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What the heck is that thing supposed to be?
The Shrike
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I've been assured many times that it's entirely impossible for a bigfoot to be captured in a camera trap. They are simply too smart and too wary of anything that emits EMR and smells of humans.
William Parcher
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Enlarged to 200%. The background foliage looks weird. Maybe this is a costume or mannequin.
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Strange height for a gamecam. They usually mount them down at critter level. This one is up at Bigfoot shoulder height.
The thing is that Melissa is ripe for being suckered into a hoax, or knows/thinks it's a hoax but looks good enough to pass along to her believer flock.
The thing is that Melissa is ripe for being suckered into a hoax, or knows/thinks it's a hoax but looks good enough to pass along to her believer flock.
This one wasn't smart enough to avoid the camera trap entirely, but it was smart enough to shuffle sideways between the camera and the honeysuckle vines, doping the sideways limbo to hide its face like Brittney from the paparazzi.
I think it's a mannequin, decorated up. Easier to make a fake mannequin than a suit, especially for a still photo. Stuck in the backyard in front of the honeysuckle plants so it would look halfway convincing that it was in the "woods". Snapped a shot with the pocket camera, cropped it down to get rid of the bits of arbor showing through the vines. Just doesn't make sense to set up a camera trap to watch the garden plants. And I haven't checked, but anyone know if there are color trail cams that have visible flash?
I think it's a mannequin, decorated up. Easier to make a fake mannequin than a suit, especially for a still photo. Stuck in the backyard in front of the honeysuckle plants so it would look halfway convincing that it was in the "woods". Snapped a shot with the pocket camera, cropped it down to get rid of the bits of arbor showing through the vines. Just doesn't make sense to set up a camera trap to watch the garden plants. And I haven't checked, but anyone know if there are color trail cams that have visible flash?
LTC8K6
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Looks a bit like that suit Jason Valenti wears, but not exactly, I don't think. Valenti wears a familiar suit in a color I haven't seen before.
http://sasquatchresearch.net/jason_corner.html
http://sasquatchresearch.net/jason_corner.html
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Howie Felterbush
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Looks like a Chewbacca costume.
He just took the bandolier off for the photo.
He just took the bandolier off for the photo.
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A quick Google Image search for "game camera pictures" shows a number of color photos taken at night with flash.
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i...=2427l3817l0l6133l8l8l0l0l0l0l117l734l4.4l8l0
I can't see any motion blur. My guess is that it's a mannequin, something like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthetube/1835115079/
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=i...=2427l3817l0l6133l8l8l0l0l0l0l117l734l4.4l8l0
I can't see any motion blur. My guess is that it's a mannequin, something like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthetube/1835115079/
I would also wonder about a game cam focusing on such a close object; again, four plus years ago, I don't imagine they were doing autofocus, and without autofocus, you have to choose a fixed focus lens; if you choose one that focuses on something a few feet away, you may not be able to focus on the usual animal which is many feet away. May not be an important issue, as it seems to me that once you get past 6 feet for a relatively small aperture, it's almost like infinity in terms of focus.
If your priest assigns you to do penance by spending an hour with Melissa, you can do that by watching a video here.
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Since everybody else has pointed out:
- The "height" of the "game camera"
- The odd look of the plants
- The lack of any discernible motion
- The lack of matting, or dirt on the "hair"
...I'll add in the fact that the "skin" is awfully pale for a supposed "Wood Ape."
The lack of movement, the strangely clean hair, the almost perfect echo of the classic "sasquatch" profile, the close proximity to the "leaves", and the lack of a facial shot all lead me to believe it's a maquette of some kind.
As a maquette, it's a pretty nice piece of work. As evidence of a mythical bipedal ape it's complete and utter *****.
The Shrike
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Most game cam photos show an automatic date/time stamp. Any grounds for suspicion that this one doesn't? (You know, to add to the already fertile ground for suspicion.)
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could even be a shot of this one..
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So many reasons it's not a trailcam photo.
The story is preposterous, when you think about it. There is not a shred of evidence to support Melissa Hovey's story. We used to say, he who smelt it, dealt it. Cui bono? Melissa Hovey is the only cui that I can think of.
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The story is preposterous, when you think about it. There is not a shred of evidence to support Melissa Hovey's story. We used to say, he who smelt it, dealt it. Cui bono? Melissa Hovey is the only cui that I can think of.
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