11 Surprising Sasquatch And Bigfoot Facts You Won't Believe

Bigfoot, sometimes known as Sasquatch, is a rumored ape-like monster that is claimed to live in North American woodlands and those of the western part of Canada.

The Abominable Snowman, or Yeti, is a mythological creature of the Himalayan area, while Bigfoot is its North American equivalent. Although there is little physical proof that such creatures as Bigfoot exist, Bigfoot enthusiasts believe they do, and that science will verify this.

Many people have claimed that they have seen a Bigfoot, which is commonly characterized as a huge, muscular, bipedal ape-like creature, about six to nine ft (1.8-2.7 m) in height and blanketed in black, dark brown, or sometimes dark red hair. According to some accounts, the monsters may grow to be as long as 10-15 ft (3.0-4.6 m).

A strong, foul-smelling stench, frequently described as comparable to rotten eggs or skunks, is occasionally connected with tales of the creatures.

A Bigfoot's face is frequently characterized as human-like, having a flat nose and noticeable lips. Broad shoulders, no apparent neck, and lengthy arms are other common descriptions.

The eyes are frequently characterized as black in hue, and it has been said that they 'glow' yellow or red at night. Furthermore, because shining eyes are not seen in humans or other great apes, people have suggested other reasons for eyeshine in woods, including perched owls, raccoons, or opossums.

Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization is one of the entities actively working in the northern plains to find Bigfoot in real life. Bigfoot sighting rumors gained new strength when an alleged bigfoot video came into the public domain.

In the disputed video, a hairy apparition can be seen, resembling a giant hairy man. But the authenticity of the video could never be determined.

In reality, a scientific study on the alleged prints, hair or blood claimed to belong to Bigfootfound found most of the evidence to be fake.

Read on to learn some interesting facts related to the Bigfoot movie or various family accounts describing the creature's diet and habitat. Afterward, also check out our wind vane facts and Wizard of Oz facts. 

Is Bigfoot real?

If a Bigfoot or Sasquatch exists, it is extraordinarily well hidden. The British Colonist newspaper in Victoria, British Columbia, printed an account of a 'gorilla-like' creature discovered in the region as early as 1884.

As per the Canadian Encyclopedia, further tales followed, most of which were dismissed as hoaxes. John Green, the author of a Sasquatch book, produced a record of 1,340 sightings from the 19th and 20th centuries. However, in the late '50s, the current Bigfoot or Sasquatch legend was created.

Grover Krantz examined purported Bigfoot hair, dung, skin scrapings, and blood in his work 'Big Footprints' (Johnson Books, 1992). Krantz remarked that the most common outcome for these items is that they either contain no scientific research or that the study paperwork is lost or unavailable.

The material proved to be fraudulent in the majority of cases when professional analysis was performed or no decision could be established.

Another argument for rejecting Bigfoot's existence comes from genetics. According to science, there can't be just one elusive, one-of-a-kind species.

A very large pool would be needed to maintain adequate genetic variation to sustain a population. This raises the odds of being killed by a hunter, struck by a driver on the highway, or even discovered dead (by accident, sickness, or old age) by a hiker, yet no remains have ever been discovered.

Oftentimes, people claim to have discovered bones or other major body pieces. In 2013, a gentleman in Utah uncovered what he believed to be a fossilized Bigfoot skull.

The 'skull' was determined by a paleontologist to be nothing more than a strangely worn rock. Despite the lack of scientific proof supporting the presence of a modern-day Bigfoot, a huge, bipedal ape did previously traverse the Earth.

Based on fossil evidence, a species known as Gigantopithecus Blacki stood around 10 ft (three m) tall and weighed up to 595 lb (270 kg).

Gigantopithecus, on the other hand, existed in Southeast Asia, not North America, and died out hundreds of thousands of years ago. Contemporary orangutans are more closely linked to the extinct ape than humans or our nearest cousins, chimps and bonobos.

Bigfoot Sightings

Bigfoot sightings are most common in the Northwest, and the creatures have been related to Indigenous wild man stories and folklore. Out of 1,709 sightings reported from California, 444 have been published.

As per the Oregon Encyclopedia, the name Sasquatch is sourced from Sasq'ets, a term from the Halq'emeylem language used by several Salish First Nations peoples in southern British Columbia.

The British explorer, David Thompson, is frequently attributed with the earliest finding (1811) of a series of Sasquatch footprints, but hundreds of supposed prints have been discovered ever since.

