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Bigfoot is also called Sasquatch, a hairy creature with a figure similar to a human's but which is a primate between 6 and 15 feet tall. The name Bigfoot was the term attributed to the enormous footprints that it allegedly left in the wilderness of northwestern U.S. and western Canada where it is reported to exist.
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DESCRIPTION

The people who have claimed sightings of Bigfoot describe it as large, muscular, bipedal (has two feet for locomotion), similar to an ape, and approximately 6 to 15 feet tall.

Bigfoot is said to be covered in hair, but the description of its color varies according to the sightings.

Bigfoot is described as black, dark brown, or dark reddish.

Bigfoot got its name from its enormous footprints.

These footprints are said to be as large as 24 inches long and 8 inches wide.

The measurement came from casts or moldings from the footprints left on the site of sighting.

Some casts include claw marks, suggesting that it has claws on its five toes.

However, this feature makes it similar to other wild animals like bears.

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

We could conclude that the majority of people do not believe in Bigfoot.

If we looked at the figures of the number of people who believe in the existence of Bigfoot, we could start by consulting a study by Baylor University, Baylor Religion Surveys in 2007.

The study shows that only 16% of Americans believe in Bigfoot, 44% said that it "probably [does] not" exist and around 40% said it "absolutely [does] not" exist.

However, the myth of a hairy creature does not exist in northwestern and Canadian culture alone.

According to Robert Pyle, an ecologist, most cultures have myths and claims of human-like giants in their folklore.

The circulation of this myth actually serves a purpose as Pyle suggests that it expresses a need for a creature "larger than life".

Various languages have different names to refer to a creature similar to Bigfoot.

Each of these names usually describes a "wild" or "hairy man"; others describe common actions that the said creature performs, like eating clams or shaking trees.

For example, the Lummi, a Native American tribe, has its own version of Bigfoot: the Ts'emekwes, which is similar to Bigfoot but differs in activity and diet.

In some Native American regions, myths of the Stiyaha or Kwi-kwiyai circulate. These are nocturnal creatures that are believed to be more threatening, the kind of Bigfoot that carries people away with the intention to kill.

The Sts'Ailes people, an indigenous tribe in British Columbia, Canada, refer to Bigfoot as Sasquatch. The tribe, along with others in British Columbia, insisted that the Sasquatch was real and were even offended when told that it was only a creature of legend.

SIGHTINGS

The majority of claimed Bigfoot sightings came from the Pacific Northwest, a region in western North America.

Aside from the Pacific Northwest, the supposed sightings can be pinpointed somewhere in the rural areas of the Great Lakes region and the Southeastern United States.

Over 1000 sightings were documented in Janet and Colin Bord's The Bigfoot Casebook. These sightings happened from 1818 to 1980.

Supposing that the claims of these Bigfoot sightings were false, here are several explanations for them:

Misidentification
Debates occurred due to a sighting in 2007 when the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization showed an alleged picture of a "young bigfoot". The Pennsylvania Game Commission identified the figure as a bear with skin disease. Jeffrey Meldrum, an anthropologist, suspected that it was a chimpanzee due to the proportions of its limbs.

Hoaxes
Many of these sightings are just propagated hoaxes or lies, like the Jacko Affair, which was propagated by an 1884 newspaper claiming that an apelike creature had been captured in British Columbia.
More recently, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton claimed that they had discovered a Bigfoot's corpse. The incident was covered by major news companies, but when experts examined the alleged corpse, the hair was fake and the body was rubber.

Gigantopithecus
The Bigfoot could be a surviving form of the Gigantopithecus, the largest species of primates that ever existed. However, it is already extinct and most of its fossils are found in Asia.

Extinct Hominins
Some anthropologists suggests that it could be a Paranthropus, a species of ape more fitting to the Bigfoot's description. However, its fossils are only found in Africa.

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Sasquatch

An artist's depiction of Bigfoot.

Creature

Name:

Sasquatch

AKA:

Bigfoot

Classification

Grouping:
Cryptid

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First reported:

In folklore

Country:

United States, Canada

Region:

California

Habitat:

Forests, Swamps, Mountains

Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch, is a rarely-seen primate that some people say lives in remote areas of Canada and the United States. Even though many people claim to have seen a Bigfoot, or seen their tracks, no one has ever captured one, or found a dead body. For this reason, some people do not believe in Bigfoot. Some also believe Bigfoot is a dangerous monster, because of some scary stories told about them. Most people who study Bigfoot, however, agree that the species is probably gentle and intelligent, just like humans.

