Go figure. I go on a trip to Cali and Oregon and the Vail Daily does a report on Bigfoot. I am in Monterey Bay Cali and have very limited WiFi access. Someone want to Google Vail Daily.com and find the link to the article? Here is the photo. The New America school is headed up by an old boss of mine, so I'll have to contact him when I return.

Edited to add - This is the same area as another sighting of one back in December 2008. The "report" is not anywhere on the BFRO or on the net anywhere. It was from a young woman I met and she saw one there. Story is somewhere on here.

While obviously inconclusive, it's still a pretty cool photo.
Dudlow

Could be a guy in a monkey suit, could be a monkey. The photo is so small it's hard to say much.

I couldn't find a recent bigfoot-related story at Vail Daily. Here's the pic. I wonder if there is a high res original?

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interesting possible photo. ty bill g

Blue jeans and a black coat? Maybe?

It looks added to the background to me, but who knows.

By the way CO, when/where are you? What are your plans for the Calif/Oregon trip?

More like: Certainly . The legs are lighter than the torso, and the coat hangs down past where the legs meet the butt. Or it sure looks that way to me.

I am guessing guy in a coat and jeans. Also if the photographer really thought it was a Sas wouldn't he/she snapped a couple more pics? It's far enough away that there shouldn't be any reason for alarm and cameras these days don't have a hard time taking multiple pics in a short amoutn of time.

Well, whatever or whoever it is looks to be behind a boulder or stump or possibly sitting on it. The 'leg' looks awfully thin compared to the torso.

Would be nice to know the story on this.

To me it looks like a person wearing a black sweater and a black pair of shorts. The legs do look really thin on whoever is walking down the mountain.

Looks to me like a guy walking uphill with a backpack on.

Come on folks, Haven't you ever seen a sasquatch in jeans and hiking boots?

What the hell is this? So if i take a picture of a man walking up a hill, i can claim its a BF too? If i see one more of these pics, i think I think i will have to fund a move to America and find that mofo my self.

I concur! I also think that Noni is correct, it looks to me that it is either standing behind a rock or is sitting on one. Now waiting for the board to offer enhanced imagery of this one. As Dmor pointed out, this was a perfect situation for multiple photos, are there more that have not been released yet???

Go to vaildaily.com and on the main page go to the "print" version. Go to July 21st 2009 page B14 I think.

Still in Monterey Bay. Heading up the coast of California tomorrow. Hope to be around Jedediah SP in 2 days.

Looks more like a black rock or even burnt stump to me. There is some brush that makes it appear to have a leg, arm and torso rather than a clear view of what it actually is.

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IS IT BIGFOOT?

The New America School was out hiking near Sylvan Lake this spring when they caught sight of this animal up on the hillside. ... They also saw some big footprints around the area, yet he only showed himself this one time. If anyone knows anything else about this strange creature, please contact NAS. We are located in Gypsum, right upstairs from Sasquatch restaurant.


There was no "article", just this (above). Pic was from this past spring. Hmmmm.

There are no other rocks with similar coloration in the photo. It would have to be something unique. COuld be a burnt stump... rather large tree stump, if it was compared with the surrounding trees.
Would like to see additional photo's of the same area to determine if it is permanent or not.

Could be a dead bush or anything dark hiding behind that bush. It looks like the bush is closer to the camera and it's outline making whatever is there appear to have a different shape than what it really has.

Did a search at Vail Daily as well, only thing I turned up was in regards to a film crew in Eagle County last fall filming a documentary about Bigfoot, then a story about it airing March of this year. Nothing else that I'm seeing.

I agree, the best thing would be if someone could go back to that area and see if it's still there in the same position.



That coincides with the airing of that documentary, on March 11 of this year.



http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20090311/...tprofile=search

So could be somone dressed up out there fooling around after seeing the show.

Will see if I can find out more about that show.

It was an Episode of Monster Quest and it looks like you can buy it from iTunes for a small price. Will have to check it out later.

Edited to add...

Sylvan Lake, the lake mentioned in the Title of this thread, the alleged location of the sighting, is in the same County (Eagle County CO) where the Monster Quest Episode was filmed.

I'm gonna go for the " B " Word..

It is located in the E-edition, page B14. Says the photo was taken several months ago. It could be anything. Someone should run down the source and learn the details, examine the camera, copy the memory, interview the many witnesses. Prints should have been documented. Without these things we are left to speculate to no end. HMB

HOLDMYBEER - Thanks, yes it is found there. It is just a picture with the caption I pasted and copied in post #18.

