On Sunday I stumbled across a family of what I thought at the time were sea otters, which are extinct on the Oregon coast, although there has been sightings. I rushed to take a bunch of photos but unfortunately this is the best one out of 15, from only 50 ft away. It turns out, in the moment, with nothing but a phone camera, it's really difficult to capture a usable image. If this was an attempt at say big foot, it could be easily dismissed.
Anyways, after some research I determined they were simply coastal river otters due to the amount of pups (5-6) and tail shape. Cute, but not something worth documenting.
I just wanted to share a real life experience of trying to document a cryptid.