Trail Camera Mystery

• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14

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So I've been trying to catch up with a coyote that has come in locally. I've had this carcass out for two weeks and of course the coyote has been scarce. On my last card pull I had this photo. What the hell is that in the background. It was not in the preceding or following pictures. Unfortunately it snowed again before I could check for tracks.

This is Jarrettsville, Harford county. We've had bears close in the past, but its February and I'd assume they'd be hibernating. Also, that would be a pretty damned big bear.

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• Feb 9, 2021

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joppaj

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I doubt a fox would be anywhere near a big predator. His sense of smell is solid and his hearing is even better. My guess is it's a non-animal reflection.

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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I say its double reflection on the lens from the fox.
The spacing and the angle are just too close to be another animal in my opinion
with multiple lens surfaces, it goes through one surface, some light bounces back on the next surface, then some of that bounces back to the camera sensor element
all this reflection happening within the lens of the camera.
edit: looking at it again, the other clue is that if you look at the photo and put a point into the center, the center of the photo is the half way distance between the 2 eyes of the fox and the ghost eyes.

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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Archeryrob

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Its just some how a reflections of the fox's eyes. I occasionally get single or double spots from deer eyes. Not sure why though

 

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• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14

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joppaj said:

I doubt a fox would be anywhere near a big predator. My guess is it's a non-animal reflection.

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I generally would believe the same, but I also have a picture of two raccoons, my cat, two foxes and a coyote over the same carcass at the same time.

Also not sure what would be reflecting, its in a fairly secluded area of the woods. Trying to find a daylight picture to share.

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• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14

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Melnic said:

I say its double reflection on the lens from the fox.
The spacing and the angle are just too close to be another animal in my opinion
with multiple lens surfaces, it goes through one surface, some light bounces back on the next surface, then some of that bounces back to the camera sensor element

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Interesting, first time I've had something like that on this camera though through 1000s of pictures.

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• Feb 9, 2021

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Doco Overboard

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Neighbors house or barn light?

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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Melnic said:

I say its double reflection on the lens from the fox.

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This

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14

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A double reflection would definitely make me feel better given the proximity to the house.

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• Feb 9, 2021

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aquaman

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No way that's a reflection. There's something out there man.

 

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I'm not sayin' it's aliens, but it's aliens.

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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Doco Overboard

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Usually meat eating critters have eyes more to the front of the head to help with binocular vision, sort of an aid to predation.
Ruminates to the sides like a deer. That’s why they cannot detect movement as easily with the head down and while browsing.
That’s a Bigfoot I think judging from the width of the eye sockets.
We can thousands of trail cam pics a year on off all the properties we hunt.
Never seen nothing like that or cant even recall seeing eye shine from camera reflection.
My votes for Bigfoot or a bear.

 

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3% chance it's a Chupacabra.

 

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BigCountry14

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Todd S said:

3% chance it's a Chupacabra.

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I'm surprised it took 45 minutes for that comment. Suprised no one has said its a car in a snow back or the ghost of JosephIV

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• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14 said:

I generally would believe the same, but I also have a picture of two raccoons, my cat, two foxes and a coyote over the same carcass at the same time.

Also not sure what would be reflecting, its in a fairly secluded area of the woods. Trying to find a daylight picture to share.

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Could just be an internal reflection in the camera lens. It isn't like these are super high quality optics and IR adds an extra dimension to that (most coatings for lenses don't do anything for IR as lens optics are generally optimized for visible light, when they are coated. Unless they are dedicated IR lenses)

 

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It's clearly Jimmy Hoffa.

Or Elvis.

One of those two.

 

• Feb 9, 2021

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BigCountry14

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Daylight photo of the area

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