[scout26]

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


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.

Rick Jacobs says he got the pictures from a camera with an automatic trigger that he fastened to a tree in the Allegheny National Forest, about 115 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, hoping to photograph deer.

"We couldn't figure out what they were," Jacobs said of the images captured on Sept. 16. "I've been hunting for years and I've never seen anything like this."

He contacted the Bigfoot Research Organization, which pursues reports of a legendary two-legged creature that some people believe lives in parts of the U.S. and Canada.

"It appears to be a primate-like animal. In my opinion, it appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch," said Paul Majeta of the bigfoot group.

However, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has a more conventional opinion. Agency spokesman Jerry Feaser said conservation officers routinely trap bears to be tagged and often see animals that look like the photos.

"There is no question it is a bear with a severe case of mange," Feaser told The Bradford Era.

Okay, what caliber for Bigfoot ???

[Phelptwan]

I'd say 30-30 should be good enough...

[41magsnub]

No caliber.. use a net and sell it to the circus!

[Deer Hunter]

From any angle, certainly doesn't look like any bear I've ever seen.

Interesting picture. Thanks for the link.

[one-shot-one]

only reason anyone is saying bear is because he caught a couple of bear cubs on the same camera.
that image does not look like any bear i ever saw even mangy and or starved the limbs do not look bear like to me.

[Cosmoline]

It doesn't look like a normal black bear, but it could be one that's on death's door from starvation. Still, the legs look too long. It could be a feral dog, like those "Chupakabra" photos that were floating around awhile back.

Not sure why anyone says it's a bigfoot. It looks nothing like a bigfoot. It's small, skinny and the hip structure is not bipedal.

[41mag]

It looks like Bigfoot is bending over to pick something up.

[JG2000]

It doesn't look to big to me. Maybe a chimp. Check the Zoo's in the area :)

[esheato]

Follow this link (http://www.bfro.net/avevid/jacobs/jacobs_photos.asp) and check it out.

Bear cubs on the same camera
http://www.bfro.net/avevid/jacobs/1_bear_cubs_med.jpg

Creature
http://www.bfro.net/avevid/jacobs/2_creature_med.jpg

Real bear with mange
http://www.bfro.net/avevid/jacobs/mangy_bear_PGC.jpg

Now, you tell me what it is... Yeah, that's what i thought. ;)

IMHO, it doesn't look like a bear....It seems to stand much to tall.

Ed

[kungfuhippie]

It's my Italian uncle, he went skinny dipping and took a wrong turn on his way back from the lake. :neener:

[esheato]

Haha...that's the most believable story yet!

[Bearhands]

can anyone say....... "happy Holloween"! ????? LOL....... some college kid providing a bit of "drama" maybe? Yuppie "in shape" bears perhaps?????? The tree is actually 10" in diameter and it's a Fisher?

[koja48]

Happy Halloween & a bear cub stretched-out over a downfall after something.

[BuntlineSpecial]

Interesting pic. and esheato, thanks for the clarification shot of the bear with mange. They do not seem to match up.
Does look a bit more like a chimp than a bear.
About a half hour difference in the time stamp between the pic's.
What is that little boxy shape in the bottom, middle?

[jmorris]

The box looks like a weighted mineral/salt block that has been flipped over in the second photo.

[H&Hhunter]

That is without a doubt a Hillary Clinton during a full moon.

[Art Eatman]

"Okay, what caliber for Bigfoot ???"

Y'know, Elvis and I were wondering about that...

Art

[H&Hhunter]

"Okay, what caliber for Bigfoot ???"


Art,

It is the .223. The .223 is the best big game round ever invented, I know because JFK and I read about it on the internet last night.

[Dave P]

That first picture reminds me of the time my x-wife and I were camping in Ocala - it looks just like her!

[koja48]

Looks like a salt block to this old Montana boy.

[moojpg2]

feel bad for that thing if it has the mange that bad, jeeze, put it out of it's misery, or trap it and take it to the vet :uhoh:

[.41 magnum man]

Maybe that is the momma of the cubs. You know kids can make a monkey out of you!

But if it is a juvenile big foot, DO NOT SHOOT IT! The parents will find out, follow you home, and eat you up. What you need to do instead, is to take a goat along with you while you are hunting and if big foot comes around, give it to him and he will leave you alone. I once gave a big foot 2 goats, and he appreciated it so much, he ran a big buck right to my stand. Really!

[Mossy Bloke]

I don't know what it is. I'm pretty skeptical and a cynic at heart. But I've got to be honest here. If that was my camera that I set up in my hunting spot...I think I'd be just a little bit spooked walking out of there after a couple of hours of hunting in the dark.

I mean, what if a twig snapped behind you?! I think I'd literally crap myself to death.

[dust_101]

I saw it, didn't know what it was, but it said "Can i get abouta tree fiddy?" - and I replied "No, I ain't gonna give you tree fiddy, now go away!"

:D

[kungfuhippie]

LOL!!!!!
tree fiddy...

[skidooman]

That is without a doubt a Hillary Clinton during a full moon.
We need to get that piture to the media with this quote stat!
These kind of pictures creep me out.