He’s big, he’s hairy and
his feet dwarf clown shoes; he’s someone people want to see up close but when
they do they regret it. I’m of course talking about Bigfoot. Bigfoot is one of
the most popular legends in North America; but tales of a hairy, large humanoid
is not native to North America.
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| A temperate and tropical Bigfoot compared to a human. |
In Canada, we call it
Sasquatch, in the United States it’s called Bigfoot, in the Himalayas it’s the
Yeti and in Australia the Yowie. All of these “creatures” are strikingly
similar despite the fact that they hail from all corners of the globe. Reports consist
of a large creature standing upright at about two to three meters tall with
dark brown or dark red hair. His feet have been found to be at most two feet
long and eight inches wide.
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| Reported Bigfoot sightings in North America. -Wikipedia |
Even though there are thousands
of reports of these creatures all around the world there has never actually
been any physical proof such as a captured or killed beast. The most proof that
is usually presented is that someone saw something in the distance or that they
found a footprint but after all these years you would think some evidence would
have turned up by now. It also seems a bit ridiculous that with all the technology
and resources that we have today, every picture of a Bigfoot seems to have been
photographed by a potato or a toaster. Things like that make me question the
veracity of these stories and the legitimacy of all the claims that Bigfoot exists.
Another reason why the
odds of Bigfoot existing is very low is due to the population; for there to be
as many accounts of Bigfoot as there is across the world, the population would
have to be rather significant which would mean that these sightings would not
be as rare as they appear to be. With all this said I don’t think Bigfoot is
real, as much as the kid inside me would want to believe he is, as there is just
not enough proof but maybe one day I’ll be proven wrong. As the world gets
smaller every day and more of its secrets are revealed – then and maybe then
will we know if Bigfoot is the product of human creativity or if he is indeed
lurking out there in the shadows trying to evade all efforts to expose his
existence.
