# Bigfoot Sighting and Photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Tags:** mostly-humor\ **Created:** [December 4, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042 "2024-12-04T14:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![giannamaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/giannamaria/32/48509_2.png) [@giannamaria](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/giannamaria)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/21 "2024-12-04T17:39:33Z")
Sources say this green creature displays a symbiotic relationship with [certain species of worms](https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Slimey). It appears to benefit- alongside raccoons and opossums- from human urbanization. Despite this, as noted by @WeeCorbie, this creature > [@WeeCorbie](#): > > exhibits a hostile attitude toward most observers. It appears to be mammalian, possessing fur and four limbs. It is unknown whether this is an egg-laying or live-birthing species, and also whether it is cold or warm blooded. That said, the forward facing eyes suggest that this creature has the capabilities of a highly evolved predator, despite mostly feeding on human refuse. ---
**Author:** ![charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@charlie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/charlie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/22 "2024-12-04T17:41:07Z")
could it be actually similar to a hermit crab, using a trash can like a shell? Perhaps it’s an immature form and will move to a large dumpster when mature. ---
**Author:** ![giannamaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/giannamaria/32/48509_2.png) [@giannamaria](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/giannamaria)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/23 "2024-12-04T17:50:50Z")
Possibly, would this organism be classified as an arthropod then? Rather than fur, it could have green hairs, much like a Yeti Crab, for instance. Or maybe it just displays behaviour similar to hermit crabs, and is still more mammalian. (No remains of this species have been documented) If the trash can does play such a vital role in this creature’s life cycle, perhaps it has formed a symbiotic relationship with not just worms, but humans, too. Another reminder of the many roles we play in ecology. ---
**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/24 "2024-12-04T17:50:50Z")
The worm link is just too funny. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Bug\_Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/that_bug_guy/32/24914_2.png) [@That\_Bug\_Guy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/That_Bug_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/25 "2024-12-04T19:27:58Z")
Since its eyes are front-facing, we can tell it’s a predator. Local bakeries have reported the disappearance of their livestock. Mostly cookies… ---
**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/26 "2024-12-04T21:11:38Z")
> [@giannamaria](#): > > (No remains of this species have been documented) I recall in the 1970s seeing shag carpeting that was apparently made from this animal’s hide. ---
**Author:** ![jasonhernandez74](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jasonhernandez74/32/33615_2.png) [@jasonhernandez74](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jasonhernandez74)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/27 "2024-12-04T21:44:24Z")
> [@charlie](#): > > There are even whispers that a small population of mastodons also persists in the area. Those are just cryptid rumors. Imaginary mastodons. ---
**Author:** ![papernautilus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@papernautilus](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/papernautilus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/28 "2024-12-05T02:35:02Z")
And the babies were being snatched from their nests and used to make toilet seat covers. ---
**Author:** ![raymie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/raymie/32/12650_2.png) [@raymie](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/raymie)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/29 "2024-12-05T04:27:29Z")
Not an error, believe it or not a recent study concluded that Bigfoots are actually extremely closely related to wrens. ---
**Author:** ![sedgequeen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/sedgequeen/32/1928_2.png) [@sedgequeen](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/sedgequeen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/30 "2024-12-05T16:11:14Z")
Oh, wow! I never would have guessed that! ---
**Author:** ![isopodguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/isopodguy/32/58177_2.png) [@isopodguy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/isopodguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/31 "2024-12-05T22:59:47Z")
The eyes are on the very top of its head. This might suggest that it is an ambush predator. It may hide in dense shrubbery or in the mud or something with only its eyes exposed and then wait for prey to pass by. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Bug\_Guy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/that_bug_guy/32/24914_2.png) [@That\_Bug\_Guy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/That_Bug_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/32 "2024-12-05T23:28:12Z")
Or perhaps it submerges itself underwater. Milk lagoons are prime habitats for unsuspecting cookies. ---
**Author:** ![isopodguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/isopodguy/32/58177_2.png) [@isopodguy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/isopodguy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/33 "2024-12-05T23:30:45Z")
That seems likely. ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 11:32pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/34 "2024-12-05T23:32:05Z")
The comedian Mitch Hedberg (RIP) [weighed in on why Bigfoot is so difficult to photograph](https://youtu.be/ax0MGlIVjiY?si=4eGfepnIXOa1486o&t=138). (I don’t know if any content after the bigfoot jokes are NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![russell\_engelman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/russell_engelman/32/18136_2.png) [@russell\_engelman](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/russell_engelman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/35 "2024-12-06T04:30:17Z")
If using ancient Greek the genus might be something like _Glykidiophilus_ or something. Cookie seems to have originated as a diminutive of cake (koek → koekje in Dutch), and -_idion_ or _-ion_ are diminutives in Ancient Greek. I don’t know enough to know what the correct conjugation is. And then _-philus_ or _-phila_ means beloved or lover of. E.g., Hydrophilidae = water beetles, Afroinsectiphilia = African endemic insectivores. ---
**Author:** ![nilshelstrom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nilshelstrom/32/43620_2.png) [@nilshelstrom](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nilshelstrom)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/36 "2024-12-06T18:36:06Z")
At risk of overkilling this joke, someone sent me yet another photo of the species… ![IMG_3951](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/8/e821c50f7853a4bae39cdbb9aac0e77712f2b8af.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![jnstuart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jnstuart/32/1623_2.png) [@jnstuart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jnstuart)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/37 "2024-12-06T19:25:41Z")
> [@tiwane](#): > > The comedian Mitch Hedberg (RIP) [weighed in on why Bigfoot is so difficult to photograph](https://youtu.be/ax0MGlIVjiY?si=4eGfepnIXOa1486o&t=138). If he’s correct and Bigfoot is naturally out-of-focus, then that creature is an ideal photo subject for many iNat photographers who shoot wildlife with their phones. ---
**Author:** ![isopodguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/isopodguy/32/58177_2.png) [@isopodguy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/isopodguy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/38 "2024-12-06T19:56:49Z")
Hmm… this one appears to be a juvenile. But it also could be a subspecies of the first one. Notice that it has a visible nose while the first one did not. ---
**Author:** ![giannamaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/giannamaria/32/48509_2.png) [@giannamaria](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/giannamaria)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/39 "2024-12-06T20:24:12Z")
I believe this is actually a hybrid between the original species @nilshelstrom posted, and a similar species with a red coloration. ---
**Author:** ![GothHobbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gothhobbit/32/34548_2.png) [@GothHobbit](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/GothHobbit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/bigfoot-sighting-and-photo/59042/40 "2024-12-06T21:50:57Z")
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