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Bigfoot Lives

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This production is presented by self-proclaimed 33 year long bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi, not the highest held name in the bigfoot community. He is joined by 'Java Bob' (of Happy Camp 'fame' - locals know what this means). None-the-less, Biscardi takes his group on the road covering many different states and actually presents a few interesting highlights but also some 'so-whats'. There's a number of eye-witness testimonies which are interesting but the photos are iffy and known fakes. There are three very intriguing points in this presentation that really needs to be looked into and expanded upon with conclusions.

A) The unidentified severed hand from Idaho Falls (can be seen on Biscardi's website)
B) Hiriam Upham's juvenile leg video (slightly disturbing when viewed), lost buried in his field - Browning, MT
C) Mike Sell's unidentified large grave skeleton (can be seen on Biscardi's website) and purported 'attack' encounter video - Paris, TX

Downside - Biscardi's constantly saying "okay" after every partial sentence as if he is talking to a 10 year old really bothered me. Then there's Biscardi's long time connection to Ivan Marx (known hoaxer) which is not very beneficial to one's credentials (pertaining to bigfoot research anyway). One of his creature photos, I believe, is from the Ray Wallace fakery-collection. But mostly, just Biscardi's reputation isn't that good and he spends as much time pushing himself as he does his 'research'.

It's a 79 minute presentation of which the first 20 minutes or so did very little to interest me, but then it got markedly better and interesting with the above mention three highlights, however, there is also no conclusion to any of those points which is a downer. The thing is, Biscardi is willing to go out there across the country to look into otherwise overlooked reports - for the right price that is (check out his past financial legal problems). Is it the best self-produced dvd out there - no. Is it worthy of your bigfoot collection - sure.

I purchased this DVD against my better judgment. The idea that any of my money might find its way into the Pockets of the man behind this production just didn't sit well.
Next time I'll listen to that inner voice.
There is nothing here any more ground breaking or earth shattering than there is on your average TV special on the subject. Nothing I "Knew" about the topic changed and the film didn't take me deeper into the world of Bigfoot. If the same old rehashed reports, ("I saw Bigfoot...he walked like this...I was a-skeered") and uneven, overly dramatic footage from the field are what passes for what is new and exciting in Bigfoot research, then maybe this IS the Citizen Kane of Bigfoot documentaries.
If you have ever watched more than one History Channel or A&E show on the topic of Bigfoot then you have already seen this film.
Once again, the grandiose claims of Mr. Biscardi fall FAR short of the truth.

This documentary offers unusual locations, encounters and physical evidence (bones and tissue). Eye-witness accounts from mostly new witnesses and law enforcement (minimal reenactments). It features active BF areas in TX, OH, NY, AZ and MN rather than the usual Pacific NW. Three examples of bones and soft tissue are featured (I didn't expect this).

I thought the approach was very honest and the production value was comparable to BF docs seen on Travel Channel but not quite as high as History Channel or Discovery. The producer explains that he had worked with Ivan Marx and some of Marx's controversial photos are briefly featured in the film. I'm judging this piece not on it's evidence (you can decide) but rather it's ability to present evidence, present it clearly and offer enough new material to enhance the BF quest. I think it succeeds in this.

Bigfoot Lives is a very exciting documentary with real eyewitness accounts that brought a chill to my bones. This movie kept me watching over and over again. I couldn't get over the up close and personal encounters reported to the Searching for Bigfoot team and the actual footage that was shot during the making of the movie. Bigfoot Lives is a definate must have dvd for all Bigfoot hunters and skeptics alike. No matter where you stand on the issue of Bigfoot, real or hoax, you will definately be entertained. Bigfoot Lives will challenge you to come closer to making a decision about the reality of this creature. If you can't participate in an actual expedition, follow along with Tom Biscardi and the team and watch as they attempt prove that Bigfoot Lives.

I have watched every Bigfoot movie/documentary out there and this one is basically legit. Tom Biscardi and his researchers/crew do a pretty good job at getting the point across about Bigfoot. He offers many different perspectives/viewpoints of eye-witness accounts. Tom appears to fall a little short with his patience when he interviews the head of Farm and Land Bureau in his (the eye-witness)county.
If I had to provide a negative it would tough, however, one particular issue comes to mind when eye-witnesses see/hear/fire at or discover tracks, Tom's team will determine usually that the evidence is inconclusive. However, when they are researching an island, a team member states that they were being followed and fresh tracks were located, so what does Tom say for Bigfoot evidence? DEFINITE! THIS DID NOT SEEM FAIR AND WAS SLIGHTLY BIASED TO ME.
All and all--I would say purchase this DVD and decide for yourself--it is still pretty decent with information.

