BigFoot
Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, and the Abominable Snow man. All known by people as "the missing link." Supposedly, a Sasquatch is a 6-12 foot tall, primate-like creature, with huge feet (12-19 inches) which it gets it's nickname from. This is one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and also the biggest hoax of our time. Each year, more than 3,000 'sightings' of a bigfoot or bigfoot-like creature are reported in North America (Rocky Mountains), Canada, and many sightings in the Alpine Mountains. The first report dates back to 1784.As the early European settlers moved westwards into the northwestern United States and western Canada they began to record stories of the Sasquatch, which had long been a part of the traditions of the Native People of this region. As early as 1784, the London Times reported the capture of a "huge, manlike, hair-covered" creature at Lake of the Woods, Manitoba. In 1840, after spending nine years living among the Spokane Indians of the Pacific Northwest, missionary Elkanah Walker described them as believing "in the existence of a race of giants which inhabit a certain mountain, off to the west of us. They inhabit its top... They hunt and do all their work by night... They say their track is about a foot
The weight required to make a typical footprint has been estimated at 700 lbs. They have been photographed, cast in plaster, and even dug up wholesale on a few occasions. All that was set to change however when, in 1958, a road crew working in Northwest California discovered their activities were attracting a nighttime 'visitor'. This is the most arguable theory of what a Sasquatch is. Being an experienced horseman, he quickly disengaged himself and grabbed his camera. Patterson's horse reared in alarm at the sight of the creature, bringing both horse and rider to the ground, Patterson pinned below. Prior to the late 1950s, media coverage of Sasquatch stories was mainly on a local basis. Some of these tracks extended for distances of three-quarters of a mile up to several miles with thousands of individual footprints. Many theories have been proposed to try to explain what a Sasquatch is. The creature estimated to be 7 feet 31/2 inches in height and weighing 700 pounds, left footprints 141/2 inches long by 6 inches wide. The most convincing piece of evidence to most people, is the one 'authentic' Patterson-Gimlin Film. Roger Patterson died in January, 1972 steadfast in his belief in the creature's existence.
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Patterson Gimlin,
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British Columbia,
John Green,
Northwest California,
Elkanah Walker,
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Ness Monster,
Powder Mountain,
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