Visual sightings and even supposed images and filmings (particularly by Roger Patterson near Bluff Creek, California, in 1967) have been added to the mythology; however, none of the alleged proof has been verified.

As per the Smithsonian Magazine, the Humboldt Times, a local newspaper in Northern California, published an article in 1958 about the discovery of gigantic, strange footprints near Bluff Creek, California, and alluded to the beast that produced them as 'Bigfoot'.

After an article in True magazine, published in December 1959, revealed the 1958 finding, interest in Bigfoot significantly expanded over the second half of the 20th century.

According to the Smithsonian Magazine, Ray Wallace's children claimed in 2002 that the footprints at Bluff Creek were a hoax by their father. Bigfoot, on the other hand, had been well entrenched in popular culture across the continent at that point.

Since the story was published, a plethora of other claims regarding Sasquatch tracks, casts, pictures, films, and other 'evidence' have been presented. Eyewitness accounts are by far the most prevalent type of evidence supporting the existence of Bigfoot.

In the past 50 years or so, over 10,000 eyewitnesses have claimed to have spotted the monster throughout the continental United States.

Some claim to have experienced Bigfoot vocalizations, such as howls, growls, and screams. The creatures are also related to additional noises, like wood-knocking.

The most popular Bigfoot footage is a short clip shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967. It depicts a big, black, human-size, and human-shaped figure marching through a clearing near Bluff Creek. Despite being considered a fake, for some people, it still remains compelling proof supporting the legitimacy of Bigfoot to this very day.

Bigfoot Movies

Bigfoot has had a palpable cultural impact and has been likened to Michael Jordan as a cultural figure. There have been an absurd amount of Bigfoot films.

Whether you believe it or not, over the past 60 years, a slew of horror films have explored the subject, primarily showing Bigfoot as an unpleasant beast who torments mischievous campers in forests.

Eduardo Sanchez, who is the co-director of 'The Blair Witch Project', just released 'Exists'. The Bigfoot genre originated in the '50s and reached its peak in the '70s when over 10 films were released in theatres.

The mania began with the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, which had legitimate video of a rumored Bigfoot. However, reports stretch back to the 1800s. In recent years, it appears that everyone has created a Bigfoot or Sasquatch film: Bobcat Goldthwait (Willow Creek), Troma (Yeti: A Love Story), and Syfy (Bigfoot).

Quality Bigfoot films are as obscure as the creature itself. Despite its fondness for films about ghosts, man-eating beasts, ogres, and dragons, Hollywood appears to have passed on the enormous mythological ape known as Sasquatch.

Despite Hollywood's disdain for the big monster, there have been some extremely fascinating, weird, and downright terrifying Bigfoot films that, although not enticing to mainstream viewers, have been a success with genre lovers.

According to IMDb, these are the top Bigfoot movies: Primal Rage, 2018: Exists, 2014: Strange Wilderness, 2008: The Man Who Killed Hitler, And Then The Bigfoot, 2018: Letters From The Big Man, 2011: The Sasquatch Gang, 2006: Harry and the Hendersons, 1987: The Legend of Boggy Creek, 1972: Missing Link, 2019.

A few other movies include Abominable, 2006; Night of the Demon, 1980; The Abominable Snowman, 1957; Snowbeast, 1977; The Mysterious Monsters, 1975; Bigfoot, 1970; Drawing Flies, 1996; Strange Wilderness, 2008.

Bigfoot Investigation

'Expedition Bigfoot', a new Travel Channel television series, shows current day technology as well as a crew of searchers that use a sophisticated data algorithm, revolutionary research, and tools to analyze five decades of Bigfoot reports and predict when and where to confront the beast.

The expedition crew included primatologist Dr. Mireya Mayor, Russell Acord (Ex-Military/Survivalist), Ronny LeBlanc (Bigfoot Researcher), Bryce Johnson (Operations), and Ryan 'RPG' Golembeske (Bigfoot Investigator).

There are still publications being released concerning this enigma, such as John Zada's forthcoming 'In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch', and organizations honoring the monster. According to recently revealed FBI papers, Bigfoot enthusiasts even temporarily enlisted the support of the US government in their effort to establish the giant's existence.

According to agency documents, in 1976, Peter Byrne, the then-director of the Bigfoot Information Center and Exhibition of Oregon, wherein a Sasquatch is said to roam, persuaded the federal bureau to assist in an examination of fresh materials he felt verified the creature's presence.

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