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August 8, 2009 9:30 AM

I’ve mentioned before that I hear researchers tell of trouble getting gamecams to work in situations where they believe a bigfoot is probably taking their bait. The camera is set up properly, it takes pictures of other creatures, but..

Here is a good example from Washington researcher BH:

I live in Washington State. This last December tracks were recorded 100 feet from the home in the snow by an expert tracker. I’ve been working on a food station while using two high definition reconyx cameras for the last few months. For the last month,I’ve had food taken from the table (HIGH off the ground) with no pictures of the culprits. Mind you I have a plastic milk crate sitting over the food also. Before this, I had the occasional crow come and eat what’s been left. Now I have no pictures what so ever. Oh the before shot of me putting it up and the after picture of me. I’ve checked batteries also and both have been good. The last time food was taken, both cameras were set over to one side by a small fraction. I also have a night shot of a flash or light in one picture. One camera is turned so it sees the table and the other camera. The flash was not from it. It’s a mystery!

Now I have no idea why the camera would not record who or what was taking the bait set before it. Nor why this would be a consistent problem for researchers. It adds fuel to the fiery debate over whether bigfoot is a paranormal creature or not. But remember, we aren’t talking about your daddy’s paranormal here, magical creatures and all. Now there’s a explanation for it; not scientifically accepted or proven at this time, admittedly, but at the very least, a way to comprehend these anomalies.

One thing I mentioned to BH, and that I think would be a good thing for any researcher who thinks they may be having a bigfoot visit a bait station, is to get a cheap recorder that is sound activated, and leave that by the bait pile. If you don’t get any pictures of what takes the bait, at least you may get to hear what it sounded like.

Anyone else have any trials and tribulations to report about their gamecam experiences?

UPDATE: I emailed BH about the line ” The last time food was taken, both cameras were set over to one side by a small fraction,” asking if the researcher or some other agency moved it. The answer: “Something or someone else did.”

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