April Fool 2009: Bigfoot Discovered In Windows 7

Today, we thought we'd share something funny from the Windows 7 beta that several eagle-eyed readers have written into us about, but we've never found a good excuse to squeeze in anywhere. If you want to see it for yourself, you'd better be quick - we doubt this will be in the final release...

See it? No, nor did we, even knowing what to look for. Then we kicked ourselves.

As Blade Runner might have put it: "Enhance 34 to 36. Pan left and zoom in."

Busted. No wonder all those cryptozoologists have been so frustrated for the last few years. They've been hunting Sasquatch in the woods, up mountains, and as far from civilisation as possible. Not one of them ever thought to sit down and go hunting for Bigfoot in their Windows wallpaper...