Patty A. Whitacre
Venice, Florida

A friend of mine loaned me this DVD in the hopes that I would become a believer. On the contrary, after watching this video and laughing out loud at times at the absurdity of the supposed evidence, I have now become convinced that the entire thing is a scam. This after going into the video with an open mind. This video leaves more questions than it provides answers (and real proof). The video steadily digresses toward a ridiculous end, almost as if the most absurd, staged encounters would be more believable after a thorough priming. What a crock.

Here are the main issues I had with this documentary:

1) Early in the video we find BF tracks in the mud in a swampy area. Two tracks are side by side, less than shoulder length apart. People don't stand like this when on unsteady footing, why should BF? The viewer is told that there are about "12 tracks" leading up to the spot where the two in the video are seen, but these tracks are never shown to the viewer, and no study is undertaken as to the gait of the BF. This is my main problem with the video; statements are made and there's absolutely no proof provided to back it up.

2) None of the video filmed at night was done with night vision (until the very end with Mike's encounter). Many scenes are shot in darkness, as someone is explaining what the darkness is supposed to be showing us. If Biscardi were actually interested in locating BF, he'd use night vision. And don't get confused with the one or two scenes where they say they use "infrared". It showed nothing and this is not what you want to be using if you're serious about actually spotting something in the woods at night.

3) I doubt the credibility of many of the supposed eyewitnesses. They talk like they are experts, and their opinions are presented as fact, yet these opinions having no basis in fact are not edited out of the documentary. This detracts from the main premise of the video - that Biscardi will show us proof that Bigfoot exists. My favorite was in Ohio when this one guy was talking about Bigfoot, and said "there's families of them out here" with "babies", and traveling in packs with "6-8 females". LOL.

4) The guy who supposedly shot a BF in Arizona: Biscardi interviews this guy about the shooting, and the scene ends with a BF screaming in pain in the woods (audio added to enhance story). If you've ever hunted, or shot at an animal, you know that the very FIRST thing that you do is go look for the blood trail and try to find what you've shot at. But there was no discussion on this; the scene ends and the viewer is made to accept, at face value, the entire story of the shooting without any discussion of a blood trail, hair, or even tracks. Even if the guy was scared, he could have returned the next day with more people to look for evidence. This account amounts to nothing but a story with no evidence whatsoever to support the shooting.

5) The BF hand: Biscardi claims that the DNA concludes that it is not human, nor from a known primate, but from an unknown species. OK, so where's the proof of this statement? It is never provided. Again, let's just accept Biscardi's word, with no actual physical proof to back it up.

6) Indian Reservation Casts: These casts are HUGE! They rival Biscardi's specimens from Happy Camp CA (20 inches long), which Biscardi claims (earlier in the video) are the biggest ever. Yet Biscardi never addresses that these new casts are some of the biggest ever made. This is very telling.

Also, Biscardi adds to the AZ Dept. of Public Safety Report. The report reads, "The hairs in Item D are all of non-human animal origin"; Biscardi adds the word "or" to read ... "non-human OR animal origin" which changes the meaning. Biscardi is trying to say the report is excluding humans and animals; the actual report read that it is excluding humans, but not necessarily known animals.

7) Hans Mobius and the BF by the Gator: This is the dumbest Photshop'd image I've ever seen. The BF image is totally black and lacks any dimension and detail whatsoever. And the picture was taken in broad daylight, yet no detail can be made out, even on close inspection. Furthermore, it's an obvious hoax for two reasons. One is that when you closely inspect the picture, it is pixelated, except for the black, dimensionless image. This indicates that the image was drawn, placed on TOP of the original picture (if the image was taken at the same time as the background, everything would be pixelated not just the background). Worse than this, however, is the Bigfoot's arm. Upon close inspection, it's obvious that its arm is not attached but there is a slight separation from the drawn torso. Only a drawn image would show this.

8) Body Parts: Some guy claims his dog brought home pieces of a Bigfoot. But the Fish and Wildlife took them. Then his dog brought home "the other foot", and he "took pictures of it, video of it" (Biscardi displays the picture, which is so poor quality it barely resembles a foot). He kept them in the freezer for a time, "but we finally took it out of there" and buried it (no reason given). Then this guy "tries to locate it (later), but couldn't find it". The video shown in this segment was dramatic but inconclusive. It shows some kind of leg and foot of a small creature (what they claim is a baby BF) but who knows? It's all mangled up and hard to tell, plus Biscardi has no DNA evidence from local testing to talk about, and the evidence was buried after the filming was done and can't be located.

