This Bigfoot Photograph Is Worth $100,000

During an expedition in the Sierras in 2013, Bigfoot benefactor Wally Hersom offered us $100,000 to prove to him a Bigfoot photograph was not real. Hersom believes the game camera photograph to be a real image of a Bigfoot. The photograph was taken on D.B. Young's property and is commonly known in the community as "Big Phil". Since any evidence we present to Wally would probably be subjective, we decided to pass up the offer. If you're not familiar with the story of Big Phil, here's a summary:

The camera system used: Stealth Cam model STC-AD3X.

B.F.R.O. Group members are divided about the provenance of this image.

At first glance many believe it is fake. However,the people who are familiar with the location, and know D.B. Young's character believe it is not fake.
Some in the group may charge it is a statue. But a statue can not walk.

Some may say it was a large person who came into Mr. Young's back yard that winter night to stage a prank. But who could walk more than a mile in below zero temperatures of snow frozen swamps barefooted?

Yes, Barefooted. The foot prints on Mt. Pelee road had signs of ice melt, indicating bare foot pad warmth, not a cold shoe soul.

People who have attended expeditions in Mr. Young's area have themselves witnessed strange events, such as large figures, unknown sounds, or have been tormented at night.

The photo called, ''Big Phil'' was obtained with a motion-detection-triggered "trail-cam", at a property owned by Mr. Young near the South Fork of the Flambeau River in north central Wisconsin.

D.B. Young, the man who set up the trail-cam, is a professional hunting/fishing guide, and wildlife specialist.

He spends most of his time afield stalking deer herds, studying bear, wolves, coyote and other animals in the deep forests, to make sure he knows where to bring his customers during the fall hunting season, or for animal watching events.

His intention for the camera set, was to catch an animal that was killing pet cats during past weeks.

D.B. Young described a handful of BF-related incidents over the past years to B.F.R.O. Researchers or expedition attendees, including one within a few hundred yards of the property where the photo was obtained.

Several people from the BFRO met D.B. Young during the BFRO's 2006 Wisconsin expedition. His observations led the group to a swampy tributary of the South Fork of the Flambeau.

Over the course of two weeks in June, at least 40 of the 65 participants heard the distinct sounds of sasquatches around the perimeter and within the deep forest swamp.

At least 10 of the participants reported stalking and brief rock throwing encounters around this tributary.

During later expeditions, attendees and researchers had close contacts and various encounters with tall bipedal forest dwelling creatures.

In the months following the expedition Don was visited by a few people who heard about the activity in the area, including documentary producer Doug Hajicek and animal phermone expert Dr. Greg Bambenek.

Hajicek and Bambenek were impressed enough with Don to provide him with a digital trail-cam. Don set up this camera after it was noticed that four of the seven cats (domestic cats) on the property were missing. It was assumed that a predator was to blame. Don wanted to get a photo of whatever predator might be involved.

The trail-cam was triggered a few times during the night. It snapped a few photos, but all those images were very dark. The camera has a visible white internal flash system, but the flash had been inadvertently disabled by low battery life.

Even with the flash disabled though, the unit still snapped photos when triggered by motion.

D.B. Young checked the camera and found 12 dark images. He erased all of the dark images except the last one which showed a curious shard of back-lit illumination. When the brightness and gamma was adjusted on the image, the silhouette of a large upright figure was visible.

Shortly after seeing the enhanced image, D.B.Young returned to where the camera had been aimed to look for tracks in the snow. There were many.

These tracks measured 15 ½ to 16 inches in length with visible human like toes and heal patterns.

The toes in these tracks dug in, curling downward in some of the prints, indicating actual toe mobility not solid as shoe or form.

The branch of a tree just at the photographed creatures head was measured at 8 and a half feet, making Big Phil a frightening 8 feet tall, with a shoulder width of 3 feet.

Although during the first couple weeks after the photo, D.B.Young was not able to locate a forest path beyond Mt. Pelee road.

That Spring, the tracks had been located, and lead Mr. Young and another researcher about 1 mile into the deep swamp of Mt. Pelee springs. This was in the opposite direction that Big Phil was first suspected of going. Then Big Phil's trail was lost due in part to spring time snow melt and swamp flooding by the beaver ponds. This investigation is ongoing.

Watch detailed investigation below: