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Bigfoot Spotted Sneaking Around Below Bald Eagle Nest, Multiple Outlets Report (cnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the grain-of-salt dept.

Take it with a pinch of salt. Maybe some more. Eric Mack, writing for CNET:Bigfoot, that mysteriously unkempt and anti-social gentlemen of the woodlands, has again made an appearance on camera in his trademark blurry yet intriguing style. This time the legendary cryptid has apparently been captured on the CarbonTV Eagle Cam in northern Michigan. The live webcam is trained on a bald eagle nest 100 feet (30 meters) above the ground near the Platte River State Fish Hatchery. In the aforementioned video we see a dark lumbering figure talking into frame about 10 seconds into the clip. The shadowy silhouette of something clearly bipedal makes its way through the stand of trees before walking out of frame. While the creature appears to fit the traditional description of Bigfoot, it also could pretty easily be explained as a bear or a human. Because the camera is capturing the forest floor looking down from 100 feet up, the perspective is a little screwy and it's hard to get much clarity.Further reporting on Time, and Fox.

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  1. Explained...by a dude who knows there's a webcam by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where there are webcams, there will be trolls who put something unexpected into the frame, just far enough away to trick the eye. I may have...er...known someone...who's done this before.

  2. Blurry? by harrkev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe bigfoot is blurry in real life?

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    1. Re:Blurry? by npslider · · Score: 3, Funny

      If the picture had been taken with a Samsung Note 7 it would have been crystal clear, and made for an explosive cover story!

  3. Re:Bears can be bipedal by Fire_Wraith · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wookies, for instance.

  4. Re:Anonymous Coward Spotted Getting First Post by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe it's Donald Trump in the bigfoot costume? Big foot, small hands!

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  5. Bigfoot by kwiecmmm · · Score: 3, Funny

    "They typically dwell just behind rocks, but are also sometimes playful bounding into thick fogs and out of focus areas."

    Unfortunately this is on Slashdot for some stupid reason, but that doesn't mean I can't mock the story with a good Futurama reference.

    "Bigfoot is a crucial part of the ecosystem, if he exists. So lets all help keep possibly Bigfoot alive for future generations to enjoy, unless he doesn't exist."

  6. A viable 3rd party at last by npslider · · Score: 4, Funny

    Write-in BigFoot-Nessie 2016.

    Change we CAN'T believe in!

  7. Mitch Hedberg by Major+Blud · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I think Bigfoot is blurry. There's a large out-of-focus monster terrorizing the Pacific Northwest" --Mitch Hedberg

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  8. Re:Bears can be bipedal by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    If I was bigfoot, I'd dress up as a clown so nobody would know it's me.


    Also, everybody knows bigfoot is always blurry because he only partially phases into our reality.
    Bigfoot's not real, he's SQRT(-real).

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  9. Re:Bullshit! He wasn't there today! by cmdr_klarg · · Score: 3, Funny

    I saw Bigfoot drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

    His hair was perfect.

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