Blobsquatch
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[edit] Definition
The term "blobsquatch" refers to any vaguely bigfoot-shaped mass seen (or not) in an otherwise unremarkable photograph of trees. A small minority of people on the fringes of bigfoot research regularly produce photographs of what they claim is a bigfoot. These figures are often highlighted by the advocate of the photograph by drawing a red circle or a shape around what is supposed to be seen. It is widely acknowledged that, even if a blobsquatch photo contained an actual hard-to-see bigfoot, its worth would be questionable since it would not display a clear photograph of a recognizable animal.
[edit] Origin
The term was coined on the Bigfoot Forums on 12 February 2003 in a private message sent from Vito Quaranta of Washington state to Brian Brown, the site's owner. Since then, the term has appeared in other bigfoot-related websites and publications as well as gaining wide-spread use on the forum itself. Its first "public" use was in a presentation by Alton Higgins at the September 2003 International Bigfoot Symposium in Willow Creek, CA, regarding the evaluation of photographic evidence.
[edit] As Mascot
A blobsquatch character, originally created by Tim Cullen of Florida, has been adopted as the mascot of the Bigfoot Information Project and is used, ironically, in some versions of the BIP logo (like the one found on the Bigfoot Forums). By definition, the BIP's mission is to act as a counter weight to the blobsquatch-type "evidence" presented by some in the field.
