Hunter's images stir Bigfoot debate

[B. Elliott]

RIDGWAY, Pa. - It's furry and walks on all fours. Beyond that, about the only thing certain about the critter photographed by a hunter's camera is that some people have gotten the notion it could be a Sasquatch, or bigfoot. Others say it's just a bear with a bad skin infection.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071028/ap_on_fe_st/odd_bigfoot_in_pa

 

[B. Elliott]

Even though I've always been a little skeptical of the Bigfoot reports, that doesn't look like any kind of bear I've ever seen.

 

[zoobyshoe]

That picture is astonishing because it looks exactly like a chimp, which shouldn't be roaming around loose in the US. I imagine someone's illegal pet escaped.

 

[turbo]

My thoughts exactly. It's a chimp, not a bear. That's the very first thing that came to mind when I opened the linked image.

 

[Moonbear]

That picture is astonishing because it looks exactly like a chimp, which shouldn't be roaming around loose in the US. I imagine someone's illegal pet escaped.

Possible. Though, I've also never seen a bear without a full coat of fur to know what a mangy one might look like if a lot of that fur were missing, especially if it were on the thin side due to long-term illness. Hard to tell when you can't see the head.

Ah, here's a picture of a bear with mange...yep, matches the photo in the story.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/PICKOVER/pc/nakedbear.html

(Keep it away from me! I don't want to be a mangy moonbear! )

 

[rewebster]

it looks like a bear throwing up ----(the pads of the hind feet look like a bear's)

 

[B. Elliott]

Possible. Though, I've also never seen a bear without a full coat of fur to know what a mangy one might look like if a lot of that fur were missing, especially if it were on the thin side due to long-term illness. Hard to tell when you can't see the head.

Ah, here's a picture of a bear with mange...yep, matches the photo in the story.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/PICKOVER/pc/nakedbear.html

(Keep it away from me! I don't want to be a mangy moonbear! )

That does look a lot like whatever is in the hunters picture. The only thing that keep standing out to me, is the length of the legs relative to the body.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Ah, here's a picture of a bear with mange...yep, matches the photo in the story.
http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/PICKOVER/pc/nakedbear.html

Yeah, that picture puts "mangy bear" squarely in the running. I didn't realize their back legs were that long.

There's something about the way the limbs are bending in the hunter's pic that still says "chimp", though.

 

[Moonbear]

There's something about the way the limbs are bending in the hunter's pic that still says "chimp", though.

I see what you're talking about, but think it's just the angle of the photo giving that illusion.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I see what you're talking about, but think it's just the angle of the photo giving that illusion.

Absolutely possible. Odds are way in favor of a bear, too. Still, chimps happen.

 

[Far Star]

At first glance I thought it looked more like a chimp. After taking a closer look the front leg and head posture looks more like a bear. The coat isn't easy to see but the rear appears to have more hair than I would expect on a chimp. Not that I've had a chance to view many chimps from that angle.

 

[rewebster]

well --its got four legs, a back, and a seat (a butt area)--a new species?--a chear?

(a cross between a chimp and bear)

 

[Kurdt]

There's a bigfoot research organisation?

 

[Mallignamius]

There were other bears in the group. So if it's a chimp, then we have an interesting group, don't we?

*waits for pic of lion cub, meerkat and warthog joining group*

 

[Moonbear]

There were other bears in the group. So if it's a chimp, then we have an interesting group, don't we?

*waits for pic of lion cub, meerkat and warthog joining group*

Been spending a bit of time in the Disney thread, huh?

 

[DaveC426913]

I would never in a zillion years have conceded that it was a bear - until I saw Moonbear's photo.

Man that bear is nightmarish! I had no idea they looked like that under the fur.

 

[Moonbear]

I would never in a zillion years have conceded that it was a bear - until I saw Moonbear's photo.

Man that bear is nightmarish! I had no idea they looked like that under the fur.

That's the last time I'll send you nude photos of me.

 

[Mallignamius]

Hm. Gives a new meaning to the name Moonbear.

 

[rhuthwaite]

Wow I didn't realize the bigfoot actually was a myth I just thought it was a fun movie to watch when I was a kid! Always wanted to meet a bigfoot!
They should've taken a clear photo, to me it looks like a prehistoric relative of homosapiens maybe it's an australopithecus anamensis... Or someone dressed up in an awsome halloween costume... hmmm

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wow I didn't realize the bigfoot actually was a myth I just thought it was a fun movie to watch when I was a kid! Always wanted to meet a bigfoot!
They should've taken a clear photo, to me it looks like a prehistoric relative of homosapiens maybe it's an australopithecus anamensis... Or someone dressed up in an awsome halloween costume... hmmm

Sightings of upright walking hairy critters go way back. Follow the link in my signature and read about Dr. Baddour and the Zoobies.

 

[Moonbear]

They should've taken a clear photo,

Sasquatches will only pose for grainy photos in dim lighting, otherwise you'd know they were just mangy bears looking for fame and fortune by posing as a Sasquatch.

 

[morphism]

"I think Bigfoot is blurry. That's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault: Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra-scary to me, because there's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside."
- Mitch Hedberg

 

[zoobyshoe]

"I think Bigfoot is blurry. That's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault: Bigfoot is blurry. And that's extra-scary to me, because there's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside."
- Mitch Hedberg

He suffers from a merely half-collapsed wave function. It'll never completely collapse till someone gets a good look at him, but they can't get a good look at him cause he's roaming around half-collapsed and too blurry to get a good look at.