http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1czBcnX1Ww

Holy crap that is so messed o.O imagine being asleep and waking up to that in your face...

It's more like a robotic fly...and why the hell did that guy kick it???

I would run away if I saw that walking around. I'm totally serious.

I had to stop watching the video about 30 seconds in.

It reminds me of one of those monsters on Silent Hill.

That is really cool. I love how it gets it balance again on the ice and when it's kicked and the run and jump at the end was cool too. It did sound like a pack of bees though.

He kicked it to show that it can right itself instantly, some people can't manage that

is that the Hunter like thing? regains its balance when you knock it over? has a load of sandbags on its back?

cant view, at college =/

The reason it looks so creepy is because it has an inflexible spine and no visible "head" at the front.

Uncanny Valley.

Cuz ya know, the fact it's like a giant buzzing fly isn't freaky at all.

actually, I think a flexible spine would be even more creepy...

the legs are organic looking enough ;p

wait til they stick a gun on.

They prefer wheeled models as gun-bots for some reason, though I can see several other uses for the kind of technology the Big Dog uses; wait until they build bigge models, complete with cockpits and weapons.
See Xbox360 game: Chromehounds.

It's just like the said on The Simpsons. The wars of the future will be fought by tiny robots on remote mountaintops. The US Army will exist to service and maintain those robots.

Another main reason why it is creepy (at least to me) is its structural symmetry... That is, the front legs are exactly the same as the back legs, just pointing the opposite direction. In another video of it they switched the front legs around so it could climb a hill easier, and that didn't look scary to me.