| Bigfoot is an ape-like creature apparently inhabiting | | | | sightings are concentrated in the North America, |
| the Pacific Northwest forests of North America. | | | | while Bigfoot advocates, postulate that Bigfoot is |
| Frequently described as a large, hairy, bipedal | | | | a worldwide phenomenon: |
| humanoid and popularly referred as Sasquatch. | | | | Bigfoot researchers and critics agree that |
| The scientific community abdicates the existence | | | | approximately 80% sightings are misidentification, |
| of Bigfoot and considers it to be a combination of | | | | as the reported size of Bigfoot approximates that |
| folklore, misidentification, and hoaxes. Despite the | | | | of a bear standing on its hind legs, and bears have |
| negative scientific consensus, yet Bigfoot is the | | | | a high prevalence in regions said to be inhabited |
| most famous example of a cryptid within | | | | by Bigfoot. |
| crypto-zoology. | | | | Bigfoot sightings or footprints are often |
| Tales of untamed man exist amongst the | | | | demonstrably hoaxes as seen through this |
| indigenous population of the Pacific Northwest. | | | | contemporary example. On July 9, 2008, Rick |
| Their description varies both regionally and locally. | | | | Dyer and Matthew Whitton posted a video on |
| Similar stories are spun across the globe except | | | | YouTube claiming that they had discovered the |
| Antarctica. Some regional versions contain more | | | | body of a deceased Sasquatch in northern |
| nefarious creatures. Paul Kane in 1847, reported | | | | Georgia forest. They received $50,000 from Tom |
| stories by the native people about skoocooms - a | | | | Biscardi; Searching for Bigfoot, Inc. Popular news |
| race of cannibalistic wild men living on the peak of | | | | networks covered the story of the mens claims |
| Mount St. Helens and were regarded as | | | | across the globe. The alleged Bigfoot body arrived |
| supernatural. While, others gave them names like | | | | in a block of ice in a freezer with the Searching |
| stiyaha or kwi-kwiyai who were a nocturnal race | | | | for Bigfoot team. When the contents were |
| and would entrap a person for a kill. | | | | thawed, it was discovered that the hair was fake, |
| Reverend Elkanah Walker, a Protestant missionary | | | | the head was hollow, and the feet were rubber. |
| in 1840 recorded stories of giants amongst the | | | | Subsequently, the discoverers admitted the whole |
| Native Americans living in Spokane. The Indians | | | | scenario being a hoax after being confronted by |
| claimed that these giants lived around the nearby | | | | Steve Kulls Ex. Dir.; Bigfoot advocates believe that |
| mountain peaks and stole salmon from their nets. | | | | the legend could be a relict population of |
| With Eric Shiptons photograph of Yeti footprint in | | | | Gigantopithecus. Most of Gigantopithecus fossils |
| 1951, the story of the Yeti entered into popular | | | | are found in China, and as many species of |
| consciousness. Itgenerated considerable attention | | | | animals migrated across the Bering land bridge, it |
| and a funded organized search for Yeti In | | | | is not unreasonable to assume that |
| Himalayas began. About one-third of Bigfoot | | | | Gigantopithecus might have as well. |