(Hoax) Temagami Island - Ben Matine
What transpired with this was simple, it was a movie company trying to trick Bigfoot Researchers into making such an uproar over these pictures to garner them attention for their movie. It failed, it was caught before it was even able to get off the ground as the costume used was available on the Internet. When they had "Jim" stand for a comparison photo, they had him stand about 20 to 25 feet further back behind the root ball of the fallen tree to make the "Bigfoot" appear bigger than what it really was.
Below: The mask that was used, can be found on the Internet in Halloween Online stores.
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Below: The Movie Trailer
Below: The movie company put this video out to try to verify their own claims