Comments on: New Mt. Hood Mystery Photo

By: DavidRavenMoon

DavidRavenMoon — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:53:27 +0000

I happen to be a photoretoucher, and use this program every day, and have been using it for the past 13 or so years.

You can’t create something like this in Photoshop.

Also here is another enhancement done correctly:

By: onetimer

onetimer — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:18:38 +0000

I believe this is a wolverine. If you doubt me, just Google “wolverine animal” and check out the pictures. Find a black one and you’ll see what I mean.

By: onetimer

onetimer — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:14:08 +0000

I’m quite sure it’s a wolverine. Check out this photo of one.

By: thylo

thylo — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:53:02 +0000

for a fleeting second as i first saw this picture i thoughth bear… black bear.

but given a few seconds more contemplation i do not like the object at all…. it is too perfectly black, crisp and featureless.

it looks to me like someone used a graphics program, loaded up the spraycan with black from the palette, sprayed it around in a chosen area until it was full of black, and then posited the question “what is this?”.

i looked at what someone else had found by enhancing the image and it appears there might be actual detail after all.
but without enhancing, it does not look real to me.

By: Indrid Cold

Indrid Cold — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 09:18:03 +0000

Black bear walking away with its head turned at a funny angle.

By: claireaudient

claireaudient — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:10:58 +0000

First impression was a bear, 2nd and 3rd look didn’t change my opinion….still think it’s a bear.

By: Tabbercat8

Tabbercat8 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:23:56 +0000

My first thought was a black bear reaching around to scratch an itch. Loren, awesome site here, been visiting daily now for about two weeks and this is my first post. Can’t wait to see more pictures. Great work to all.

By: Alligator

Alligator — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:37:25 +0000

A black bear, at an odd angle. Also the light appears to have been fading fast which didn’t help. Game trail cameras are not intended to pick up “details” like we would expect with a high res Canon or Pentax. The last picture is really interesting. Someone’s head with long hair? Other than that, very indistinct.

By: jodzilla

jodzilla — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:17:17 +0000

Yep, that’s a bear’s behind! Black bears don’t have tails which means that the “face” some folks are seeing is most likely the bear’s (for lack of better word) butt. I’m sure the bear would be insulted by that. The way a bear walks when it is on all fours gives it a slumped appearance. They also rock or “swagger” a bit, which would account for the seemingly odd position. They’re pretty scared of people so I imagine it was running away from the photographer.

By: BofAwannabe

BofAwannabe — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 06:42:03 +0000

06/12/07

This appears to be a ‘deformed’ or ‘physically challenged’ wood creature with no obvious means to known public healthcare. Reconstructive surgery may be possible unless major arteries and nerves are so fused that any attempt at surgery would be futile. In my current ramblings I found that in time the creature will die from many futile attempts to get food.

Thank you