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BACKSTORY: Bigfoot (/ˈbɪɡfʊt/), also commonly referred to as Sasquatch (/ˈsæskwætʃ,ˈsæskwɒtʃ/), is a large, hairy mythical creature said to inhabit forests in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.^[2]^[3]^[4] Bigfoot is featured in both American and Canadian folklore, and since the mid-20th century has grown into a cultural icon, permeating popular culture and becoming the subject of its own distinct subculture.^[5]^[6]

Enthusiasts of Bigfoot, such as those within the pseudoscience of cryptozoology, have offered various forms of dubious evidence to prove Bigfoot’s existence, including anecdotal claims of sightings as well as alleged photographs, video and audio recordings, hair samples, and casts of large footprints.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]However, the scientific consensus is that Bigfoot, and alleged evidence, is a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax rather than a living animal.^[3]^[7]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]

Folklorists trace the phenomenon of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources, including the European wild man figure, folk tales, and indigenous cultures.^[14]^[15] Examples of similar folk tales of wild, hair-covered humanoids exist throughout the world,^[16]^[17] such as the Skunk ape of the southeastern United States, the Almas, Yeren, and Yeti in Asia, the Australian Yowie,^[14]^[18] and creatures in the mythologies of indigenous people.^[19]^[20]Wishful thinking, a cultural increase in environmental concerns, and overall societal awareness of the subject have been cited as additional factors.^[21]

Bigfoot is often described as a large, muscular, and bipedal human or ape-like creature covered in black, dark brown, or dark reddish hair.^[23]^[24] Anecdotal descriptions estimate a height of roughly 6–9 feet (1.8–2.7 m), with some descriptions having the creatures standing as tall as 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m).^[25] Some alleged observations describe Bigfoot as more human than ape,^[26]particularly in regard to the face.^[27]^[28] In 1971, multiple people in The Dalles, Oregon, filed a police report describing an “overgrown ape”, and one of the men claimed to have sighted the creature in the scope of his rifle but could not bring himself to shoot it because “it looked more human than animal”.^[29]

Common descriptions include broad shoulders, no visible neck, and long arms, which many skeptics attribute to misidentification of a bear standing upright.^[30] Some alleged nighttime sightings have stated the creature’s eyes “glowed” yellow or red.^[31] However, eyeshine is not present in humans or any other known great apes, and so proposed explanations for observable eyeshine off of the ground in the forest include owls, raccoons, or opossums perched in foliage.^[32]

Michael Rugg, the owner of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, claims to have smelled Bigfoot, stating, “Imagine a skunk that had rolled around in dead animals and had hung around the garbage pits.”^[33]

The enormous footprints for which the creature is named are claimed to be as large as 24 inches (610 mm) long and 8 inches (200 mm) wide.^[24] Some footprint casts have also contained claw marks, making it likely that they came from known animals such as bears, which have five toes and claws.^[34]^[35]

On July 16, 1924, an article in The Oregonian made national news when a story was published describing a conflict between a group of gold prospectors and a group of “ape-men” in a gorge near Mount St. Helens.^[57] The prospectors reported encountering “gorilla men” near their remote cabin. One of the men, Fred Beck, indicated that he shot one of the creatures with a rifle. That night, they reported coming under attack by the creatures, who were said to have thrown large rocks at the cabin, damaging the roof and knocking Beck unconscious. The men fled the area the following morning. The U.S. Forest Service investigated the site of the alleged incident. The investigators found no compelling evidence of the event and concluded it was likely a fabrication. Stories of large, hair covered bipedal ape-men or “mountain devils” had been a persistent piece of folklore in the area for centuries prior to the alleged incident. Today, the area is known as Ape Canyon and is cemented within Bigfoot-related folklore.^[58]

Many regions throughout North America have differentiating names for Bigfoot.^[74] In Canada, the name Sasquatch is widely used in addition to Bigfoot.^[75] The United States uses both of these names but also has numerous names and descriptions of the creatures depending on the region and area in which they are allegedly sighted.^[76] These include the Skunk ape in Florida and other southern states,^[77] Grassman in Ohio,^[78] Fouke Monster in Arkansas,^[79] Wood Booger in Virginia,^[80] the Monster of Whitehall in Whitehall, New York,^[81] Momo in Missouri,^[82] Honey Island Swamp Monster in Louisiana,^[83] Dewey Lake Monster in Michigan,^[84] Mogollon Monster in Arizona,^[85] the Big Muddy Monster in southern Illinois,^[86] and The Old Men of the Mountain in West Virginia.^[87] The term Wood Ape is also used by some as a means to deviate from the perceived mythical connotation surrounding the name “Bigfoot”.^[88] Other names include Bushman, Treeman, and Wildman.^[89] (SOURCE: Wikipedia)