Bigfoot is said to be very tall, from 7 to 9 feet (about 2 to 2.75 meters) and covered in brown, black, red, or sometimes even white fur or hair. They are said to have very big feet, about 13 inches long (0.3 meters), which is why they are named Bigfoot.

Bigfoots are mostly seen in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, but sometimes people see them in the Great Lakes area, the Midwest, or even in swamps in the Southern United States.

It is thought that Bigfoot may be related to the Yeti of the Himalayas.

The name Sasquatch comes from the Halkomelem language, a Central Salish language in the Salish language family. Stories of this type of creature are known among a number of First Nations groups in south-western British Columbia.

Description

Bigfoot is described as a large, muscular ape or human-like creature covered in black, dark brown, or dark reddish hair. According to some descriptions, the creature might stand as tall as 10-15 feet (3.0-4.6 m).

Other common descriptions include broad shoulders, no visible neck, and long arms. The enormous footprints for which the creature is named are claimed to be as large as 24 inches (610 mm) long and 8 inches (200 mm) wide.

Indigenous and early records

Many of the indigenous cultures across the North American continent include tales of mysterious hair-covered creatures living in forests. These legends existed long before contemporary reports of the creature described as Bigfoot. These stories differed in their details regionally and between families in the same community, and are particularly prevalent in the Pacific Northwest.

On the Tule River Indian Reservation, petroglyphs created by a tribe of Yokuts at a site called Painted Rock are alleged by some to depict a group of Bigfoot called "the Family". The local tribespeople call the largest of the glyphs "Hairy Man", and they are estimated to be between 500 and 1000 years old. 16th century Spanish explorers and Mexican settlers told tales of the los Vigilantes Oscuros, or "Dark Watchers", large creatures alleged to stalk their camps at night. In the region that is now Mississippi, a Jesuit priest was living with the Natchez in 1721 and reported stories of hairy creatures in the forest known to scream loudly and steal livestock.

The Sts'ailes people tell stories about sasq'ets, a shapeshifting creature that protects the forest. The name "Sasquatch" is the anglicized version of sasq'ets (sas-kets), roughly translating to "hairy man" in the Halq'emeylem language.

Members of the Lummi tell tales about creatures known as Ts'emekwes. The stories are similar to each other in the general descriptions of Ts'emekwes, but details differed among various family accounts concerning the creature's diet and activities. Some regional versions tell of more threatening creatures: the stiyaha or kwi-kwiyai were a nocturnal race and children were warned against saying the names so that the "monsters" would not come and carry them away. The Iroquois tell of an aggressive, hair covered giant with rock-hard skin known as the Ot ne yar heh or "Stone Giant", more commonly referred to as the Genoskwa. In 1847, Paul Kane reported stories by the natives about , a race of wild men living on the peak of Mount St. Helens. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, in his 1893 book, The Wilderness Hunter, writes of a story he was told by an elderly mountain man named Bauman in which a foul-smelling, bipedal creature ransacked his beaver trapping camp. Roosevelt notes that Bauman appeared fearful while telling the story, but attributed the trapper's German ancestry to have potentially influenced him.

A version by Reverend Elkanah Walker mentions stories of giants among the natives living near Spokane, Washington. These giants were said to live on and around the peaks of the nearby mountains, stealing salmon from the fishermen's nets.

In 1958, Jerry Crew, bulldozer operator for a logging company in Humboldt County, California, discovered a set of large, 16 inches (410 mm) human-like footprints sunk deep within the mud in the Six Rivers National Forest. Upon informing his coworkers, many claimed to have seen similar tracks on previous job sites as well as telling of odd incidents such as an oil drum weighing 450 pounds (200 kg) having been moved without explanation. The logging company men soon began utilizing "Bigfoot" to describe the apparent culprit. Crew initially believed someone was playing a prank on them. After observing more of these massive footprints, he contacted reporter Andrew Genzoli of the Humboldt Times newspaper. Genzoli interviewed lumber workers and wrote articles about the mysterious footprints, introducing the name "Bigfoot" in relation to the tracks and the local tales of large, hairy wild men. A plaster cast was made of the footprints and Crew appeared, holding one of the casts, on the front page of the newspaper on October 6, 1958. The story spread rapidly as Genzoli began to receive correspondence from major media outlets including the New York Times and Los Angeles Times. As a result, the term Bigfoot became widespread as a reference to an apparently large, unknown creature leaving massive footprints in Northern California. As a result, Willow Creek and Humboldt County are considered by some to be the "Bigfoot Capital of the World".

