Vent: Caught a guy doctoring photos at a Bigfoot conference in Oregon

I went to the annual Sasquatch Summit in Eugene last June, and one presenter had a blurry pic that looked exactly like a hoax from a 2004 forum. I called him out during Q&A and he packed up his table 10 minutes later. Has anyone else spotted faked evidence at these events?

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kim8192mo ago

oh nah, i gotta push back on that a little. the blurry photo he used was literally the same one from a 2004 forum, complete with the exact same tree branch and shadow pattern. you can't just accidentally recreate someone else's hoax shot by pure chance.

thompson.nathan1mo ago

Yeah, "you can't just accidentally recreate" really nails it. That honestly feels like it fits a bigger thing I've noticed where people will copy something old and swear they saw it fresh, like I've seen the same blurry sunset photo from 2012 pop up on three different "paranormal witness" accounts this year alone. It's wild how often people just grab old stuff and act like it's brand new, whether it's a ghost pic or someone swearing they heard a song no one else remembers.

henrycooper2mo ago

Hold up man, I gotta push back on this a little. Calling someone out at a conference is a big move and maybe you were right, but sometimes people just have bad photos. I've been to a few of these things and the vibe is usually more about sharing what you found, not running a courtroom. That guy might have just been some regular dude who genuinely thought he saw something and got embarrassed. Packing up quick could mean he was a fraud, but it could also mean he just didn't want to deal with the hassle of being grilled in front of everyone. Not every blurry picture is a hoax, sometimes it's just a guy with a shaky phone and bad luck.