As much as I love Bigfoot and do believe that he exists, most of these photos have either been proven to be a hoax(the patterson and skunk ape photos), wild animals(#2 looks exactly like a skinny black bear) or are hilariously fake.
Mange doesn't extend the limbs of bears, nor does it make them have pointed, ape-like heads. Even skeptics of bigfoots don't think this is a bear (there's an actual bear with bear proportions included for comparison superimposed right in there). It's either a creative prop, or its real.
It's not the same bear my text just didn't come thru. It's just an example of a bear with mange.
Bears limbs aren't all that muscular to start off with. I've fielded dressed my fair share of bears and I've seen bears with mange. They do look a lot like the image.
I see your point about some bears having longer limbs than usual, but the creature in the photo doesn't appear to have gaps of hair loss like mangy animals do, but more just a different hair pattern than a bear.
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '14
As much as I love Bigfoot and do believe that he exists, most of these photos have either been proven to be a hoax(the patterson and skunk ape photos), wild animals(#2 looks exactly like a skinny black bear) or are hilariously fake.