| One of the most widespread and controversial | | | | China, Russia, Malaysia, Hawaii., Australia, and even |
| creatures of dubious existence is Bigfoot, also | | | | in the mountains of South America. Like the other |
| known as Sasquatch, in reference to a hairy, | | | | creatures of cryptozoology studies, scientists |
| bipedal hominid being. This being is usually | | | | reject the possibility of the creature's existence. |
| described as 8' to 10' tall, sighted in remote | | | | Unsubstantiated folklore and hoax is usually the |
| wilderness areas of the United States and | | | | verdict given for skeptics, due to the lack of |
| Canada, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, | | | | bones, body or other evidence, in addition to the |
| and the Rocky Mountains, mainly over the last | | | | widely divergent descriptions by witnesses. They |
| 300 years. It is said, that this humanoid creature | | | | describe the monster as a 7 to 10 feet tall bipedal |
| has been seen in the forests of northeastern | | | | creature; this is 2 to 3 meters, but looking like an |
| New England and the southern United States. | | | | ape, and sometimes like a man.It is said that |
| Contrary to other monsters, this being is not a | | | | Bigfoot is of a strong build and broad-shouldered, |
| single specimen, but researchers have found at | | | | whose body is covered with short shaggy fur or |
| least a few thousand of them reported in | | | | well defined black or dark brown hair, although |
| different places during all the time, including nearby | | | | some other witnesses report the creature having |
| military areas.There is a slight misconceptions | | | | rust, reddish, sandy or silver fur, with large eyes |
| between Bigfoot or Sasquatch, and Yeti, who | | | | and a pronounced brow.Recently, some |
| lives in the Himalayas, and the Abominable | | | | cryptologists claim to have found evidence of the |
| Snowman, a Tibetan primate-like popularized by | | | | Yeti in the Himalayas, after the bones of a hand |
| the Western press in 1921 after a visit of the | | | | were discovered in a Tibetan temple, preserved |
| reporter Henry Newman to the Himalayas. | | | | as relics. This discovery brings back the alleged |
| However, there is a controversy related to | | | | relationship between Yeti and Bigfoot, in which |
| Bigfoot, with some researchers and witnesses | | | | case if the Yeti exists, Bigfoot should exist as |
| claiming that this creature can be found in most | | | | well. In fact, scientists say there is no evidence of |
| countries around the world, but known regionally | | | | such a creature in the United States, but various |
| under various names, otherwise, it is believed that | | | | Native American artifacts has been presented as |
| creatures like Yeti, are closely related | | | | circumstantial evidence for the existence of |
| species.There are many reports describing a | | | | Sasquatch, including some dated between 1500 |
| Sasquatch as the American being, but seen in | | | | BC to 200 AD, as described in a text from 1877. |