tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post8716560424255995643..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: Mystery Trail Cam CreatureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-10513811586618615102012-09-26T12:58:57.056+01:002012-09-26T12:58:57.056+01:00i would have to say this animal is feline, if you ...i would have to say this animal is feline, if you look at the hind legs the thigh above the hock area is to long and slender for canine, and also how it steps with the front legs, its looks way to eligant for a canine and the front legs look slightly bowed which also suggests feline,i think the hair is probably parted maybe from getting wet? altogether i think the animal is to long slender and eligant looking to be anything other than a large kitty cat probably a tom cat...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10411204192047115911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-47781326765914160212010-12-11T19:02:10.961+00:002010-12-11T19:02:10.961+00:00It is such a pity that the people who set up these...It is such a pity that the people who set up these cameras, don't have the foresight or intelligence to lay down a number of measuring sticks (broken branches / twigs) of known length, within the cameras field of view, to get at least some idea of the size of a creature passing by.<br />Going back to the photo, my immediate thoughts are that this creature is Canine rather than feline and certainly not a monkey.<br />I would suggest that we are maybe looking at something along the lines of Bernese mountain dog. Though there are quite a few other possibilities that carry the tail in a similar way, not least of which would be a black lab crossed with long coated GSD. A friend of mine had one of these and it could very easily have passed for the critter in the picture.<br />So much would depend on the creatures size and as there is nothing to give a sense of scale in the picture we are pretty well lost. Even very basic data such as the height of the white post, width of the path, length of the branch in the foreground, etc., would have been helpful.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633341353878192556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-65511937402500497722010-12-11T14:51:29.298+00:002010-12-11T14:51:29.298+00:00It could be a gray fox, but gray foxes have ridge ...It could be a gray fox, but gray foxes have ridge of dark hair that run through the middle of the tail. They also move in a very cat-like fashion. I saw one chasing rabbits at a high speed at a distance, and I thought I had seen a small cougar.<br /><br />But gray foxes do not have darker bellies and legs.Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-73109375305430203132010-12-11T14:30:13.525+00:002010-12-11T14:30:13.525+00:00Here's a photo of a gray fox and you can see t...Here's a photo of a gray fox and you can see the tail:<br /><br />http://www.thevlm.org/files/Images/gray-fox.jpgRetrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-17216453711543130172010-12-11T14:23:35.999+00:002010-12-11T14:23:35.999+00:00There are fishers in West Virginia. However, they ...There are fishers in West Virginia. However, they are in the Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia-- where the mountains are very high and there are porcupines and American red squirrels for them to hunt.<br /><br />They are on the borders with Maryland and Virgnia, not Kentucky. And it's Western Kentucky--a really long way from the fishers in West Virginia.<br /><br />I think we have nice, large, domestic long-hair (Felis silvestris catus).Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-39493576830595223772010-12-11T13:21:54.576+00:002010-12-11T13:21:54.576+00:00My very first thought was that it looks like an an...My very first thought was that it looks like an ant-eater. http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/zoo/anteatrg.htm Quite a ways from home if it is.Nathan Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13320202299197522559noreply@blogger.com