Bigfoot - It always stays just outside the range of scientific proof
Author: Robert W. Benjamin
One of the most widespread and controversial creatures of dubious existence is Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, in
reference to a hairy, bipedal hominid being. This being is usually described as 8' to 10' tall, sighted in remote
wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, and the Rocky Mountains, mainly
over the last 300 years. It is said, that this humanoid creature has been seen in the forests of northeastern New England
and the southern United States. Contrary to other monsters, this being is not a single specimen, but researchers have
found at least a few thousand of them reported in different places during all the time, including nearby military
areas.
There is a slight misconceptions between Bigfoot or Sasquatch, and Yeti, who lives in the Himalayas, and the Abominable
Snowman, a Tibetan primate-like popularized by the Western press in 1921 after a visit of the reporter Henry Newman to
the Himalayas. However, there is a controversy related to Bigfoot, with some researchers and witnesses claiming that
this creature can be found in most countries around the world, but known regionally under various names, otherwise, it
is believed that creatures like Yeti, are closely related species.
There are many reports describing a Sasquatch as the American being, but seen in China, Russia, Malaysia, Hawaii.,
Australia, and even in the mountains of South America. Like the other creatures of cryptozoology studies, scientists
reject the possibility of the creature's existence. Unsubstantiated folklore and hoax is usually the verdict given for
skeptics, due to the lack of bones, body or other evidence, in addition to the widely divergent descriptions by
witnesses. They describe the monster as a 7 to 10 feet tall bipedal creature; this is 2 to 3 meters, but looking like
an ape, and sometimes like a man.
It is said that Bigfoot is of a strong build and broad-shouldered, whose body is covered with short shaggy fur or well
defined black or dark brown hair, although some other witnesses report the creature having rust, reddish, sandy or silver
fur, with large eyes and a pronounced brow.
Recently, some cryptologists claim to have found evidence of the Yeti in the Himalayas, after the bones of a hand were
discovered in a Tibetan temple, preserved as relics. This discovery brings back the alleged relationship between Yeti
and Bigfoot, in which case if the Yeti exists, Bigfoot should exist as well. In fact, scientists say there is no evidence
of such a creature in the United States, but various Native American artifacts has been presented as circumstantial
evidence for the existence of Sasquatch, including some dated between 1500 BC to 200 AD, as described in a text from
1877.
Sasquatch is the American Indian name for the "Big Foot" creature that so many people throughout the United States have
seen. All scientific data put aside, mostly everyone that has seen a glimpse of Big Foot remembers an odor some described
as the smell of rotten eggs or sulphur.
There is a website that describes Bigfoot and numerous other creatures of Cryptozoology in detail, this website is called:
Unknown Creatures, and may be found at this address: http://www.unknown-creatures.com
By Robert W. Benjamin - Copyright 2006-2015
About the Author: Robert W. Benjamin has been in the software business on the internet for over 5 years, and has been
producing low-cost software for the past 25+ years. He first released software on the AMIGA and C64 computer systems in
the late 1970's-80's. RB59 Software- http://www.rb59.com/software