- the thermal camera
had it’s settings altered to record heat signals as white-hot (which limits the amount of visible detail available about the heat
source) while restricting the ambient surrounds to a sea of violet (again restricting the amount of visible detail about the terrain).
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the thermal camera was handed to a novice cameraman (ie someone who has never used the device before), the cameraman was left on his
own, and 20 minutes later began capturing the very human-like thermal images (said by the Yowie Hunter to be Yowies).
- at
one point one of the “Yowies” appears to be hugging a tree. It is claimed the first Yowie pretended to be a tree in a bid to hide
from the researchers. 'It's doing what Yowies do, they all hug a tree,' he said. 'This one here is hugging the tree so he blends in
so Buck [Buckingham, who was taking the video,] can't see him.'” There may be several thousand documented examples of Yowie encounters
– to the best of my knowledge there are zero examples which describe a suspected Yowie to be “hugging a tree”. This new Yowie meme
was apparently adopted after watching a somewhat ambiguous thermal video of a bear in the act of climbing a tree filmed in Mississippi
by US Bigfoot enthusiast, Angela Ashton (see below), which was interpreted as a Bigfoot hugging a tree for camouflage purposes.
- the
subsequent investigation returned to the site the following day in daylight to determine the specific location the Yowies were standing. A
particular spot as being the correct location but when thermal video footage is lined-up against the daytime comparison photographs
the corresponding environmental anchors fail to match. Furthermore, no accurate measurements of the site were taken – heights and
distances were simply estimated.
- the wrong location combined with lack of accurate measurements lead to the erroneous conclusion
the figures were 8ft tall. Subsequent claims that the thermal images displayed non-human or primitive features do not stack up --
when the thermal image is lined-up against a particular crew member in a similar pose it provides an almost identical match.
- when
given the opportunity, reasonable questions about the irregularities of the thermal video were not answered. Instead, the response
was abusive personal messages. That is not how research works.
- no independent expert opinion was sought nor has an independent
expert, biologist, or academic expressed the slightest interest in this "evidence" which, if genuine, would be a game-changer -- an
unknown and previously undocumented Australian primate.
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“Hugging a tree”
Also present in the video was a thermal image captured in the Holly Springs National Forest in Mississippi by American researcher
Angela Ashton.
Ashton was conducting research in the forest ... when “with the camera in the black and white setting, she saw two
Bigfoot in the tree line about a hundred yards away. Upon seeing her, one disappeared, running in a zigzag pattern, while another
did what Bigfoot and Yowies do; it hugged a tree to disguise itself, so it couldn’t be seen...or so it thought.”
"When Angela first
showed me this image, I was staggered; I was amazed. This, as far as I’m concerned, is one of the best still thermal images in the
world.”
[He] responded to those who don't believe the footage could be real by saying, "I couldn't care less if people refuse
to acknowledge [Yowies'] existence. I'm not here to convince them, I'm here to provide the facts."
Angela
Ashton’s thermal video depicts a bear in the process of climbing a tree and erroneously interpreted as being a Bigfoot hugging
a tree supposedly for camouflage. Ashton's thermal video subsequently inspired the purchase a new model thermal in
order to film the Yowie.
The Springbrook "Yowie thermal" video at one point depicts a human-like figure apparently in the act of hugging
a tree. “It's doing what Yowies do, they all hug a tree”. How was this conclusion reached? Prior to this incident there are no instances
in which Yowie witnesses have supposedly observed a Yowie to hug a tree – not even by the claimant nor on any of the claimant's own
websites.
-- Ed, Yowieocalypse.
Edited 25/02/2022
Edited 18/02/2022
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Note: The YowieOcalypse website will no longer provide analysis nor comment on the claims and "evidence" by a particular individual and his/her "research group."
However, if you have any questions about such "Yowie evidence" I am more than happy to answer private enquiries from interested individuals, independent researchers, and journalists. There are many inconsistencies.
Questionable claims and evidence deserve to be questioned and I encourage those with a genuine interest in the Yowie phenomenon to take a closer look at what is going on. Future cryptozoological conferences provide wonderful opportunities for anyone to question the so-called "Yowie experts" on the inconsistencies of their claims and evidence.
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