Take a quick look online and you\u2019ll find countless stories of Bigfoot encounters from the USA and Canada, many of them backed up with video, photographic, and physical \u2018evidence\u2019 from cryptozoologists, including casts of footprints and hair samples. Some have gone further and even claimed Bigfoot is the thought-to-be-extinct<\/a> relative of the gigantopithecus blacki<\/a>.<\/p>\n Whatever you think it might be \u2013 and whether you believe in the creature or not \u2013 there\u2019s no denying the enthusiasm of its hunters and its enduring legacy in pop culture and pseudoscience.<\/p>\n But is Bigfoot real? Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the mythical Sasquatch, from its earliest rumours to its most famous sightings and hoaxes.<\/p>\n There is no current definitive evidence Bigfoot is real. Although some people point to supposed video and audio recordings of the Sasquatch, this is not scientific proof of the creature\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n Additionally, scientists question the lack of evidence, such as DNA samples or captured specimens. Some propose that misidentifications of known animals, hoaxes, and psychological factors play a significant role in perpetuating the Bigfoot phenomenon.<\/p>\n However, others claim that the mystery surrounding Bigfoot remains unsolved.<\/p>\n The first newspaper story about a Bigfoot sighting (a reported capture, no less) was published in the British Columbia Daily Colonist<\/em> newspaper on 3 July 1882. Still, belief in a giant hairy man-like creature has existed in North America long before that.<\/p>\n In \u2018What is a Sasquatch \u2013 or, the problematics of reality testing\u2019 published by the Canadian<\/i> Psychiatric Association Journal<\/i><\/a>, author Louise M Jilek-Aall explains that \u201cthe Indians of British Columbia have numerous myths and folk tales about giants inhabiting forests and mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n According to traditional Native American folklore, \u201cthe sight of the powerful Sasquatch was apt to cause soul-loss sickness, unconsciousness or upset stomach\u201d. Sounds nasty. Stories of the beast have been passed down from generation to generation, some are nicer than others.<\/p>\n The name Sasquatch comes from \u2018sasq-ets tel\u2019, a word from the Sts\u2019ailes indigenous people from British Columbia,\u00a0Canada<\/a>.\u00a0 To the Sts\u2019ailes, Sasq\u2019ets Tel is a mountain where the Sasquatch gather, whose people have populated the Harrison River Valley for over 10,000 years. The \u2018squatch\u2019 is a Bigfoot-like emblem of the Sts\u2019ailes nation and even appears on their flag. To the Sts\u2019ailes, spotting one is a sign of good luck.<\/p>\n Beyond its more traditional roots, others argue the \u2018discovery\u2019 of Bigfoot footprints in Bluff Creek, California, by Ray Wallace in 1958 (debunked in 2002 as a hoax following the prankster\u2019s death) and its subsequent write-up in TRUE Magazine<\/em><\/a> in 1959 popularised the myth, allowing it to enter into the public psyche.<\/p>\n There have been many Bigfoot sightings throughout the years, some are more famous than others. The most well-known is the Patterson-Gimlin film from 1967. This grainy footage is supposed to show a female Bigfoot walking in Bluff Creek in Northern California. Yeah, the same Bluff Creek as those Ray Wallace \u201cBigfoot footprints\u201d.<\/p>\n It\u2019s, well, we\u2019ll let you make your own minds up, but is one major piece of evidence that believers and non-believers both go back to in order to verify or debunk its validity.<\/p>\nIs Bigfoot real?<\/b><\/h2>\n
What started the Bigfoot rumours?<\/b><\/h2>\n
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