Bigfoot 2012

[Update] Since this original posting, much has happened with this photo and with all the drama surrounding it. First came Phil Poling who made two videos about Hovey and pointing out his belief that her copyright on the photo was fraudulent since she admits not owning the photo. Then came Hovey’s filing of two DMCA takedown notices on those videos, followed by Poling’s counter filing contesting them. Poling succeeded and he videos remained on his channel. A year later, Hovey filed a Federal lawsuit against Poling for copyright infringement. Poling fought the suit and, after the Judge saw his evidence, the case against Mr. Poling was dismissed with prejudice. Hovey was then required by court agreement to remove her copyright on this photo. The exact source of the photo remains a mystery. The following is the original blog post from when Hovey first released the mysterious photo, a photo that remains to this day, a testament to the weird and ever changing world of Bigfootery. Melissa Hovey continues to run her blog ‘The Search For Bigfoot’ and Phil Poling operates the Youtube channel ‘ParaBreakdown’.

The Patterson-Gimlin footage is/was the most important piece of evidence of Bigfoot in history, until now. This latest trail cam photo of Bigfoot taken by a person who chose not to reveal himself was handed over to a blogger named Melissa Hovey. Melissa "struggled" with releasing the photo to the Bigfoot community as she made a promise to the person that he can trust her.

Is this photo real? You be the judge, because this photo will definitely be scrutinized and photo-enhanced six ways to Sunday.

It was at Bluff Creek, around 44 years ago --- on October 20, 1967 -- Yakima, Washington resident Roger Patterson, then 34, and his tracking assistant Bob Gimlin, then 36, emerged from the woods with a strip of colored 16mm film of what many have taken to be a female Bigfoot. Since then, the P/G film has been the Gold Standard in Bigfootery.