Is it really that impossible for some kind of primate to exist in a Pennsylvania forest? Aren't there quite a lot of explanations one is able to come up with before screaming about "Bigfoot"? What about an escaped pet (term used loosely) primate that was abandoned, thus being skinny from having to survive alone in the wild, more or less? I don't see the big deal even if a Sasquatch-type creature *did* exist. So there's a new species we've contemplated about for years. Awesome. Now stop yelling about it, go sit down and watch the news like a normal person.
Yah! Thanks for posting this. I read about this online but I hadn't seen the pictures. It definitely does not look like a bear. My vote goes too escaped zoo ape or very hairy man.
("What's for dinner? Werewolf!" etc.) Why? Because I'm a) weird and b) an asshole.
November 03, 2007
Anonymous said...
I keep reading here and there on the internet that it's a sick bear--very underweight and afflicted with mange. Given the drought in the northeast and how this stresses wildlife, this isn't too farfetched. And bears do have hips that enable them to stand upright.
Jared knows the rules, Kelly. This is the only way.
November 06, 2007
Anonymous said...
I would agree, as crazy as it is, that it looks like a Werewolf to me. At least thats what I first saw. Definetly not a bear, if it is, god help the poor thing. Monkey maybe, but again, if it is the poor thing needs help. Very weird indeed...
My bet's on an escaped primate. You know there are actually rather a lot of people with pet chimps and whatnot before the prices of them were thrust so high. People turn dogs and burmese pythons and even ball pythons loose when they get "too big" or "too aggressive"....
Not to mention, it isn't a bear. It's shape is entirely wrong, and even a naked emaciated bear has a "heavy" looking bone structure. It's front limbs are too short. I'm no expert, but I've seen my fair share of all of the above, I work at the Oregon Zoo.
April 11, 2008
Tessa said...
Even though this is very VERY old, for anyone who is perusing the archives, the following picture may be helpful. It is a photo of a black bear with mange:
IMHO, that looks pretty much like the mystery animal.
July 08, 2009
This photo was taken by a motion-activated hunter's (Rick Jacobs) camera in Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest (US).
It has sparked some heated debate. Could it be the legendary Bigfoot? Mr. Sasquatch himself? Or is it a bear with a skin disorder? Or is it my ugly little brother out trapsing after dark like we've warned him not to do?
Photo source: Associated Press [Image]
posted by Raging Wombat at 11:40 AM on Oct 31, 2007
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Close this window Jump to comment formIt looks like some kind kind of hairy ape, a chimp maybe...
November 01, 2007
Is it really that impossible for some kind of primate to exist in a Pennsylvania forest? Aren't there quite a lot of explanations one is able to come up with before screaming about "Bigfoot"? What about an escaped pet (term used loosely) primate that was abandoned, thus being skinny from having to survive alone in the wild, more or less?
I don't see the big deal even if a Sasquatch-type creature *did* exist. So there's a new species we've contemplated about for years. Awesome. Now stop yelling about it, go sit down and watch the news like a normal person.
November 01, 2007
AAAH it's the chupacabra!
November 01, 2007
i see a skinny bear :)
but if i squint it kinda looks like it could be something else
i dunno
November 01, 2007
A gibbon?
November 01, 2007
I call hoax. Those are human limb proportions, and the hips look like an upright-walker.
November 01, 2007
Uncle Albert?
November 02, 2007
It looks like some sort of primate to me. :)
I agree with Nebulous Grey. Lol.
November 02, 2007
Yah! Thanks for posting this. I read about this online but I hadn't seen the pictures. It definitely does not look like a bear. My vote goes too escaped zoo ape or very hairy man.
November 02, 2007
Werewolf!
November 02, 2007
I've become so jaded about these things after spending way too much time on Cyrptomundo. It's interesting that these shots are always so fuzzy hey?
November 02, 2007
Haha, sourpuss - that'll be my new theory.
...For everything.
("What's for dinner? Werewolf!" etc.) Why? Because I'm a) weird and b) an asshole.
November 03, 2007
I keep reading here and there on the internet that it's a sick bear--very underweight and afflicted with mange. Given the drought in the northeast and how this stresses wildlife, this isn't too farfetched. And bears do have hips that enable them to stand upright.
November 04, 2007
my money is on a chimp.
November 05, 2007
Hey, I've told you. We can't let Jared out past 11:30 and no more posting him on your blog. It's just not fair.
November 05, 2007
*ROLLING* Nice one kelly! ;p
November 05, 2007
Jared knows the rules, Kelly. This is the only way.
November 06, 2007
I would agree, as crazy as it is, that it looks like a Werewolf to me. At least thats what I first saw. Definetly not a bear, if it is, god help the poor thing. Monkey maybe, but again, if it is the poor thing needs help. Very weird indeed...
March 05, 2008
My bet's on an escaped primate. You know there are actually rather a lot of people with pet chimps and whatnot before the prices of them were thrust so high. People turn dogs and burmese pythons and even ball pythons loose when they get "too big" or "too aggressive"....
Not to mention, it isn't a bear. It's shape is entirely wrong, and even a naked emaciated bear has a "heavy" looking bone structure. It's front limbs are too short. I'm no expert, but I've seen my fair share of all of the above, I work at the Oregon Zoo.
April 11, 2008
Even though this is very VERY old, for anyone who is perusing the archives, the following picture may be helpful. It is a photo of a black bear with mange:
http://www.jesseshunting.com/photopost/data/503/2204bear-black-mange-fla-2002.jpg
IMHO, that looks pretty much like the mystery animal.
July 08, 2009