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Bigfoot is also called Sasquatch, a hairy creature with a figure similar to a human’s but which is a primate between 6 and 15 feet tall.

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Bigfoot is also called Sasquatch, a hairy creature with a figure similar to a human’s but which is a primate between 6 and 15 feet tall. The name Bigfoot was the term attributed to the enormous footprints that it allegedly left in the wilderness of northwestern U.S. and western Canada where it is reported to exist.

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Key Facts & Information

DESCRIPTION

  • The people who have claimed sightings of Bigfoot describe it as large, muscular, bipedal (has two feet for locomotion), similar to an ape, and approximately 6 to 15 feet tall.
  • Bigfoot is said to be covered in hair, but the description of its color varies according to the sightings.
  • Bigfoot is described as black, dark brown, or dark reddish.
  • Bigfoot got its name from its enormous footprints.
  • These footprints are said to be as large as 24 inches long and 8 inches wide.
  • The measurement came from casts or moldings from the footprints left on the site of sighting.
  • Some casts include claw marks, suggesting that it has claws on its five toes.
  • However, this feature makes it similar to other wild animals like bears.

SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

  • We could conclude that the majority of people do not believe in Bigfoot.
  • If we looked at the figures of the number of people who believe in the existence of Bigfoot, we could start by consulting a study by Baylor University, Baylor Religion Surveys in 2007.
  • The study shows that only 16% of Americans believe in Bigfoot, 44% said that it “probably [does] not” exist and around 40% said it “absolutely [does] not” exist.
  • However, the myth of a hairy creature does not exist in northwestern and Canadian culture alone.
  • According to Robert Pyle, an ecologist, most cultures have myths and claims of human-like giants in their folklore.
  • The circulation of this myth actually serves a purpose as Pyle suggests that it expresses a need for a creature “larger than life”.
  • Various languages have different names to refer to a creature similar to Bigfoot.
  • Each of these names usually describes a “wild” or “hairy man”; others describe common actions that the said creature performs, like eating clams or shaking trees.
  • For example, the Lummi, a Native American tribe, has its own version of Bigfoot: the Ts’emekwes, which is similar to Bigfoot but differs in activity and diet.
  • In some Native American regions, myths of the Stiyaha or Kwi-kwiyai circulate. These are nocturnal creatures that are believed to be more threatening, the kind of Bigfoot that carries people away with the intention to kill.
  • The Sts’Ailes people, an indigenous tribe in British Columbia, Canada, refer to Bigfoot as Sasquatch. The tribe, along with others in British Columbia, insisted that the Sasquatch was real and were even offended when told that it was only a creature of legend.

SIGHTINGS

  • The majority of claimed Bigfoot sightings came from the Pacific Northwest, a region in western North America.
  • Aside from the Pacific Northwest, the supposed sightings can be pinpointed somewhere in the rural areas of the Great Lakes region and the Southeastern United States.
  • Over 1000 sightings were documented in Janet and Colin Bord’s The Bigfoot Casebook. These sightings happened from 1818 to 1980.
  • Supposing that the claims of these Bigfoot sightings were false, here are several explanations for them:
  • Misidentification
    • Debates occurred due to a sighting in 2007 when the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization showed an alleged picture of a “young bigfoot”. The Pennsylvania Game Commission identified the figure as a bear with skin disease. Jeffrey Meldrum, an anthropologist, suspected that it was a chimpanzee due to the proportions of its limbs.
  • Hoaxes
    • Many of these sightings are just propagated hoaxes or lies, like the Jacko Affair, which was propagated by an 1884 newspaper claiming that an apelike creature had been captured in British Columbia.
      More recently, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton claimed that they had discovered a Bigfoot’s corpse. The incident was covered by major news companies, but when experts examined the alleged corpse, the hair was fake and the body was rubber.
  • Gigantopithecus
    • The Bigfoot could be a surviving form of the Gigantopithecus, the largest species of primates that ever existed. However, it is already extinct and most of its fossils are found in Asia.
  • Extinct Hominins
    • Some anthropologists suggests that it could be a Paranthropus, a species of ape more fitting to the Bigfoot’s description. However, its fossils are only found in Africa.

Bigfoot Worksheets

This is a fantastic bundle which includes everything you need to know about the Bigfoot across 22 in-depth pages. These are ready-to-use Bigfoot worksheets that are perfect for teaching students about the Bigfoot which is also called Sasquatch, a hairy creature with a figure similar to a human’s but which is a primate between 6 and 15 feet tall. The name Bigfoot was the term attributed to the enormous footprints that it allegedly left in the wilderness of northwestern U.S. and western Canada where it is reported to exist.

Complete List Of Included Worksheets

  • Bigfoot Facts
  • Describing Bigfoot
  • Sketch Just Right
  • Right Measure
  • Bluffs About Bigfoot
  • Tribe Beliefs
  • The Jacko Affair News
  • Sighting or Survival?
  • Giants Comparison
  • Belief Survey
  • Writing Fiction

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