Filmmaker's Measurements Suggest Standing Sasquatch Videos Are Real

Posted Saturday, July 11, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

A Canadian filmmaker who had his own close encounter with a Sasquatch just dropped what might be one of the most compelling analyses of Todd Standing's controversial footage I've seen in a long time, and honestly, the math doesn't lie. The video comes from the YouTube channel Capanna nel bosco, and it features Roberto, a director and researcher who says he had a Sasquatch encounter back in September 2024. Rather than just rehashing the same tired arguments floating around online about Todd Standing's films, Roberto went straight to the source. He sat down with Todd himself for a remote interview and threw every skeptical accusation he could find right at him. Then he brought in wildlife biologists, anthropologists, and PhD-holding anatomists to weigh in on the footage. Here's where it gets really interesting. The biggest accusation against Todd has always been that the Sasquatch he calls "Jake" from Video 5 is just Todd wearing prosthetic makeup. You've probably seen those side-by-side comparisons floating around the internet where people draw lines between Todd's eyes and mouth and Jake's, claiming they match up perfectly. Roberto tackles this head-on, and the method he uses is honestly brilliant. Todd had already pointed out in previous videos that Douglas Fir needles from the Rocky Mountains maintain a consistent length of about 1 to 1.5 inches regardless of how big or old the tree is. Roberto grabbed a still frame from Video 5, zoomed in on the foliage right in front of Jake's face, and started measuring. Using those needles as a natural ruler, he cloned them across the frame and counted. The result? Jake's head measures at least 15 inches wide. For reference, the average adult human head is only about 6 to 7 inches wide. That's more than double. And remember, Jake isn't even facing the camera directly in that shot, which means the actual width is even greater than what's visible. Roberto even held up a standard 12-inch ruler next to his own head for comparison, and the difference is genuinely unsettling. No human skull on this planet is 15 inches wide, and no prosthetic makeup job could pull that off either. But he doesn't stop there. He applies the same technique to "Jane" from Video 4, using Engelmann spruce needles (which run about 1.5 to 3.3 centimeters) as his reference points. Jane's head comes out to roughly 13 inches across, again with the caveat that she's angled away from the camera. Todd Standing has long maintained that these beings have cranial structures unlike anything in the human or primate world, and this kind of forensic measurement seems to back that up. What makes this analysis stand out from the countless others floating around YouTube is the rigor. Roberto explicitly refuses to manipulate the still frames to get a better result. He uses unaltered footage from Todd's original recordings and applies consistent botanical science to establish scale. Todd Standing's footage has been dismissed and ridiculed for years, often by people who never bothered to do the math. This video actually does the math. For anyone who's followed the Todd Standing saga, this is worth your time. Roberto also touches on what Todd interprets as a Sasquatch marking, something he admits he was skeptical about at first but is now reconsidering. The full breakdown runs deep, and there's clearly more coming in future installments. If you want to see the measurements for yourself and follow Roberto's investigation as it continues, definitely check out the video. It's one of those rare cases where someone actually puts in the work instead of just shouting "fake" from the comments section.