PEI 2001 — Still One of the Hardest Clips to Dismiss
Twenty-five years later this short clip from Prince Edward Island still refuses to die. 👀
In June 2001, Nathan and Noah Wiley were filming a homemade chase scene. Their friend runs out of the woods on cue. A moment later a large, dark, heavily built figure bursts from the tree line, crosses the clearing in a powerful gait, and disappears into the opposite woods. The sequence lasts maybe ten to fifteen seconds.
The strongest objections from the last time I posted this are fair and worth stating clearly.
PEI is a relatively small, populated island with limited deep wilderness. There are no established large predator populations that would make a breeding group of Sasquatch easy to explain. Getting there would require swimming significant distances. That geographic problem is real and has never been adequately answered. The filming context also raises legitimate staging concerns — they were already shooting a chase scene, there are verbal cues that sound like direction, and the path of the figure can look convenient for someone in a suit to exit the frame. Low resolution from 2001 does not help.
What continues to hold my attention is the movement itself. The figure starts lower, almost bounding or knuckle-walking, then rises into an upright run without the stiffness or mechanical bounce typical of a person in a costume. The arm swing, weight transfer, and speed across the ground still look more like a large primate than a man trying not to trip in tall grass. The body proportions — long arms, broad torso, uniform dark covering — also line up with many classic reports.
The cameraman’s reaction is another detail that doesn’t feel fully explained by a simple prank. He does not freeze or perform a theatrical “what is that?” Instead he moves forward, trying to get a better look. A few people last time said that reaction made the clip more believable. Others still saw it as staged. Both readings are possible.
I still lean slightly toward this being something real rather than a deliberate hoax, mainly because of the gait and the timing of the reaction. But the island problem and the homemade-movie setup keep me from treating it as strong evidence. It remains an interesting, unresolved piece of footage.
What do you see in the gait and the reaction? 👣❓
#Bigfoot #Sasquatch #Cryptid
A homeless man approached me as I was leaving a sandwich shop…
He asked me if I had £5 to spare. I felt bad for him, and was just about to give him the money.
But then I realized I was holding a £5 foot long I had just bought, so I held up both the cash and the sandwich and told him he could have whichever one he preferred.
He stared at the sandwich. Then his eyes shot over to the £5 note. He looked at the sandwich again, then back at the cash. After a moment his eyes were darting back and forth between the two, and he threw up his hands in despair, let out a scream of anguish and then turned and ran away from me.
At first I was totally confused, but then it dawned on me:
Beggars can’t be choosers.
This is a too rude for TV gag that was in my first special years ago but I was never happy with the recording of it. I slightly fluffed pronouncing the word ‘orchid’ and telegraphed the punchline. It still worked as its a good gag but it could’ve been better. So rerecorded last week in Norwich to set the record straight Orchid is the pivot word. It has to be pronounced in the listener’s story one time frame or it telegraphs the gag. That doesn’t matter if the pivot is also the reveal word ie at the end of the joke but it matters a lot when its in the middle. My new tour Gary On Laughing is better constructed than the first four and is happening now.
A pub has hit back after receiving dozens of angry comments over a video showing their chef plating up a pork roast dinner with his bare hands.
The Leagate Inn in Coningsby uploaded a clip on Facebook showing their kitchen team preparing the pork dish.
Staff thought they had perfected the meal after putting in massive effort behind the scenes.
Yet the post quickly turned controversial as viewers spotted the chef handling roast potatoes, carrots, red cabbage, pork belly, and a Yorkshire pudding without gloves.
More than 90 people commented to voice their disgust at the hands-on technique.
One disgruntled viewer complained that they hate when someone has touched every piece of their meal, while another urged the kitchen to put gloves on.
Pub co-owner Laura later posted a video response to defend the team against the online backlash.
She pointed out that Environmental Health Officer guidelines actually advise against using disposable gloves because they are less hygienic than thorough handwashing.
EHO rules confirm that gloves are completely optional and can often give kitchen staff a false sense of security.
Chefs from across the country have since rallied around the venue to support their kitchen practices.
One chef of ten years noted that the only time they ever wear gloves is when handling raw meat before throwing them straight in the bin.
This guy makes one of the biggest mistakes of his life.
He jumps into the water and he doesn't realize it yet but he jumped in with a great white shark