Grizzly Man Meets Robo-Cop
Back before Werner Herzog made Timothy Treadwell and his Grizzly-fetish famous, there was Troy Hurtubise. After a close encounter with a Grizzly in 1984, Hurtubise decided he wanted to know more about these beasts. Instead of renting a video, though, or even buying some freaking binoculars, he set about figuring out a way he could get up close and personal with them. Seven years and $150, 000 later the Mark VI armour-suit was born. The following clip, which shows each suit incarnation being tested for durability (with Hurtubise inside), is taken from 1996 film Project Grizzly.
I'm guessing all that punishment has caused Mr. Hurtubise some brain damage. Why? Because in the last couple of years he has made the jump from designing monkey-suits to inventing:
a) Firepaste: a heat resistant paste which can withstand temperatures greater than those the Space Shuttle faces upon re-entry (one ingredient of this paste is Diet Coke).
b) Angel Light: a device which can see through objects, detect stealth aircraft, see through flesh, and disable electronic devices (it came to him in a dream and worked on first try).
c) God Light: a device which can make blind men see and lame men walk. It has also, supposedly, cured Parkinson's disease and shrunk tumors.
From left to right-- Troy Hurtubise, the Angel Light, the Mark VI.
I'm guessing all that punishment has caused Mr. Hurtubise some brain damage. Why? Because in the last couple of years he has made the jump from designing monkey-suits to inventing:
a) Firepaste: a heat resistant paste which can withstand temperatures greater than those the Space Shuttle faces upon re-entry (one ingredient of this paste is Diet Coke).
b) Angel Light: a device which can see through objects, detect stealth aircraft, see through flesh, and disable electronic devices (it came to him in a dream and worked on first try).
c) God Light: a device which can make blind men see and lame men walk. It has also, supposedly, cured Parkinson's disease and shrunk tumors.
From left to right-- Troy Hurtubise, the Angel Light, the Mark VI.
posted by Ryan A at 3:48 AM
2 Comments:
Perhaps his exposure to heavy metals whilst operating his scrap metal business...was, er, the catalyst? Any similarities to our famiy are purely coincidental? AL
Even thought the chickenshit jumps before the truck hits him, I still want one.
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