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:This article is about Bigfoot, the cryptid. For the monster truck, see Bigfoot (truck).Bigfoot is a large creature said to inhabit the remote wilderness areas of the US (the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes, the Rocky Mountains, the Southern forests, the Northeastern forests) and southwestern Canada. An alternative name is Sasquatch, derived from a Northwest Coast Native American term.
Along with the Loch Ness Monster and Yeti, Bigfoot is perhaps the most famous cryptid in Cryptozoology.
While Bigfoot may or may not exist, a Bigfoot culture of mostly amateur researchers is active. Some professionals have deemed such groups worthy of study as a movement or subculture.
Most mainstream scientists have found existing Sasquatch evidence unpersuasive, and consider such evidence and sightings the product of mythology, folklore, misidentification or hoaxes. Some professionals and academics have argued that evidence should be evaluated objectively as it arises.
Others -- including many amateurs -- continue research and consider the existence of Sasquatch a possibility.
1 Description
Witnesses generally report similar features: A large, apeHylobatidae Hominidae Apes are the members of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates, including humans. There are two families of hominoids the family Hylobatidae consists of 12 species of gibbons, including the Lar and the Siamang, collectively known aslike bipedal creature usually 7 to 9 feet tall, broad shouldered and strongly built. The head is small and pointed; sometimes a low crest or ridge is reported on top of the skull; sometimes a head that is more round is reported. The eyes are usually described as small, hidden below a pronounced brow. Excepting the face, hands and feet, short shaggy hair covers the body. Hair color is reported as being black, brown, rust, reddish, sandy or silver.
Most sightings are at night, leading to speculation that sasquatch are nocturnal. Individuals are usually reported, though some witnesses report pairs or family groups.
2 Actuality
3 Arguments against
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- Many claims of eyewitness sightings have been made, and both home movies and photographs said to be of Bigfoot exist, although they are generally of poor quality. There are also audio recordings of purported sasquatches.
- Ray Wallace claimed to have produced a substantial amount of hoaxed evidence from 1958 onward in a prank that continued beyond his expectations. Wallace's family published many of the details following his death in 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom. Wallace's assertions are often considered a serious blow against Bigfoot claims to the casual observer. However, Ray was well-known as a hoaxer to those in the Bigfoot community; therefore they do not take either his claims or his family's seriously.
- Most of the areas where Bigfoot has been reported are near habitats of bearFor other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation). Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus A bear is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae . The adjective, ursine is used to describe things of bearlike nature. Physical attributes Common characters, notably including the Grizzly Bear. Grizzly bears are large and furry, and occasionally stand up on their hind legs, prompting the suggestion that many of the "Bigfoot" sightings were in fact bears. Some reports, however, originate with people familiar with bears, who claim that what they saw was not a bear.
- At least one film (the Patterson-Gimlin film) shows something that is definitely not a bear, and this film was for a long time considered the strongest evidence for Bigfoot. Wallace claimed to have been involved in hoaxing the film. Some have accepted Wallace's claims and consider the film phony, while others have refuted Wallace's statements.
- Rumors circulated that the creature seen in the Patterson-Gimlin film was a suit designed by special effects legend John Chambers. Some reports state that film director John Landis started such rumors. Chambers designed the ape costumes seen in many of the original Planet of the Apes films, and was reportedly an acquaintance of Ray Wallace and Bob Gimlin. In an October 26, 1997 interview with Bigfoot researcher Bobbie Short, Chambers denied any knowledge of the Patterson film before its public exposure, and further denied any involvement in a hoax. Chambers stated he was good at his craft, but "not that good" when it came to creating such a purported disguise. (Loren Coleman & Jerome Clark, Cryptozoology A to Z, p 56)
- Curiously, the creature possesses both a male sagittal crest (as in gorillas) and pendulous female breasts (as in human and chimpanzee females). Some have argued that the sagittal crest is not a male or female trait, but a size-related trait.
- The theory (perhaps more correctly termed hypothesis) that sasquatch might be a late surviving representative of the Gigantopithecus blacki is generally considered highly speculative. Rigorous studies of the existing fossilized remains seem to indicate that Gigantopithecus is the common ancestor of two quadrupedal genera, represented by the sivapithecus and the Orangutan. As the likelihood that these two modern animals would be descended from a bipedal animal does not seem plausible or probable to scientists, the current consensus view is that Gigantopithecus walked on all fours as a quadruped like an Orangutan or sivapithecus , not as a biped as Bigfoot is said to be, and the enormous mass of Gigantopithicus would have made it difficult for it to adopt a bipedal gait. If an animal like Sasquatch ever existed in North America, a more likely candidate would be a species of Paranthropus, such as Paranthropus robustus, which would have looked very much like Sasquatch, including the crested skull and naturally bipedal gait.
- There have been many reported "sightings", but no physical evidence for the existence of Bigfoot: no dead bodies, bones, faeces, artifacts or fur. Considering how many amateur and professional researchers have been looking for such evidence for decades, the absence of such evidence seems to some sufficient evidence for Bigfoot´s absence.