Regional and other names

Many regions have differentiating names for the creatures. In Canada, the name Sasquatch is widely used although often interchangeably with the name Bigfoot. The United States uses both of these names but also has numerous names and descriptions of the creatures depending on the region and area in which they are allegedly sighted. These include the Skunk ape in Florida and other southern states, Grassman in Ohio, Fouke Monster in Arkansas, Wood Booger in Virginia, the Monster of Whitehall in Whitehall, New York, Momo in Missouri, Honey Island Swamp Monster in Louisiana, Dewey Lake Monster in Michigan, Mogollon Monster in Arizona, the Big Muddy Monster in southern Illinois, and The Old Men of the Mountain in West Virginia. The term Wood Ape is also used by some as a means to deviate from the perceived mythical connotation surrounding the name "Bigfoot". Other names include Bushman, Treeman, and Wildman.

Pictures and movies of Bigfoot

Sometimes, people who see a Bigfoot are able to take a picture or a movie of it. The most famous of these is the "Patterson-Gimlin movie." It was named this because the last names of the men who took the movie were Patterson and Gimlin. In the movie, a large, ape-like creature can be seen walking from a lake to a forest. Because this is the best movie so far of a creature that may be a Bigfoot, scientists argue about it a lot.

Some think that the creature is a real Bigfoot, while others think that it is just a person in a gorilla costume. Because of this, people have done experiments with men in gorilla costumes who try to move like the creature in the movie. So far, none has been able to move just like it. This is why there are many Bigfoot hoaxes. He can also be mistaken for a grizzly bear.The evidence obtained from the movie is startling though many have questioned it. Some experts believe if the movie is played slightly faster it could have been a man wearing a rubber costume. However aspects of the footage are amazing. For example, biotechnology scientists have said that for Bigfoot to walk upright it would need an extended heel. The creature in the movie too has an extended heel.

Images for kids

1895 article describing a giant grizzly bear named "Bigfoot".

A black bear showcasing its ability to sit in a human-like fashion.

The 2007 photo of an unidentified creature captured on a trail camera attributed by at least one self-styled cryptid investigator to be a juvenile black bear with long legs.

Fossil jaw of the extinct primate Gigantopithecus blacki

2007 photograph of the Bigfoot trap within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

An artist's impression of the creature

In Spanish: Pie Grande para niños

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Willow Creek, California, has declared itself the capital of BigFoot country and in the center of the village stands a wooden, life-size carving of the creature. (Photo courtesy of Willow Creek Chamber of Commerce)

If the Himalayas of Asia has it's Yeti, the Pacific Northwest of America has it's Bigfoot: A hairy, ape-like, biped that stands seven to nine feet tall and weighs between 600 and 900 pounds.

Bigfoot, or as it's often called in Canada, the Sasquatch, is mentioned in several native American legends. In fact, the term "Sasquatch" is Indian for "hairy giant." The first sighting of a Sasquatch by a white man apparently came in 1811 near what now is the town of Jasper, Alberta Canada. A trader named David Thompson found some strange footprints, fourteen inches long and eight inches wide, with four toes, in the snow.

In 1884 the newspaper, Daily Colonist, of Victoria, British Columbia told of the capture of a "Sasquatch." The creature was spotted by a train crew along the Fraser River. The crew stopped the train, gave chase, and captured the animal after following it up a rocky hill. The creature was given the name "Jacko" and was "...Something of the gorilla type, standing four feet seven inches in height and weighing 127 pounds. He has long black, strong hair and resembles a human being with one exception, his entire body, excepting his hands (or paws) and feet are covered with glossy hair about one inch long...he possesses extraordinary strength, as he will take hold of a stick and break it by wrenching it or twisting it, which no man could break in the same way."

The description of Jacko is so much like that of a chimpanzee, and so unlike later Bigfoot reports, that some have suggested the animal actually was a chimpanzee. If brought back by a sailor from Africa, the animal might have escaped or been turned loose. There is also the strong possibility that the entire story was a hoax. Newspapers of that era often printed hoax stories to amuse their readers (perhaps not unlike some tabloids sold today).

Rumors about the Sasquatch continued through the end of the century. Then, in 1910, the murder of two miners, found with their heads cut off, was attributed to the creatures, though there was little supporting evidence that the killing wasn't human in origin. In any case, the place of the murders, Nahanni Valley, in Canada, was changed to Headless Valley, because of the incident.

