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Bigfoot - Is it possible that a giant, hairy creature called Bigfoot could still inhabit the forested lands of our planet? Many people think so.
This reclusive, unpredictable animal is the subject of much debate, and though it is called a hoax by many, the legend of Bigfoot continues today, perpetuated by eye witness encounters, video and photographic evidence.
The name Bigfoot is often used interchangeably with Sasquatch, although the creature goes by many different names around the world. Most cultures have their own stories: stories of a large bipedal creature, rarely seen, yet often discussed.
The Yeti of Tibet, and the Yowie of Australia are also well known names for the creature.
Many disbelievers claim that ample evidence does not exist to substantiate a Bigfoot creature. Although he is one of the best known names in cryptozoology, until a body, or a living specimen is brought forth for evidence, he will remain in the realm of folklore and legend, and be a good source of campsite stories.
The beginning of Bigfoot sightings in North America, more or less, began in 1958, when a bulldozer operator named Jerry Crew took a cast of Bigfoot prints to a newspaper office. Allegedly, he had found the large footprints at an isolated work site in Bluff Creek, California. The local story took on more meaning when it was republished by the Associated Press.
The legend of Bigfoot had began on a major scale.
Today, we are no closer to solving the mystery than we were 50 years ago. However, with better cameras and video recorders we are hopeful that one of these sly, reserved creatures will be caught, at least on film. This may have already occurred, depending on whom you talk to.
Take a look at the evidence presented on the Mystery Casebook. Judge for yourself.
There is some very compelling evidence that the creature known as Bigfoot really does exist.
Brenda Booth
Near the village of Edmore, southwest of Mount Pleasant, a huge creature haunts homes and people, says one resident.
After learning Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot" crew came to Gladwin, Houghton Lake and West Branch this week to seek out the mysterious, hairy ape, Tammy Forrester asked why the film crews aren't coming to her neighborhood.
"There is something in these woods," she said. "There's a lot of things that go on around here with this thing."
She said her family and neighbors have seen Bigfoot for about 15 years. Forrester saw it crouched down in her yard a few years ago.
"It came up and knocked a fan out of our bedroom window. Seriously," she said. "It was a whole lot bigger than me."
The creature, she said, makes bizarre noises that make the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. It also has a musty, moldy smell. "That's how people know he's around," she said.
When that happens, Forrester said, she heads indoors.
"Dogs are scared of it," she said, including the family beagle, who would hide when he heard it.
"People out here don't walk these roads after dark," she said.
Stefan Lovgren
It's been the subject of campfire stories for decades. A camera-elusive, grooming-challenged, bipedal ape-man that roams the mountain regions of North America. Some call it Sasquatch. Others know it as Bigfoot. Thousands of people claim to have seen the hairy hominoid, but the evidence of its existence is fuzzy. There are few clear photographs of the oversized beast. No bones have ever been found. Countless pranksters have admitted to faking footprints. Yet a small but vociferous number of scientists remain undeterred. Risking ridicule from other academics, they propose that there's enough forensic evidence to warrant something that has never been done: a comprehensive, scientific study to determine if the legendary primate actually exists.
"Given the scientific evidence that I have examined, I'm convinced there's a creature out there that is yet to be identified," said Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University in Pocatello.
Thousands of Sightings
Sasquatch stories go back centuries. Tales of mythical giant apes lurk in the oral traditions of most Native American tribes, as well as in Europe and Asia. The Himalaya has its Abominable Snowman, or the Yeti. In Australia, Bigfoot is known as the Yowie Man.
Bigfoot advocates hypothesize that the primate is the offspring of an ape from Asia that wandered to North America during the Ice Age. They believe there are at least 2,000 ape men walking upright in North America's woods today.
An adult male is said to be at least 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall, weigh 800 pounds (360 kilograms), and have feet twice the size of a human's. The creatures are described as shy and nocturnal, and their diets consist mostly of berries and fruits.
Matt Moneymaker had been searching for Bigfoot for years. In the woods of eastern Ohio, he claims he finally came eye to eye with the elusive primate.
"It was 2 o'clock in the morning and the moon was a quarter full," recalled Moneymaker. "Suddenly, there he was, an eight-foot-tall creature, standing 15 feet away, growling at me. He wanted to let me know I was in the wrong place."
Moneymaker, who lives in Dana Point in southern California, is a lawyer who runs his own marketing agency. In his spare time, he leads the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, a network of more than 3,000 people who claim to have seen the Sasquatch.
Bigfoot is real. That's according to a group of Colorado researchers who say they have hard evidence proving its existence.
Researcher Dave Paulides is convinced the reality of Bigfoot isn't as fuzzy as the photos from people who claim to have seen the mythological creature.
"This DNA is like nothing else in the world," Paulides said.
Paulides says Bigfoot looks approximately 7 to 8 feet tall and weighs in at a whopping 800 to 1,000 pounds.
"It's easy to say a lot of things are crazy. If you lived underground your whole life, the belief that 400 people could fly in a plane would sound crazy," Paulides said.
Bigfoot's name is sometimes misplaced with Sasquatch,but Bigfoot goes by different names in the world.Many cultures have thier own stories such as a large bipedal creature,not seen.and also talked about.(B.J. Booth)
It all began in 1958 when Bigfoot was first sighted, when a Jerry Crew a bulldozer took a cast of Bigfoot prints to a newspaper office.He had found large footprints at an deserted work site in Bluff Creek,California.The last story took on one more meaning when it was published by Associated Press.
Stefan Lovgren-"Sasquatch stories go back centuries. Tales of mythical giant apes lurk in the oral traditions of most Native American tribes, as well as in Europe and Asia. The Himalaya has its Abominable Snowman, or the Yeti. In Australia, Bigfoot is known as the Yowie Man."