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Latest Bigfoot "evidence"

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The Shrike said:
I have a crappy, cheapo, outdated camera that's with me whenever I'm in the field. I have very little idea how to use it (e.g., it took me about 4 years to figure out what the "macro" setting was), and I've got perpetually unsteady hands. Despite these limitations, check out some of my diagnostic photographs in this set that I call "tiny, fast-moving birds behind veils of complex vegetation that make auto-focus a total crap-shoot":
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Those are very lovely photos. Good job Sir.
 
The Shrike said:
I have a crappy, cheapo, outdated camera that's with me whenever I'm in the field.
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These have got to be more difficult than a nine-foot gargantuan. It isn't just the size, but they flit about so quickly too.

I'm glad you guys are here to submit these kinds of things without the handicap of the hate club.

Reminds me now - the first tiger I ever saw that wasn't in a cage, I walked up to him, sat down, and put my arm around him. I remember how powerful he felt as he let out a roar.

I am pretty sure my old Thai girlfriend took pictures, and it may have been the first time she used that camera too. It was a narrow escape. I almost married her.
 
AlaskaBushPilot said:
These have got to be more difficult than a nine-foot gargantuan. It isn't just the size, but they flit about so quickly too.



I'm glad you guys are here to submit these kinds of things without the handicap of the hate club.



Reminds me now - the first tiger I ever saw that wasn't in a cage, I walked up to him, sat down, and put my arm around him. I remember how powerful he felt as he let out a roar.



I am pretty sure my old Thai girlfriend took pictures, and it may have been the first time she used that camera too. It was a narrow escape. I almost married her.
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Lol
Or not.
Unsure whether to laugh at the the last paragraph or not. :eek
 
OntarioSquatch said:
You likely won't remember that you have a camera on you when you see something like Bigfoot for the first time.
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Yeah. YouTube isn't at all full of shocked and surprised people posting things from their smart phones. I hardly ever see police malfeasance or UFOs or car accidents or unexpected wildlife on video. Great point.
 
John Nowak said:
It's downright extraordinary. Looking at pictures of Bigfoot is like time travelling, and nobody's improved on cameras since 1975.

No automatic focus, no drive mode, and you get one picture instead of a set of 20 taken over eight seconds.

I hereby solemnly swear that if I ever see Bigfoot, I'm holding the shutter down in drive mode.
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Well, for the purposes of the challenge, drive mode was verboten just to make it more difficult. She still nailed it.

Given the number of footers who claim to go forth searching for the footie, are we to believe that on the one hand they are intentionally seeking evidence yet on the other upon encountering the target of their search, they "forget" to take a shot or two? Are autonomous trail cams capable of being shocked and surprised? Is it some new feature that has covertly been added?
 
OntarioSquatch said:
Most encounters don't last long enough for someone to use a camera.
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OntarioSquatch said:
You likely won't remember that you have a camera on you when you see something like Bigfoot for the first time.
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OntarioSquatch said:
It's from actual eyewitness reports. They are so shocked at what they see that they don't really remember anything else in the actual moment.
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That all seems most convenient, no? See squatch, brain dribbles out of ears.
OntarioSquatch said:
I didn't say all of them. Just most of them.
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Oh, rowing back from the previous claims, are we? That's OK, lets see the HD shots from those few encounters which you now claim involved people who did not become instantaneously stupid.
 
ComfySlippers said:
But.... You're looking for FigBoot!

I'm going to quote this for lurkers and numpties:

"You likely won't remember that you have a camera on you when you see Bigfoot for the first time"
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It's nonsense, isn't it?

In the late 70s we were in Yelwa national park in Nigeria, doing the wildlife thing.

We were pootling about in the car when a pair of elephants crossed the road in front of us. A mother and calf.
The mother took something of an offence to our presence and blocked our way, to the extent of bending the little Merc badge back.

Now, taking OS's view, we shouldn't have any piccies of this event as we would be too shocked (after all, an elephant could have done some serious damage to the car)...my brother has a couple of very nice shots of it virtually on the bonnet.
 
The Shrike said:
Despite these limitations, check out some of my diagnostic photographs in this set that I call "tiny, fast-moving birds behind veils of complex vegetation that make auto-focus a total crap-shoot":
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Yes, auto-focus is a big problem. What you want to do is turn off all the autofocus points except one (I use the one dead center of the viewfinder). Cover the subject with that, half press the shutter until the camera focuses on it, shift the camera to frame and depress the shutter.

It's pretty much the only way to get the camera to reliably focus on your actual subject. I have no idea why cameras have more than one focus point.
 
Giordano said:
...If a tourist doesn't demand to actually see a Bigfoot, then Bigfoot guide is entirely economically feasible as a career.
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To be excessively careful here, it's fair to point out that no guide in the world will guarantee a sighting no matter how experienced they are. The only exception I've ever experienced was "see a wild kangaroo on Kangaroo Island." Batting 100.0 isn't going to happen with Bigfoot, but neither is "Batting 1."

Giordano said:
I took a "ghost tour" in New Orleans and found the guide to be have very entertaining stories that, together with the locale itself, made the price worthwhile, even though I never saw a ghost.
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I took one of those in Victoria, BC; yeah, that was fun.
 
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AlaskaBushPilot said:
Because they know themselves bigfoot does not exist. They have to work in an alternate reality in order to enjoy the bigfoot game. People who know the animals are going to be big party poopers for BLAARGers.
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Yeah, it certainly does seem to hang together. There's a clear pattern of rank incompetence that needs some sort of rational explanation.
 
OntarioSquatch said:
You likely won't remember that you have a camera on you when you see something like Bigfoot for the first time.
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Ha ha ha ... no. That's comical. Going out with the intention to take pictures and forgetting you've got a camera? "I completely forgot about this three pound weight on my neck."

Comical stuff does happen from time to time. But "likely"? Just no. I'd give it maybe 1/20, tops.
 
OntarioSquatch said:
You likely won't remember that you have a camera on you when you see something like Bigfoot for the first time.
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Yeah right only the seasoned bigfoot "researchers" can get the good stuff like trees, stumps, shrubberies in their rush to get out of the woods before dark...safety first....ahhhh stump squatch run run fir your life!!
 
abaddon said:
Well, for the purposes of the challenge, drive mode was verboten just to make it more difficult. She still nailed it.
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Son of a gun. I don't think I could pull that off.

Just for the record, you absolutely want drive mode for your bigfoot encounter, if only to provide weak evidence that you're not taking pictures of a sculpture. Show it moving.

abaddon said:
Given the number of footers who claim to go forth searching for the footie, are we to believe that on the one hand they are intentionally seeking evidence yet on the other upon encountering the target of their search, they "forget" to take a shot or two?...
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Even leaving aside trail cameras, this. Someone looking for pictures just isn't likely to "forget" they have a camera.
 
No, no, no.
See, them bigfoots are damn smart. Them know when ppl have cams, can see and smell cams. Them can even hear the electronics workin'.
Bigfoots don't WANT to be "discovered" by you.
Bigfoots avoid you folks with cameras.

And when an encounter is unavoidable, their infrasound blast or the pherormones will stop you. You will be shocked and forget you have that damn cam hangin' down your neck.
 
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