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Mammoth videotaped in Russia--or maybe not...
Thursday, February 16, 2012
This video of a bear carrying a large salmon is being promoted as proof that mammoths still roam Siberia. Your Out There editor's comment: I wish I'd caught that fabulous salmon!
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This hoax has been perpetrated by the 'Paranormal Investigator' who has plastered his name over the footage even though he does not own copyright to the actual film.
The 'pre-mammoth insertion' footage, was shot by Film maker Lou Petho, who shot the footage during a test hike for a documentary to retrace his grandfather's escape from a Siberian POW camp in 1915 : Here's Lou himself explaining:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ijg5F-5sdI
*Update*
Lou Petho has now closed his youtube account but here's a link to an article that explains the hoax: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/woolly-mammoth-hoax-confirmed_n...