The large mouth also seems like good evidence that this is an ambush predator.
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After Hours of tedious research I found a family which has had a wildcam up since the 1970s and actually snapped a picture of the (what I believe) other species.
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The species with red coloration is extremely invasive. The word “noxious” has been used.
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It’s also hybridizing with the native species, such as @giannamaria pointed out.
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I saw a red one on TV at Hogmanay last year!
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If you’re ever in the area where you sighted the bigfoot, beware of Oscar the Grouch. He can be hard to deal with sometimes. Here is a link to Oscar: https://media.tenor.com/ThQMBEZoTOYAAAAM/sesame-street-oscar-the-grouch.gif
The link 
will give you an idea of Oscar’s personality. Lol 
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Hmm, could the green color be algae, similar to what happens with sloths?
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Lol 
. Maybe.
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Any chance of getting a recording of its vocalizations?
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Agreed, it’s a hybrid. I’ve heard that urban sprawl, specifically the expansion of the community of Sesame Street is pushing these two species closer together. Where they overlap, they hybridize.
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The hybrids seem fairly easy to distinguish from the original species.
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Good for us iNaturalist identifiers :)
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Apparently these species hybridize with bears???
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How strange-- so they must be mammalian! Or, maybe it’s a species that has evolved to mimic a feared predator?
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Oh no! Not another Yeti in a Bigfoot costume. I never get why people fall for that? The stance clearly reveals it is a Yeti, as does the absence of cookies.
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How does the stance reveal it’s a Yeti? I’ve always thought that they were more crouched. There may be other species to take into consideration, too.
On a different note, I’m guessing that the red species may be related to the Skunk ape based on its smaller size.
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Ecology. The Bigfoot, living in forests and cupboards near a cookie packet, squeezes through undergrowth or beneath shelves and therefore tends to have a typically crouched stance, reminiscent of the modern apes. The Yeti, on the other hand, wades through very deep snow, so usually he keeps this upright spine/stance we see in the picture in question.
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A joke? This is a serious scientific endeavor!
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What about Oscar the trashcan dude?
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