What Fasano's Game Camera Really Photographed

May 30, 2012
Tim Fasano released a series of game cam photos earlier today. Mr. Fasano claims that he captured a Skunk Ape or Bigfoot (or the lion from the wizard of oz) looking at a deer. Upon zooming in to take a closer look, it seems that he may have been mistaken. It appears that the photos show nothing more than a fern and some leaves or other foliage. The fern seems to be behind the tree in the background while the leaves seem to be behind the closer tree.  Tim Fasano can be found on Youtube under the user names fasanotampa and seminoleproject he also has a website seminoleproject.com where he released these photos.

This photo belongs to Tim Fasano, it is used here for educational purposes only

Breaking News: Hovey Photo Is Not The Abominable Costume.

On February 23rd 2012 Melissa Hovey, President of the American Bigfoot Society, released a photo of an alleged Sasquatch (see photo below). Since the photos release it has been the subject of much controversy. Recently it has been suggested  that the photo is an image of the costume used in the 2006 movie Abominable. While there are many resemblances to the costume from the movie it is almost defiantly not the same as what is depicted in the ABS photo. I arrived at this conclusion by careful investigation of the facts. I have spent many hours contacting the people who were involved in the making of the film.

Melissa Hovey's photo

First a little background on the movie Abominable: 

Released in April of 2006 by Red Circle Productions

Directed by: Ryan Schifrin

Written by: Ryan Schifrin and James Morrison

Produced by: Donna Cockrell, Theresa Eastman Schifrin (as Theresa Eastman), Paul Spadone , and  Duane Trow

Key Costumer: Angela Tinsley

Special effects suit fabricator: Tinsley Transfers  

Creature effects coordinator:  Christien Tinsley

Creature designer and story board artist: Federico D'Alessandro 

I first contacted Mr. Federico D'Alisandro since he was listed as the creature designer. The email I sent to him is as follows.:

According to IMDB.com you were the creature designer for the 2006 Movie
Abominable. There is some debate about a recently released photo of  an alleged sasquatch. Some are saying it is the suit from that film. I would like to inquire as to what is your opinion on this. Thank you for
your time. Please see attached photo.

Mr. D'Alessandro was kind enough to reply to me with this response:

Abominable Costume

Unfortunately I didn't see the suit in person when I worked on that movie.
As a big believer in the existence of Sasquatch, I hope it's not a suit,
though I would question how the photographer got so close to the creature,
why its back is turned to the camera when it's that close, and why there
appears to be a big light shining on it (appears to be something stronger
than a flashlight).

Sorry I can't be of more help

best
Federico

I sent a subsequent email to Mr. D'Alisandro explaining to him how the photo allegedly was obtained and asking him who else I should contact in this matter, He replied with the name and email address of the director Ryan Schifrin. After several attempts to contact the director I decided to contact the producers, all of my emails went unanswered. The production company also never returned my emails. I was given a name by a user in a Facebook group of one of the puppeteers and the company that he works for. I was unable to find contact information for the puppeteer but I was able to contact the company he works for, Tinsley Transfers. Tinsley Transfers is owned by Christien Tinsley and was involved in the special effects of the movie and were also the suit fabricator. I sent a message to Tinsley Transfers and it was as follows:

 According to IMDB.com you worked on the 2006 movie Abominable. Recently a photo of an alleged Sasquatch was released by The American Bigfoot Society. Questions have come up about it's authenticity and that it may possibly be the costume from the film. Attached is the photo in question. I would like to know your opinion on this. Is this from the movie or from any other movie that you are familiar with? If it is your costume would you consider providing production stills of the costume? Any help in this matter is appreciated and thank you for your time.

Their answer was short and sweet:

Sorry to say, this photo did not come from us.

Just to make sure I understood just who looked at the photo I asked the following question:

Thank you for your quick response! If I may ask, did Mr. Tinsley view the photo? If it is not his work does he have an idea who may have done it? 

Again they responded with a short answer but one which should put the question to rest:

He did, and we are all stumped.

So according to Mr. Tinsley's company, the suit fabricators for the film Abominable, it is not their suit and they don't seem to know who's suit it could be. Their words were not many but they speak volumes. If it were their suit they would not be stumped. This does not answer the question as to if it is a suit or not , just that it is not the Abominable suit.

Steve Alcorn
SasquatchScoop.com

Sasquatch Scoop, Your Newest Bigfoot News Blog

Welcome to Sasquatch Scoop. This is an endeavor to make available a Bigfoot news blog that is both factual and at the same time entertaining. So many of the other Bigfoot blogs out there are based mainly on the writers opinions rather than fact. This blog will only represent the facts. I may in time have an opinion section where I share my thoughts, but the news section will never be opinion based. My only agenda is to bring the facts about Bigfoot to light and to promote the knowledge of the creature.

Currently I am working on a story that should be published in the next few days. This story is an attempt to enlighten folks on a recent controversy in the Bigfoot field of research. When all my contacts have responded I will then publish the story. I have been in contact with many of the key players and it should turn out to be a good article.

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