If I thought it looked like an Unclassified Hairy Biped, I would say it was paredolia, but it doesn’t qualify.

Sorry Creekfreak

“Could it be some type of possum, lemur or glider?”

Bit big for a possum, hate to meet a possum that big! We don’t have lemurs or anything from a related family and gliders can fit in your pocket.

Looks like a tree stump to me and yes gumtrees and some wattles do have branches growing that point downwards, more noticable after a bushfire wildfire rips through them, which is what may have happened in the photo some time in the past.

seriously though, it could be absolutely ANYTHING. in the closeup the things “head” doesn’t even really look attached to me. i vote fallen tree or maybe a rock of some kind.

scosmo451 – “Downed trees everywhere…what is it with bipedal cryptos and woodlots?”

Um, seems to me that if it were a densely treed, deeply dark forest, it would be impossible to SEE any creatures, much less photograph them!

OK, I guess I should have elaborated a bit as you’re quite right. I used to spend more time in the woods than I did buildings – hunting, hiking, fishing, four-wheeling, drinking, etc. I saw more animals in the woods than I did near woodlots. I saw a lot of animals quickly getting out of woodlots when we approached. Just about any forest animal is attracted to woodlots to feed on the new growth, but they are very tense while that exposed and spook at the slightest sound, motion or smell. You have to sneak up very carefully against the wind if you want to view more than a backside hauling off. And many woodlots that pics are taken in are man-made – if I was Bigfoot (I’m not; size 9 here) and trying to avoid humans, I wouldn’t be hanging around anything man-made for long. Of course, I see at the other end the sheer convenience of these areas – new growth of bushes that may have berries, easier travel, a chance to get a tan. I think Patty would have been walking in the open along the creek as an easier mode of travel as it’s easier in many cases to walk along a shoreline than through the brush. And, of course, it’s easier to get a pic of anything when it’s exposed. But there are a lot of other areas in the wilds that are open that not many encounters come out of – open glades, rock outcrops, slide areas, rivers and their banks. Now I know of the video of an alleged ‘Squatch running across a hillside, but it seems very unique in the location of open land. Mostly, I just think that there should be more pics that show the other open areas that exist in forests.

Stump!