“Who is the Stig?” came third behind “how can I find Jesus?” and “the fit one from Skins” in Google’s most searched-for terms last year. Fired up by this month’s DVD, and armed with no more insider information than you, I set out on the trail of the web’s most elusive superhero.
01. STIGBOOK: It’s unlikely Stig even knows about social networking sites, let alone has any need for friends, but his Facebook group is huge, with 1,070,831 fans.
02. STIGGEAR.COM – All we know is… there’s an exhaustive collection of Stig stuff on our site, with plenty of video. We’ve just learnt that he gets 25p every time someone uses the word ‘mincemeat’.
03. STIGETTE – This bizarre site takes pictures of scantily clad ladies and photoshops Stig heads over their faces. We’re not sure if this is just wrong, or actually a bit hot.
04. STIG: LIVE – The TG Live team finally managed to steer Stig into a press conference, during the New Zealand leg, in front of the world’s press, and 158,486 YouTubers.
05. BLACK STIG: REST IN PEACE – At the beginning of the third series, TG telly showed the black Stig getting himself done-in, while racing jet fighters. Silly black Stig. Thing is, can Stig die?
06. HE IS THE STIG – Professing to be nothing more than a fan site, this Bebo page has collected 22,418 like-minded souls who are all very keen in talking about the one that does not speak.
07. RETURN OF THE BLACK – This video proclaims that the black Stig didn’t die, but was just lost at sea for a bit. 2,365,376 people have tuned in to see if it’s true. Good attention to detail too.
08. STIGIPEDIA – If there’s anything you don’t know about the Stig, then this Wikipedia page will do its best to tell you, from the very beginning. We can neither confirm nor deny any of it.
09. FINAL GEAR – For the most part, the guys over on the Finalgear forum love everything that is TG, and have come up with 1001 uses for Stig. 10,677 people have paid attention to it.
10. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? – What’s Stig doing on the newish phenomenon of Twitter? Seemingly not a lot, with only 572 followers for one of a rash of Stig wannabes. Stig just wouldn’t Tweet though.
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KahJun93 commented on this article
Friday April 3, 2009 at 1:20 pm
The Stig Rules!
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Mikeado commented on this article
Friday April 3, 2009 at 4:44 pm
The Stigette calendar just makes him(?) seem like a sex fetish…
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Lanky Corm Jeers commented on this article
Saturday April 4, 2009 at 8:58 am
Stigette is a “she”. I have a £50 bet with the Hamster to prove it.
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TOPGEAR4EVER commented on this article
Saturday April 4, 2009 at 9:55 am
THE STIG RULES GENIUS….
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TOPGEAR4EVER commented on this article
Saturday April 4, 2009 at 10:11 am
Stig on twitter i also follow to can i have your autograph
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MR. Pointy Head commented on this article
Thursday April 9, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Could the stig be the new Jesus?
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TG Fan commented on this article
Sunday April 12, 2009 at 10:09 pm
I’ve seen the Stig’s eyes on one episode.
Then again, it might just have been James. It was a confusing challenge.
I’ve seen the nape of his neck while he’s testing a car, but never any hair.
On one of the boy’s challenges, while James was reading, he mentioned the name “Ronnie Stiggs”.
Of course, we shall never know the Stig’s true identity.
Well, that’s just a guess……
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Nicola_ commented on this article
Wednesday April 15, 2009 at 8:27 am
FinalGear just rocks!
The Stig is awesome.
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TGSTIG commented on this article
Wednesday April 15, 2009 at 10:32 am
stig rox………!!!!!!!!!! stiggie’s the best
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DriverseaT commented on this article
Thursday April 23, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I Read about This In The Mag, I HAve Facebook And ofcouse im a FAN
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the.stig.514 commented on this article
Saturday May 2, 2009 at 8:38 am
people who think that the return of the black stig is not real: watch the stig die and youll see his glove float up to the surface!
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iRep_McLaren commented on this article
Saturday May 2, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Lets kick Gordon Brown out of office and replace him with The Stig or maybe even better he could become leader of the conservative party and be voted in in the next election because I’d still have issues with the rest of the Labour party anyways. But yeah Stig for PM please
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The Stig commented on this article
Monday May 4, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Check this out!
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Melas commented on this article
Monday May 4, 2009 at 7:03 pm
The Stig, a legend in his own name… Whatever that is!
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Bond commented on this article
Tuesday May 19, 2009 at 8:54 am
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Hamster2 commented on this article
Thursday May 21, 2009 at 11:30 am
Hi your right
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Hamster2 commented on this article
Thursday May 21, 2009 at 11:33 am
He is a legend
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OMOH commented on this article
Sunday May 24, 2009 at 9:04 pm
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T_T commented on this article
Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 1:13 am
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W580i commented on this article
Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 1:20 am
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jakedodd commented on this article
Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 5:29 pm
stigy whatsup
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Ogri commented on this article
Tuesday June 2, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Why is the videos even on this page? I saw the 1st video, which has nothing to do with The STIG. So, there’s little doubt the rest of those videos have anything to do with him. On subject, you may have heard this 1000s of times before, but if you look on YouTube, you might find out who The STIG really is.
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power commented on this article
Wednesday June 3, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I wonder who taughgt him 2 drive
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ananas commented on this article
Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 11:24 am
““Who is the Stig?” came third behind “how can I find Jesus?” and “the fit one from Skins” in Google’s most searched-for terms last year.”
That is a lie.
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openroad-dhc commented on this article
Friday July 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm
the stigs a good driver alright,but i would still like to see some proper cars being driven!
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