- Aug 19, 2011
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Okay, I was a firm believer in the OP's mystery creature being a juvenile cougar (mountain lion), and in fact I was one of the first to suggest so, UNTIL a moment ago. Out of curiosity, I copied the game cam photos and opened them on my computer using Windows Photo Gallery. I enlarged each photo and adjusted the brightness and then the contrast, and having done so, I will switch teams and agree that it is a grey fox. Once you adjust the brightness and contrast, you can see more of the ear shape and hock shape on the animal. As well, it's abdomen is quite tucked up, a trait more common in a grey fox than a feline, even a hungry feline. In one of the side shots of the animal moving, after adjusting the contrast, I could see that the animals ears are probably back and turned outward, thus making the shape of the skull appear more feline in the unaltered original cam pic. If you have Windows Photo Gallery, or any photo program that allows adjustment of brightness and contrast, give it a try and see what you may see.