Hair-Raising Encounter

Posted to Flickr on 25 February 2013.

Close-up of a Bigfoot action figure, part of the classic line of Six Million Dollar Man toys from the 1970s.

Photo submitted to the Flickr group Macro Mondays for the "Hair" theme.

Origin

I was inspired to shoot this image both from the Macro Mondays Flickr group theme “hair” but also because of a rash of Bigfoot stories in the news lately. Also, I just love this action figure from the classic line of toys based on the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.

Elsewhere

Bigfoot has also been spotted here:

Critical MAS

Have you seen this photo somewhere else? Or are you using it yourself? I would love to hear from you! It's always fun to learn where my photos turn up.

Setup

This photo was taken in my kitchen using some pretty simple Gear. You might be surprised to discover how low-tech my "photography studio" really is.

Flickr Facts

This photo was posted to Flickr on 25 February 2013. The last time I checked, it had 31,084 views on Flickr.

The media type of this image is "photo." The original file type was "jpg." The photo's dimensions are 1024 x 681, giving it landscape orientation.

Unless otherwise noted, the image was created by me, JD Hancock.

Selected imagery background information.

Bigfoot

"Bigfoot" is a hairy, humanoid creature said to live in the forests of the Pacific Nortwest region of North America. The creature is also known as "sasquatch" and is sometimes associated with the Yeti of the Himalayas. Most of the scientific community questions the existence of Bigfoot due primarily to the lack of supporting physical evidence. Bigfoot was a recurring character on the 1970s television series The Six Million Dollar Man.

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) is a television series that follows the adventures of a former United States astronaut who, after a terrible accident, is given bionic implants and completes missions for a government organization called the OSI. The title character of Steve Austin was portrayed by Lee Majors. The series was based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin. A spin-off show The Bionic Woman and several television movies followed.