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Possible Bigfoot photo from trail camera

Sunday June 28, 2009
Sierra National Forest Bigfoot
Photo: © David Raygoza
This photo comes from a motion sensor hunting trail camera retrieved by Jeffrey Gonzalez and David Raygoza. The camera was set up in the Sierra National Forest over the 2009 Memorial Day weekend and retrieved on June 7. You can see larger versions of the photo on the Sanger Paranormal Society website. They are making no claims that it shows a Bigfoot. Although interesting and worth further investigation, from my perspective it looks more like a bear standing on hind legs. It would also help to have before-and-after photos of the area to rule out the dark form being a tree stump or other type of foliage.

Comments

June 28, 2009 at 6:09 pm
(1) Lisa B. says:

It really does look like a bear on its hind legs. Especially the enhanced photo on the website, you can see the left front paw and the way it hangs while the bear is standing.

June 29, 2009 at 5:47 am
(2) mike says:

its a bear, ive seen them in rl scratching their backs up against trees like this all the time. pointing their nose up to the sky while doing it too, apparently it feels more then awesome hehe.

June 29, 2009 at 9:24 am
(3) shania says:

i say it looks like a bear come on you can see it’s tiny claws!!
and why would dig foot still be alive any way?
i mean it is possible but i still don’t belive thats big foot,im sticking with a bear.

June 29, 2009 at 11:16 am
(4) Tracey says:

I would say it was a bear. Good idea though to use trail cameras they might catch something one day.

June 29, 2009 at 4:53 pm
(5) Herb says:

I think it’s a bear also. If you follow the line of what would be its neck with only a minor assumption it seems to follow the profile of a Grizzly’s profile right down to his snout.

June 29, 2009 at 8:58 pm
(6) Jane says:

Much as I believe in Bigfoot, I think this is a bear snout…….

June 30, 2009 at 12:15 pm
(7) Jeffrey says:

I took the photo and zoomed on it and cleaned it up. The arms hang down to the knee’s. When a bear is standing up, its arms are always in front of the body and are not that long. I also zoomed in on its left hand and I can see a human hand. You can see the thumb separated from the rest of the fingers.Also, the face, I do not see a snout, I see a nose and a chin. You guys need to take a look at the photo more closely. I don’t think this is a bear.

June 30, 2009 at 9:32 pm
(8) Louise says:

It’s just so hard to tell when the picture is a still and there’s so much around the subject. I have to say, I’ve read the comments and whilst I’m swaying towards the bear – it would be great to see the closeup photos where a hand can be seen. Great work & clever thinking regardless :-)

July 2, 2009 at 2:38 pm
(9) Susiq2 says:

Jeffrey, Could you possibly post your enhanced picture here so that we could also see the creature looking more like a Bigfoot instead of a bear? With what I was able to see in the posted pictures, it really does look like a bear.
It will be so exciting to finally have a undisputed Bigfoot picture. Of course, it really will take capturing (or killing) and displaying the body for people to believe.

July 3, 2009 at 11:29 pm
(10) peter biondo says:

I zoomed in on the picture and I see hands no doubt. I just made my picture as large as possible and I definately could see the hand apparently in the correct area. I was surprised to actually see it’s fingers.

July 5, 2009 at 2:21 pm
(11) Dan says:

I think it’s nothing. Just an empty space between the trees. The leafs and branches just give the impression that there’s something behind them. Remember, our brain always tries to recognize patterns.

August 17, 2009 at 11:30 pm
(12) tnova says:

i think its just shadows. if you look to the right of the supposed head i see a womans face perfectly. i see her nose and even both nostrils. you see eyes and flowing hair! especially on the cleaned up pic. that face looks more like woman that the black smear looks like a bigfoot. i want to believe but thats not evidence. that a bad pic of nothing!

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