The discussion of whether John Podesta is the man in the Fatherhood video has centered on analysis of voice and speech patterns. I have tried to include the URL from this video into this post, but I see it has just been banned from Youtube.
The Fatherhood video is a visually “complicated” piece. The screaming, flashing multicolored lights, the distortion of what appears to be a glass shower door and the brush all add to disorienting the viewer.
I examined the video frame by frame to try to extract more details. The images are posted in the album http://imgur.com/a/BPKXH
The album includes original screen shots and enhanced images.
Early in the video there is a silhouette of a person moving in and out of focus but at 04s there is a clear body profile of what appears to be a thin man that appears to be wearing knee length shorts.
At 27s a hand image is seen with wide spread fingers. The hand is also seen at 28s and appears to show somewhat distorted fingers.
The next three images were from frames at 40s. It is of a hand that is seen from the top (in a handshake position) that turns palm downward. These three frames show a hand with fingers that are not fully extended, but that appear to be positioned with fingers curved downward.
Although these images are individual frames and are only momentary captures it can be definitively said that the man in the video is quite thin. Five hand images were captured, which together appear to show widely spaced finger positioning, distortion, and finger curling.
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Mommyplayer571 ago
The last picture of the prone hand with curled fingers is suspicious for Podesta. He has Dupetryns. Nice analysis. If we had an honest justice system they would investigate this.
joeysaperv ago
Thanks. Out of the 5 hand images there isn't one that could be considered "normal hand" but that might not be too unusual, given how fluid our hands movements can be at any moment.
The oddest frames to me included the frame at 28s and the third image at 40s. At 28s the fingers are partially obscured by the video timer, but the fingers are askew at different angles, which is surprisingly like JPs fingers. The last frame at 40s shows another 'not normal" finger positioning that looks almost arthritic.
Tanngrisnir ago
Not trying to be a smartass, but it is spelled Dupuytren's contracture for those who want to look it up. It is usually associated with older people and often alcoholics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren%27s_contracture
Hopevoats ago
It's more prevalent after age 40 (Podesta is 68), and alcoholism is simply one of many risk factors.
From the Dupuytren Foundation website:
duhiki ago
There's a documentary series from the BBC called Blood of the Viking; they talk about Dupuytren's contracture. It's found in people with ancestry north of the equator, and very little incidence in populations around the equator.
Tanngrisnir ago
I'm not saying alcoholism is a requirement or anything or that Podesta doesn't have it. I'm fairly young and have the even rarer foot equivalent Ledderhose disease and also have Dupuytren's run in my family. I just wanted to put the correct spelling out there in case someone wanted to look into the connection.
Hopevoats ago
Sorry for you. That's got to suck! I found a nodule in my palm and obsessed about Dupuytren's for a long time. Gladly, whatever it was receded.