Comments on: Enhanced Mystery Pix

by: Axis123

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 03:00:37 +0000

It’s a deer. I am originally from WV. My father and I own property there. I have seen hundreds of thousands of deer in the wild. This particular picture (the original) is a deer for sure. In a few weeks of the year, a male deer will shed its horns. The original picture seems to show a buck, with the loss of one side of his rack shed. This is not unusual.

by: MojoHotep

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:17:41 +0000

Sometimes, it is better to remain quiet and appear intelligent, than to open the mouth and remove all doubt.

Ask any local Colorado resident in the sticks, “how many cougars have you ever seen in the wild?”, most can answer with their index finger. AND cougars are plentiful enough in Colorado to have a legal hunting season. Now divide that by 10,000, and thats how hard it would be to get a glimps of a rare/unknown critter. In Colorado, they used dogs to hunt cougars, because they are so HARD to find. That tree statement removed all doubt.

by: Craig Woolheater

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 01:12:17 +0000

DissingCryptids,

Getting a picture of a tree is quite different than getting a picture of a rare, elusive animal…

The animals tend to move around. The trees…not so much.

by: DissingCryptids

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:22:40 +0000

Like most images on here that are quickly adulated as truth, I see nothing in here other than an animal- but not a mountain lion or deer. It more resembles a dog or something of the like.

And the ‘tail’ that you outlined is either not there (most likely) or I am going blind, for I do not see it in the original, grainy, and already distorted first image.

I do not understand it. If I say ‘Go in the woods and take a picture of that tree,’ I will get a dozen perfect pix. But, then, if I ask ‘Get me a picture of that cryptid!’ I get a dozen grainy and difficult to decipher pictures?

It’s a thinker!

Oh, and I’m new! Hi all!

by: One Eyed Cat

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:42:08 +0000

Good arguments for and against the possibilities here. I’m not sure yet what to think.

What I have noticed is that in the lower enhancements what is construed as the tail may actually be the other hind leg.

by: MojoHotep

Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:24:51 +0000

I know this is a done deal, but one more thing is on my mind. I have spent alot of time in the woods watching mule deer, white tail deer, moose, and elk. Not one time, not once, have I ever seen a deer step on top of or stand on a log of the size in this picture. It just is not their nature. However, I have seen goats stand on and step on top of logs this size. But this picture “ain’t no goat”.

by: Sky King

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:13:46 +0000

I believe what you take to be a tail is just a random leaf pattern. The cougar may well have a tail, but it can’t be found in this picture.

by: shovethenos

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:29:53 +0000

Sky King-

The view of the tail is obscured by leaves or underbrush the same color as the background in a couple places, but it isn’t invisible. It’s quite prominent - it reaches the ground and curls up.

As far as how it moves, I think its just a puma casually gliding through the woods. It seems to have hopped on top of the log for a moment and is stepping off to continue where it was going.

by: BendyWVa

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:40:24 +0000

The front leg that is most visible seems to be over-extended while the hind leg appears to be well up under the animal.
An animal caught in a trap would possibly have its leg over-extended in that manner in an attempt to pull its foot out of the trap. This appears to be an animal that is moving backwards, not forwards. So, whatever it is, I believe it may be in a trap. See if you can find some video of a live trapped animal and you will see what I mean.

by: kamoeba

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:29:57 +0000

I agree, what most of us have been assuming is the animal’s right eye looks to me to be it’s right ear. It’s face is obscured by the foliage, and the foliage additionally is being mistaken for a rack of antlers. It’s at an odd angle and some characteristics seem feline, others canine. I think the foliage actually makes it look like the thing has a mangy mane (I’m betting it doesn’t). I think this is either a regular-sized dog or a big cat. The biggest mystery to me isn’t the creature’s identity, but who’s the genius who mounts a game camera behind a bunch of foliage?

Also, I would like to add something else to ponder. My wife gets US Weekly magazine which is a People-style magazine. I like it myself because there are always pictures of Eva Longoria and other Hollywood hotties in it. Anyway, the magazine occasionaly has a feature where they ask ‘experts’ to view photos of famous couples and using the body language on display decipher what the celebrities are thinking about their significant others. A typical comment is something like “He has his hand on her arm which means he wants to be in control”, or “She’s touching his shoulder but looking away, which shows she’s not really into him”. The so-called ‘experts’ are judging these people on a tiny fraction of a second of their lives. I’d think to accurately judge what these people are thinking by using their body language you’d have to actually watch them in motion, or at least see a sequence of photos taken in a tight order. It’s like looking at a picture of someone mid-sneeze and saying “Her face is contorted–she’s extremely angry and sleepy right now”. I guess what I’m saying is that given just one or two more frames we could probably get a positive identification on this animal and there’d be no mystery at all. And that Eva Longoria is hot.