Not that this is Bigfoot related. In fact, I don’t know WHAT in the heck it is, but I received permission to post it here for your perusal.
I received this email from “Sue” the other day:
This photo was taken by an unmanned game camera back in our woods. Not claiming it to be anything but curious. Can you help?
Attached was the following photo:
I emailed Sue for further information and this reply:
The purpose of the camera was to catch wildlife in our woods in Upstate NY. It was mounted on a tree facing South. The figure is going down a path into our property via the woods travelling East. Our woods back up into a cornfield. … We had the camera originally mounted further into our property near our stream, and got a few deer and us, etc. Also, the time of day was 6 p.m. in the summertime. There would have been no flash on the camera.
Sue asked me what I thought it was. I had no idea. *grin* Normally, the first thing I do is to attempt to “brighten” an image or adjust the contrast in order to see what’s hidden in the pixel data. In this case, brightening it did nothing. Nor did darkening it. Whatever this is, it’s so bright that there is NO additional pixel information there. At least, nothing that makes sense or offers any explanation:
Sue also sent some other photos, with this explanation:
We have many other pictures from this camera, some with light orbs in them. When we changed the location of the camera, this is what the camera took and also other “strange” light orbs. I can also send you pics of those if interested.
Now, let me preface all of this by saying that I have little patience for most people who take “orb” or “ectoplasm” photos with their cameras and claim that they’re supernatural. Most of those photos are dust motes, cigarette smoke or out-of-focus camera straps hanging in front of the lens (*grin*) and over-enthusiastic “ghost hunters” post them all over the web trying to pass them off as something “paranormal”. But keep in mind that Sue is making no claims here. She just sent them along for examination.
Something, some motion, has to set a game camera off. Upon lightening the photos, there isn’t anything there that indicates an animal stepping in front of the lens, even in the background. Just these blobs of light. Could they be bugs flying in front of the camera? Heck if I know. Here’s the enhancements.
I asked Sue if I could post these here and get your feedback on these photos. So here they are. Please feel free to comment below, and keep your comments respectful as always.
Sue, thanks for sharing and please feel free to post in the comments section below and answer any additional questions that may arise. :)
[EDITED 8/29/09: Sue asked me to add this photo in here for comparison.