The year 1924 turned out to be a banner year in Bigfoot history. Three major sightings occurred: According to a Canadian lumberjack named Albert Ostman, he had been prospecting near Tobet Inlet when he was captured by a family of Bigfoots. The father and daughter guarded him while the mother and son prepared the meals. The family was vegetarian and ate roots, grass and spruce tips. After about a week Ostman was able to slip away. He didn't tell his story to anyone till 1957, fearing people would think him crazy.

The second incident in 1924 involved a group of miners near Mount St. Helens, Washington. The story goes that the miners spotted a Bigfoot and shot at it, apparently killing the animal. That night their cabin was surrounded by the creature's friends. They proceeded to throw stones at the building, pound on the walls and climb on the roof. The attack continued till dawn. The next day the miners packed up and abandoned the mine. The place is now called Ape Canyon (years later a miner came forward swearing he'd been the one throwing rocks at the cabin as a joke).

The final sighting came also from the region of Mount St. Helens when a prospector complained to a forest ranger that he'd been woken in the middle of the night when stones were thrown at his cabin. Peeking outside he saw Sasquatches and "they was screaming like a bunch of apes." The man hid under his bed till morning came. Going outside he found the cabin surrounded by big footprints.

Interest in Bigfoot began to pick up in the United States in 1958 when a bulldozer operator named Jerry Crew found enormous footprints around where he was working in Humboldt County, California. Crew made a cast of the footprint. A local newspaper ran the story of Crew and his footprint with a photo. The story was picked up by other papers and ran throughout the country. It was the picture of Crew holding the "Bigfoot" that made the name stick.

In 1967 Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin, Bigfoot buffs, announced they'd captured Bigfoot with a movie camera. They filmed a few seconds of a an ape-like creature, apparently female, moving across a clearing near Bluff Creek in northern California. While the film is not perfectly clear, there is no mistaking the creature in the film for a common animal. The movie shows either a real Bigfoot, or a man in a clever costume. Nobody has ever proved the film fake, though some viewers were suspicious about the unnatural stride the creature had. One scientist who viewed the film, John Napier, of the Smithsonian Institution, admitted, "I couldn't see the zipper, and I still can't."

Scientists have a right to be suspicious of Bigfoot evidence. Two known hoax films exist. A controversial carcass, the"Minnesota Iceman", was thought to be a hoax, too. In addition, hoax foot prints have been made from fake wooden feet and altered boots. One company even produced a set of oversized plastic strap on feet that you could use to fool your friends and family.

Putting on a gorilla suit and wandering through the woods, in Bigfoot country, is probably not a good idea no matter what fun you'd have scaring people. The local people often carry guns and one researcher, Grover Krantz, of Washington State University, thinks that the only way to ever prove scientifically Bigfoot exists is to shoot it so the body can be examined (Krantz does not recommend that anybody but experienced "big-game" hunters should attempt to bring the creature down as a typical deer rifle might not be heavy enough for a clean kill). There's even rumored to be a million dollar reward for the first real Bigfoot carcass found.

Some local authorities have moved to protect Bigfoot. In Skamania County, Washington, it is illegal to kill a Bigfoot under penalty of $1,000 fine and five years in jail. The Sioux Indians, who called Bigfoot "Taku he", have forbidden hunting of him on their ground.

The best evidence for the Sasquatch remains the many footprints that have been found. Typically these run from 16 to 18 inches long and about 7 inches wide. There is no foot arch and the heel has a distinct double ball that might suggest an adaptation to handle great weight.

Is there really a Bigfoot? Well, despite the many tracks and a large number of sightings nobody has ever found a carcass. This is strange if you believe there are enough of these creatures in the forests and mountains of the Northwest United States and Canada to sustain a breeding population. They must go somewhere when they die.

Was the first Sasquatch, Jacko, a chimp? (Copyright 1996 Lee Krystek)

If they are alive, what do they eat? Ostmans story tells us they were vegetarians, but the diet he describes seems inadequate to meet the needs of such large creatures. Glenn Thomas offered a story that might explain the creatures feeding habits. Thomas was walking through the woods when he spotted a family of Bigfoots in a clearing. They were digging through a pile of rocks and eating the small animals they found underneath. (Mostly woodchucks and marmots) Investigators returned to the spot later and found some 30 holes dug. Some of the boulders shifted weighed 250 pounds.

If you travel to Humboldt County, California, you may want to look for Bigfoot yourself among the forests and mountains in one of the many state or federal parks found there. If you don't see him, though, don't dispare. You can always visit the town of Willow Creek in the center of the county. It has declared itself the capital of BigFoot country and in the center of the village stands a wooden, life-size carving of the creature.

Book: "Sasquatch/Bigfoot: The Search for North America's Incredable Creature"

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