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Some say he's a space alien, a specialized robot, or a secret genetics experiment. All we know is that he's a very talented driver who has a very mysterious identity. Until now. This new photo that has surfaced clearly shows a man behind the mask. So he's human after all. But which human?
The identity of the original Stig was revealed to be former F1 driver Perry McCarthy when the black-suited Stig was "killed-off" of the show, tragically driving a Jaguar XJ-S off the flight deck of HMS Invincible. Since then, the identity of the current white-suited Stig has been a hot topic of speculation. Most agree The Stig is not merely one man; there are multiple men that have worn the the Stig mask. For instance, according to the Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet, Swedish snowmobiler Dan Lang wore the white suit during the Winter Olympic Special's snowmobile on a ski-jump stunt. Even friend of the show, stunt driver Russ Swift, said in an interview that The Stig is not played by just one person. Maybe the real question is, do we want to know who The Stig is? Ignorance is bliss, right?
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POLAЯ
I live my life full of ignorance, so how the hell would I know that it is bliss? I don't know any different.
I Am The Stig
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It's totally David Bowie.
Anonymity allows the Stig to be the Stig. Let it be, some things are a better mystery than reality
IT's ME
who cares all we know is that he/they are badass
let it be
@ØmÆgä ßrÅff: What's that white sploogy stuff running down your nose??
Some say...
@PÖLAЯ: I had Charles proof the photo..
@PÖLAЯ:
That's called the money shot
@PÖLAЯ: 80's glare!
Ahhh, The Stig has you all thrown off - the face in the mask is a ruse, it's the one reflected in the mask that we need to ID!
@PÖLAЯ: Leftovers from the Veyron.
eek
@ØmÆgä ßrÅff: Wow. That's so wrong... But, I LOL'd here in cube-land.
BTW, you and PÖLAЯ just change the keyboard code and hit some random letters to come up with your new screen names, or what? ;)
Is that red eye from the camera flash, or from his apex targeting system?
"tragically driving a Jaguar XJ-S off the flight deck of HMS Invincible"
???
His wikipedia entry has no info on this...
IT'S SHUMAKER!
@FreeMan: Just punching in the ASCII code for the character is easier.
I am NOT the Stig. I prefer my role as supplier of cars Jeremy and Stig can beat on and.......Damn, I've said to much!
Has anyone yet proven that the Stig is not, in fact, Betty White?
Its May, the whole "Captain Slow" thing is just an act.
@ØmÆgä ßrÅff:
@PÖLAЯ:
Usually, my aim is more precise...
It's clearly a robot. Look at that RED EYE!
It's definitely not Shaquille O'Neal.
What if the suit and helmet are filled with green fluid, to help the Stig survive the acceleration, deceleration, and corning g-forces, like the aliens in UFO ?
@disgustepated: It's Damon Hill if it's anyone. Schumacher's too busy trying to get licensed as a taxi driver.
its the governator!
these eyes look to be different colors, in that case, its me... (damn my heterochromia blew my cover!)
@FreeMan: Actually, every copy of MS Windows©™ includes Character Map. The full character set for Lucida Console is sizeable, and includes cyrillic, greek, symbols, etc.
Two identities we don't need to know, The Stig and Buckethead. I love them both just the way they are, faces covered in white and freakishly talented.
It looks quite like Jean Alesi...
@Charles_Barrett:
I think he's Kier Dullea...
@rawtoast:
Can't be May... no way all that hair would fit in the helmet.
@nyoh-ohio: My eyes are both the same color... guess I must have homochromia. Cool...!
I've always known the Stig's identity. He's Diabolik!
[bedazzled.blogs.com]
It's that little old lady from Scotland - Jackie Stewart ...
It's Ayrton Senna, and he wants brraaaaaaaains!
Stig.
Gits.
That's a picture of eyes, nothing else. For all we know, the Stig may be the real life realization of Omni Consumer Products' marquis achievement in law enforcement, RoboCop, put to more entertaining use. Part man, part machine, all wheel man.
Either that or the Stig's one of the guys from Daft Punk.
@ThnderbltDoherty: Exactly, just because something has a face doesn't mean it's a human. Take the T1000 for example, or my ex-girlfriend.
@FreeMan: just google "Alt-Key codes"...
@Uncle_Bo: What if Buckethead IS The Stig? That might just be enough awesome to tear the world asunder.
+1 vote for Bowie, though.
Chuck Norris.
That's not Stiggy; it's a body double.
i am polar
This is Major Stig to Ground Control
I'm driving through the turn
And I'm drifting in a most peculiar way
And the roads look very different today
For here
Am I sitting in a tin can
Far beyond the limit
This Lambo here is blue
And there's plenty she can do
Though I'm past two hundred miles per hour
I'm feeling very still
And I think my car knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much (she knows!)
I've heard rumor that Jenson Button is at least one of the few that assume the role of Stig.
@WheatKing: I actually have that shirt.
Anyways, Im up for a guessing game.
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The terminator looked human too...until you cut his arm away.
(Cough) Ben Collins (cough)
That picture kinda ruined it for me. Just tell me that is a photoshop please!
@Mad_Science: McCarthy wasn't killed; The (original) Stig was 'killed off'
@FierySphere: sshhh!
Look at his eyes, man... that's not normal, not human!
He's probably a cyborg, been reassembled after a horrible accident.
"A man barely alive. We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster."
I like the idea of the apex targeting system. And that face on his visor... That's part of his HUD system, where in his idle mode, he reviews the techniques of the best drivers in history, and makes them his own...