Ohio Bigfoot Game Camera Photo?
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on June 8th, 2006
I found this photo posted on Jesse’s Hunting and Outdoors forum. It was posted in the Game Cam Pic Contest in the Best What-Is-It? Pic.
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What do the readers of Cryptomundo think is in this photo?
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
Isn’t the Mid-Western U.S. Bigfoot supposed to have a red or rusty tinge in his fur?
As opposed to the reportedly darker hued Pacific Northwestern, or Greyish hued (reportedly) Eastern Bigfoot. Or is it the Southern ‘Skunk Apes’ that are supposed to have a red hue? Anyway, just some thoughts.
Check out the broken tree in the background. It appears to be snapped pretty high from the ground. There also seems to be a trail leading towards that tree as if it might be a marker. Just an observation. Probably a bear or some other varmint.
Interesting photo. Is there anymore information? How high was the camera placed, why was the camera placed there, how often is this area used by humans, or BFs, etc. Its really clear, and you can see the variance in hair colors from black/gray to auburn. I might assume also that if this were a BF, and it appeares to come from the screen past the camera to the right, then there should be some visible evidence of footprints or indentations in the grass??? Just a thought.
This has a similar initial setup to the Mt. Hood one we saw on the site some time back. Until we see more than just a solid mass of what looks like brown hair or fur in these types of pictures, it will be nearly impossible to assign an answer to them.
How about some cameras from a different location? Put one high in a tree looking down, or on a rope suspended across a game trail. This might give us a larger field of view.
Does the hair seem a little too clean? And such perfect lighting.
FWIW…
The tree on the left appears to have been cut/trimmed with a chain saw as in a cleanup efffort after a storm. The branches in the upper left are drying, the broken tree in the background, etc., all indicate damage due to high winds. The open area in the middle is probably used by a hunter for a deer attractant thus the camera placement and the cleanup effort. Also notice there are three almost perfect circles in the open area that are dried, as in no growth of grass or weeds, this also indicates a feeding area where a portable ground feeder unit is moved every so often. The brown ‘fur’ could also be a section of Ghillie suit/camo material to conceal the camera. Hopefully there is a before and after pic to indicate trees not blown down or further trimmed up?
GLS
RE #8 GLS
Good observation. Much of southern Ohio was hit with some really fierce ice storms about 3 or 4 years back, and some of that clean-up is still going on. I have pictures from the Shawnee State Forest area right after the storm (I was living in the area at the time) and the damage was extensive.
Where in Ohio were these taken Craig?
Good lighting, the fur look a little more realistic this time.
Where are the other pics?
Could be a squirrel or Raccoon. (I have seen racoons moving around in the daytime often.) Because its so close to camera I would say that whatever it is is probibly sitting on or clinging to the tree beside camera box.
Nothing here says “Bigfoot” to me.
YAY! More sasquatch legs. However… better than the last (similar) game trail photo… definitely not a deer head this time.
Yeah we need more photos. A single picture with just a hint of something ALWAYS need colaboration
I just can’t get hyped about a photo like this…. it reminds me of the previous photo of a “bit of Bigfoot…”
squirrel, coon, cat, dog, caterpillar, mountain man’s beard, bad frizzy hair
Please go to the site and look at picture #5. That is what I would think the last picture on one of these cameras would be someday. Right before it was woodknocked into the next county.
Could Be a bear or Cousin IT.
Could be almost anything. Not enough information.
Follow up the link, if you haven’t already… 2 or 3 better “whatzits” than this one there.
in pic #16 over there… what in the heck happened to that deer’s face?
I still think the link #5 but actually the 4th picture of the over exposed face could be our boy. Imagine him bending over to look at that box on a tree and getting a bright flash in the face. Of course, most likely the tree would not be there any longer and the camera should be in a thousand pieces. Still it looks like a crypto candid camera moment to me.
Did anybody note link pic #6, the swamp… easy to discern an ape-like profile there.
As for the creepy deer’s face in #16, that is one which looks like it’s been tampered with IMHO.
Chewbacca
It’s interesting how much the imagination can fill in the gaps when only a fragment of something is caught on screen. There’s no reason to think these photos have no natural explanations, but the temptation is strong to imagine.
Well…the hair looks a little long to be a bear to me, as well as a little too clean. Bears get messy. I’m not going to draw any conclusions.
Was ZZ Top in the area at the time?
squirrel tail
agreed… squirrel tail…
Still confused about that crazy swollen headed deer though.
Not much here to get us all excited here but if you go to the sight their are some really neat pic’s of some aminals.