Does a large, bipedal creature inhabit the deep wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, as so many
             believe? What about the proliferation of sightings in recent years in still other parts of the
             country, such as Florida, Texas, and even New York? Even President Teddy Roosevelt got into
             the act, writing an absorbing account of a bigfoot creature in his book "The Wilderness Hunter".
             It seems he was completely convinced of their existence, and Teddy Roosevelt was a seasoned
             Accounts of Bigfoot (or Sasquatch, as it is called in Canada) are certainly nothing new. Indian
             lore of several Pacific Northwest tribes includes mention of a man-like beast covered in fur, and
             some of their stories make him out to be less than friendly. To some tribes, he is O-Mah . . . to
             others Sasquatch, which means "boss of the mountains", loosely translated from the native
             language of one Pacific Northwest tribe. Other local tribes have their own names for him --
             Omah, Windego, Yeahoh, Tsiatko, Boqs, and
             Rugaru, among others. To them, these impressive and solitary creatures are just a part of nature
             -- a Being deserving just as much respect as any other.
             . A flood of eye-witness accounts occurred in the 1950's with the building of a highway through
             some of the most treacherous and remote regions of northern California, when workers became
             almost accustomed to arriving early every morning to find abundant signs of something large and
             powerful tampering with construction equipment and leaving huge, humanoid footprints in the
             soft earth. Often, full 55-gallon fuel drums were found to have been tossed around like toys. It
             was these workers who dubbed the animal "Bigfoot", a term that was eagerly adopted by local
             and national press once the story got out.
             The saga took a dramatic turn in 1967 thanks to the considerable dedication of independent
             sasquatch hunter Roger Patterson. A natural outdoorsman, he had been intri...