I don't think the MQ filming in Eagle County at Halloween last year has anything to do with the photo whatsoever.

The New America School is a newer "charter" style school for the dropouts of the dropout school, Red Canyon. I know a few people who teach there and will call them when I return.

This area has had a ton of sightings...none of which are on any kind of database.

Berry picker? Weed puller? Dog petter? Reaching for the bum tish?

RayG

Guy in a backpack.

The guy is IN the backpack? Just joshin with LOGAN. I think so too. Or something that is not a sasquatch. I'll talk to some folks in a week or so.

COGrizzly,

Given that we learned on a recent episode of MonsterQuest that bigfoot habitat has high rainfall, the aspen-sagebrush habitat in the photo doesn't appear to be very wet.

G. canadensis

G.c - Let me first say that I just posted the info...I dont think its a sasquatch, rather some common trickery that photography plays once in awhile. Burnt wood? Sure. Backpacker? Probably. Jacobs creature? Why not.

But I will say this, the area is plenty wet. I know the area very well and not even a half mile away is some very very thick forests that extend for many miles. Plenty of place to hide. And, plenty of moisture. Looks can indeed be deceiving. And a very big history of sightings within this area dating back to the 1870's. Lake Creek Monster. Fulford. Etc.

Hard to tell over the ole Net, but I am assuming you are joking about the "we learned on a recent episode of MQ that BG habitat had high rainfall" comment, correct?

I see two figures if I see anything at all. Maybe a father with his son (Humans that is)
The larger figure appears partially behind the rock and the other (possible figure) In front looking the
direction of the camera.

Looks like he's having relations with a sheep.

or a tree stump

It almost looks like a guy with a black coat and blue jeans, picking up an old alpine-slide sled.

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I would guess a bear traveling up hill and passing behind some brush or a rock as the photograph was made. I think only the forelimb head and back are actually visible and part of the unknown subject and the dark area below another object unrelated (such as a shadow).

Could be a fisherman flipping a rock for bait, or even a person just out flipping rocks. Could also be the bear heading up hill, but it looks like it would be difficulty for the bear to flip a rock on that angle?

Whoops! Typo.
I meant to say guy in a backpack worn by a sasquatch.

does a bear make stool in the woods ????

I think it is a blurry, distorted image of a mountain biker taken from a great distance.....maybe having relations with a sheep.
GrapeApe

Guy wearing light colored pants, and a dark 3/4 length coat. Perhaps an older fella?

Ok! Now I am convinced that it is a mountain biker. After some enhancement of the picture as a whole (hue/saturation) and the area directly below the dark figure (brightness/contrast, sharpen filter); I believe that I can see the front tire (barely) and I also believe that the rear tire is concealed behind some brush.

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Do YOU see it? Or am I just a little nuts?
GrapeApe

I have yet to speak with the Principal of the New America school, whom I know.

What I have heard is that the school is located above the "Sasquatch restuarant". And, the former owner of the restaurant had a sighting, thus the name. I called, different owner now, both Spanish...and some language barriers there when we spoke. The current owner did not know dittle, but it still has the same name.

I think it's a deal to get more coverage locally for the school, but I'd like to speak with mrs. Brenza first.

Ok..... Does anyone else agree that it is a mountain biker? If you zoom in on the photo in my previous post, you can see tha front and rear tires and even the frame of the bike. Obviously a blurry, distorted image of a mountain biker attempting to negotiate rough terrain. It would seem that the photo was taken from a great distance and the subject just looked like a strange dark blob on a distant hillside. Anyone disagree?
GrapeApe

I see what you're sayin' Grape - definite cycling posture to the subject. But the blobby aspect to the figure doesn't look right in the context of the tree stems in the foreground. For one thing, the figure looks really big relative to those trees. I think it's a bigfoot on one of those tiny circus bicycles.

BINGO! After responding to GrapeApe, I took a closer look at the original and I think it's a black bear. It's either facing toward or away from the camera, so a long-ish muzzle isn't apparent.

Idunno, don't let perspective and distortion fool ya. I still think it's a cyclist. However, Iam willing to entertain the idea os Sassy on a clown bike.

Poo humor! Thank you for making my day. On days like this, I need a good laugh.

Howdy folks...

My guess a backpacker stradling a rock/log...

Ok. I'm going to take one more shot at convincing you all that it is a mountain biker. Here's my pic again, now annotated. I hope someone else sees what I do.
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