The Troubling Bigfoot Mythology
Frank and Mike explore some good ol’ fashioned Bigfoot mythology and offer some new evidence based on that thing called science. Or maybe not, it’s hard to tell. Dig in and enjoy the ride, we certainly did! Reported in different instances worldwide, Sasquatch is probably the most famous cryptid, and spawned the term cryptozoology. Sasquatch is variably described as a primate ranging from 6 to 15 feet tall, standing erect on two feet, often giving off a foul smell, and either moving silently or emitting a high-pitched cry. Footprints have measured up to 24 inches (60 cm) in length and 8 inches (20 cm) in width.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot
In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a hairy, upright-walking, ape-like being who reportedly dwells in the wilderness and leaves behind large footprints. Strongly associated with the Pacific Northwest (particularly Washington state and British Columbia), individuals claim to see the creature across North America. Over the years, the creature has inspired numerous commercial ventures and hoaxes.
Folklorists trace the figure of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources, including folklore surrounding the European wildman figure, a folk belief among Native Americans and loggers, and a cultural increase in environmental concerns. A majority of mainstream scientists have historically discounted the existence of Bigfoot, considering it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal.
The oldest account of Bigfoot was recorded in 986 AD by Leif Ericson and his men. During their first landing in the New World, the Norsemen wrote about manlike beasts that were “horribly ugly, hairy, swarthy and with great black eyes.”
Among his accounts, Leif told of seeing huge hairy men who towered over him and his men. The “huge hairy men”, according to Leif, lived in the Woods and had a rank odour and a deafening shriek. It should be noted that Leif Ericson and his men describe huge manlike beasts that were loud and foul-smelling and clearly distinct from native peoples. Apparently, Leif had several sightings of the “huge hairy men” before departing the island.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson–Gimlin_film
https://www.opb.org/news/article/bigfoot-patterson-gimlin-sasquatch/
The Patterson–Gimlin film (also known as the Patterson film or the PGF) is an American short motion picture of an unidentified subject which the filmmakers have said was a Bigfoot. The footage was shot in 1967 in Northern California and has since been subjected to many attempts to authenticate or debunk it.
The footage was filmed alongside Bluff Creek, a tributary of the Klamath River, about 25 logging-road miles northwest of Orleans, California, in Humboldt County. The film site is roughly 38 miles south of Oregon and 18 miles east of the Pacific Ocean. For decades, the exact location of the site was lost, primarily because of re-growth of foliage in the streambed after the flood of 1964. It was rediscovered in 2011. It is just south of a north-running segment of the creek informally known as “the bowling alley”.
http://abc7chicago.com/society/woman-claims-she-saw-bigfoot;-sues-california-to-prove-it/3094471/
A Crestline, Calif. woman said she spotted a sasquatch in the San Bernardino mountains and filed a lawsuit to prove it. “If they wanted to hurt us that day they could have,” Claudia Ackley said. “We were right there.”
Ackley was hiking a trail in Blue Jay with her two daughters on March 17, 2017, between 6:30 and 7 p.m. She said her daughters noticed it first.
“They’re standing right there frozen looking at something,” Ackley said. She believes they were looking at Bigfoot.
“He looked like a Neanderthal man with a lot of hair,” Ackley said. “About 800 pounds. I was trying to tell it to please not hurt us, and that’s when he just stared at me.”
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article165801402.html
A “large bipedal animal covered in hair” was reported in North Carolina’s McDowell County over the weekend.
In other words, a Bigfoot: The ape-like creature that cryptozoologists believe roams the nation’s backwoods.
The sighting happened just before 11 p.m. Friday in a forested area. No one was injured, though the group reports something threw rocks at them as they left the area. McDowell County is about 100 miles northwest of Charlotte.
John Bruner of the Marion-based group Bigfoot 911 reported the event on the group’s Facebook page Saturday. Bigfoot 911 is one of a handful of groups around the country that investigate reports of Bigfoot sightings, mostly in places average people don’t go at night.
https://www.livescience.com/8766-bigfoot-cousins-claimed-countries.html
A group of Chinese researchers has announced that they are mounting an expedition to seek evidence of the Yeren, the Chinese version of Bigfoot. There have been other searches for the Yeren in decades past, all failing to find conclusive evidence of its existence. The team, led by a man named Luo Baosheng, is hoping to raise $1.5 million to launch the search.
While Bigfoot is by far the best-known of mysterious bipedal creatures said to inhabit the world’s wilds, it is far from the only one. Many countries and cultures have stories of hairy, feral man-like creatures.