Here's my Bigfoot video, well, sort of
Every photographer in the world has one pseudo-Bigfoot video. Or hopes to. You will soon view mine. I'm talking about the classic Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film.
No matter how prepared you are to photograph on film a UFO, Bigfoot, or a big cat roaming freely across a wheat field when it actually belongs in the Rocky Mountains, you'll never photograph it perfectly.
Your film will be blurry, shaky, out of focus and way too short.
So, imagine you are zipping into Bluffton on Columbus Grove Road about 2:15 p.m. in the afternoon and three deer jump out of the corn field about 30 feet in front of you.
One is Mom, one is Bambi and one is Bambi's brother. You screech on the brakes, grab the camera on the seat beside you and fire away.
Then, if you have a Nikon D90 - I just happen to have one - you quickly switch to video mode and film the critters...out of focus, blurry, shakey and way too short.
Check out my video. Wait until the very end when Bambi and Brother slip into the woods. You'll see Mom giving me a dirty look as she strolls into the woods....just like Bigfoot.
Some photos of the pursuit are at the bottom this story.
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 22, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
- October 21 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Village of Beaverdam requests suggestions for park grant application
- Charles “Chuck” Wendall Collins, 63, owned Eagle Press Repairs
- Dwain L. Leiber, 87, owned Leiber Garage
- Kimberly Dawn Murphy, 55, taught at Findlay City Schools
- Kaleidoscope Farms honoring veterans, thanking current troops, Nov. 8
- Filmmaker to preview documentary exploring life beyond incarceration
- ONU mobile health clinic at Senior Center on Oct. 28
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
- Columbus Grove-Bluffton Rd. closure planned for up to three weeks
- Two Pirate volleyball players make 1st team All-NWC
- 3 Pirate girls 1st team All-NWC soccer
- Pirates dominate All-NWC boys soccer awards
- Local filmmaker focuses on memories made by people and places
- Bluffton Public Library: Medicare 101
- BHS artists prepare Yankee Doodle Christmas Trees for Jingle Bell Stroll
Monday, October 19, 2026
- Beavers sports roundup, October 14-18
- Ada Icon headlines, October 19
- JessExpress Travel is the Icon's newest advertiser
- Gatchel 7th in girls, Pirates 4th at NWC cross country meet
- Veterans invited to Pandora-Gilboa banquet, November 10
- Wearable sculptures featured in exhibit On Soft Ground
- Historic depot rentals offered for meetings and parties