9) Bigfoot skeleton: Wow! They found the needle in the haystack! The viewer is led to a dig site in the middle of the woods in Paris, TX, where a supposed BF skeleton is being excavated. It's about 2 feet in the ground. Biscardi says that they were going to get it analyzed "and find out what's it's all about". Then the segment ends. I suppose it was better to turn out the video rather than include more unsubstantiated results. But the bigger question is: what led someone to start digging here in the middle of the woods? This obvious question is never addressed, leading me to conclude that the entire dig site is staged.

10) Mike's encounter: LOL, it looks like Biscardi took a page from the Blair Witch Project with this one! The guy in the video claims that he's bumped in the night by a BF while filming, yet he doesn't even scream. This is poor acting and a dumb way to end the video.

So, after watching this video, Biscardi has left me with one big question: if HE really believes in Bigfoot, why would he put out a video that has so many clearly faked encounters in it? If he were a serious BF believer, he would be ashamed of the things in this video. If Biscardi, who has hunted Bigfoot for 30 years, put this out as the best thing he has to show after all this time, I suspect that knows Bigfoot is a myth. This video takes you on a journey for evidence, but in the end the evidence is always elusive and has either disappeared or is unsubstantiated. As Biscardi says at the end "Now it's up to you. You either believe, or you don't". Well, I unequivocally don't! I would rate this video a zero, only I enjoyed the music track, the editing, and the special effects.

Come on people, Tom Biscardi has been involved in at least three major and PROVEN hoaxes when it comes to Bigfoot. The latest being the Georga Bigfoot hoax. This whole "documentary" is one giant pat on the back to him. This whole thing is one big hilarious joke. As someone else mentioned there is a lot of filming in at night with no night vision and you can hear the man holding the camera sayiing "THERE HE IS", "RIGHT THERE, CAN'T YOU SEE HIM?" No you goof it's night time and you are filming without night vision. This happens at least twice during the filming.
Throughout filming Biscardi fires off "fact" after "fact" with NOTHING to back it up. Then the most annoying thing is the end of the film that shows "a man being attacked by a bigfoot". You never see anything of the man but his legs and never hear anything but a few grunts and a well placed "help". Now, I ask you. If this was a true video of a man being attacked by a Bigfoot how come 1. A known hoaxer has it 2. the film isn't with a police department because, as Tom says this man was attacked so someone should be investigating it 3. the man being attacked is able to keep the camera in his hands and facing in front of him the whole time he is being attacked instead of using the camera or at least his hands to fend off his attacked.

I just sat through 80 minutes of semi-intriguing footage and then they ended it with a blair witch style cliffhanger to force you to buy the next dvd. I might have been convinced if not for that little BS trick. I want a refund for the hour and 20 minutes of life wasted!!

I was in this documentary. Every piece of evidence in this film has had a legitimate explanation. Of course the documentary spins it like it's a mystery. They never say what something is.

This whole DVD is a joke, as is Tom Biscardi. Tom is a huge part of the reason people frown on the field of bigfoot research. He is NOT a researcher and in fact at one point, he stated he was the partner of Ivan Marx, who was one of the BIGGEST hoaxers in the field. The only contribution Biscardi has made to bigfoot research is to tear it down and take a giant step backwards. The DVD is full of false information and is very mis-leading. Biscardi turns the evidence however he wants it, to make it say what he wants it to say. Biscardi was the LEADER in that whole "we have a dead bigfoot body in Georgia" a few years ago. He participated and pushed the rumor saying that he actually touched, saw and took tissue samples from the "corpse". He said that there was "no way" that it was "a gorilla suit" and even TOOK MONEY during the whole fiasco...$50,000, I believe. When the whole thing blew up (because it WAS a gorilla suit) and he was exposed as a fraud (again)he was never able to give one red cent of that money back, because he didn't have it any longer. So, I guess you could add "theif" to his long list of fakery and bad traits. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS DVD. All you are doing is feeding his ego and his pocket, while he seeks and destroys people in the field of bigfoot research. There are plenty of other DVD's and books out there that have good, valid information by people who are genuinely interested in this topic. Purchase any one of those, but don't give Tom Biscardi your hard earned money, he doesn't deserve it.