Big Foot

The Mystery of Bigfoot Bigfoot is unquestionably North Americas biggest crypto zoological mystery. The idea of Bigfoot has been around for hundreds of years, its history and possible perceives ware been documented for years on end. Throughout history, man has battled the topic of Bigfoot and if this creature really does exists. Researchers have found arguable evidence, and numerous sightings have been reported throughout North America. Then again, roughly 70% of sightings reported are a misidentification.Bigfoot supposedly inhabits forests mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Scientists ignore the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination offolklore, misidentification, and spoof, rather than a living animal. So the question remains, is the existence of this creature fact or fiction? So where does the name Bigfoot keep down anyway? It is said that this Indian-sounding word was coined in the 1920s by J. W. Burns, a teacher who for fours years col lected stories about wild, furlike giants from his Chehalis Indian friends.Burns combined several similar Native Canadians names for these creatures and created the word Sasquatch. In recent years, scientists and folklorists looking to bring respectability to the subject but roughly North Americans still use the name Bigfoot. The first use of the now widely used label did not occur until a construction actor named Jerry Crew appeared at a northern California newspaper office with a cast of the alleged Bigfoots foot found in the corpse in Bluff Creek Valley.Hundreds of people have reported seeing the Bigfoot or its footprints but none have physical evidence to bottom up their stories. They describe the creature as standing from seven to ten feet tall and weighing more than six hundred pounds. The distinctive footprint shows a track as left by a giant five toed human foot. The average length is fourteen to sixteen inches long. The most contentious evidence of Bigfoots existence is the infamous Patterson video. It was filmed in 1967 near Bluff Creek California. By Roger Patterson, an amateur Bigfoot hunter and rodeo cowboy.In the video, which was filmed in a alter creek bed, Bigfoot appears to be walking along the creek bed, and at one point even stared at the camera. The footage has been analyzed many times by scientists, slightly of which say the footage is realistic while others do not. Many times when people see aboutthing like Bigfoot they think that they will be ridiculed by their friends and neighbors, so they obtain there encounter secret for many years. Until others tell their stories. The top three questions that come into some ones mind when they hear about Bigfoot are is he man, fiction or creature? . Many do not believe of such a creature lurking the forests and are uneducated on the topic so they come to the quick conclusion that someone disguised himself in a costume for attention perhaps. The majority believes strongly that Bigfoot is evid ently a myth or hoax for the simple logic that there is not enough evidence to prove Bigfoots existence. The most arguable evidence are footprints that can be considerably replicated to furthermore puzzle scientists. Also, the lack of carcasses and excrements just dont add up.Lastly, the big question of is it just a creature which means every sighting would have to be a misidentification. Scientists do believe and have partial evidence that Bigfoot could be a relative with an ancient ape named Gigantopithecus. Then again, some footprints have been reported with claw marks, which could be a grizzle bear. Many can speculate the existence of Bigfoot but until a body is scientifically examined, the get across of Bigfoot will continue as one of cryptozoologys biggest and most famous enigmas. Even if Bigfoot is just one big hoax, the myth will live on forever.