Bigfoot Facts
Bigfoot Facts
The legend of Bigfoot is one that has endured for many years. However, the word legend may not do the creature justice.
Bigfoot was a pop cultural phenomenon during the 1970’s and anyone who remembers tuning in to programs like IN SEARCH OF or THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN surely felt a kinship with the misunderstood creature.
However, while the 1970’s were the peak of the creature’s fame, Bigfoot had been sighted long before the Me Generation and continues to be spotted well into the modern day. Actually, there are many lesser known facts about Bigfoot that are well worth looking at:
Bigfoot did not get his name until 1957 after a newswire story reported large, humanoid footprints were found alongside a construction site. Plaster of Paris molds of the huge footprints were made and this started the rumors that an ape-man was lurking in the Pacific Northwest woods. While this story was national news, the legend of the creature dated back hundreds of years in Native American folklore.
In the early 20th century, there were two tabloid reports of “ape men” throwing rocks at a miner’s cabin in the legendary “Ape Canyon” tale. In addition, there were reports of a man kidnapped by ape creatures and then released after several days.
Then, in 1945, a report of a bizarre, deformed “Grizzly Bear” also circulated through local Pacific Northwest newspapers. However, it was not until 1957 that the legend became true international news. Ironically, 1957 was also a year of great intrigue over the search for The Abominable Snowman in Tibet.
Then, in 1967, explorers Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlim filmed what appeared to be a female Bigfoot walking on a creek bed in Bluff Creek, CA. The short 16mm film became one of the most shocking film clips of its day. A black and white still of it appeared in Argosy Magazine in 1968 and this captured people’s imaginations like nothing else.
In 1975, the entire film aired in the drive-in motion picture THE MYSTERIOUS MONSTERS and this further fueled interest in the creature. By the late 1970’s, hundreds of Bigfoot books, magazine, print, radio, and television news reports appeared. Eventually, this lead to burnout and the creature’s media appearances continued on a much, much smaller scale in the 1980s.
However, what was (is) Bigfoot? The late Dr. Grover Krantz put forth the notion that Bigfoot creature are the modern day survivors and the previously thought extinct pre-Cro Magnon ape-man, The Gigantopithicus. Krantz was a fixture as an interview subject on multitudes of television programs until his death from Pancreatic Cancer several years ago.
A&E’s 1990 Bigfoot special was one of its highest rated programs and its bestselling videotapes. Many people believe this program is what returned Bigfoot specials to television airwaves after a decade of relative non-presence. In 1972, the success of the film THE LEGEND OF BOGGY CREEK helped raise the public’s awareness of the Bigfoot creatures living outside of the Pacific Northwest.
However, is Bigfoot truly a relic of the past? No, hundreds upon hundreds of Bigfoot sighting have been reported over the past 10 years. Several films of alleged Bigfoot creatures have been made as well.
Well written.
FYI-Bob Gimlin, not John Gimlim
Thank you T Diggs for your comment and help, it was a typo and now has been fixed.
A question for everyone, if bigfoot is real, how come there are no bones ever found? To the owner of the site, I like the concept of the site. I like the fact it is more investigative then pro or con on the subject of bigfoot.
there is no such thing as bigfoot
well how would anybody really know if bigfoot was real or not? we found the giant squid and that was a legend. so before we be making comments of whats real or not think please. im not getting on you about ur opinion or anything but please think first. but u know, opinions are like a*******, everybody has one.
Anna how can you be so sure? New types of species are being found all the time around the world and deep in our oceans.
i think big foot is a man dressed up in a big suit and trys to scare people
hi your thingy was enteresting
i do not think bigfoot is real, but it is very enteresting.
Hi Camy! I personally do not claim Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti is real or not, but like you find the topic very interesting.
So I decided to use this site as an open forum, for both believers and non to discuss their points of view on the “elusive creature”.
i think bigfoot is real and the people that have been found in costumes are trying to throw pochers and sceintests of his track because they belive he is real and jamie i disgree and anna how are u so sure hes fake there have been so many sightings and vids
I found Bigfoot is one of those website who talk about reality. I know people do not believe after reading it but they have to accept that there can be a reality beyond their imagination.Overall it’s a great work ..!
I am pretty sure that there are many creatures that are still unkown to the scientists, because they haven t been seen, captured and studied. Probably BigFoot (just as Yeti, or the monster of Loch Ness) has acquired this status of ‘mystery’ because we don t have an irrefutable proof that they exist.
Anyway, it will remain one of the biggest mysteries in the world!
It’s an interesting myth (or truth shall I say). I hope I don’t come up with any big foot on a picnic day in a forest
Thanks for this definitive and interesting article.
I feel a bit sceptic about existance of bigfoot. Well, atleast until some bones or any other serious proofs are found. But I don’t say no and don’t argue with people believing in this, there’s always a chance that such creature exist
Bigfoot was a pop cultural phenomenon & bigfoot creature are the modern day survivors and the previously thought extinct pre-Cro Magnon ape-man & bigfoot creature are the modern day survivors and the previously thought extinct pre-Cro Magnon ape-man
Well, as far as I am concerned, BF is real. We have video recordings and sightseeings. I just don’t like some non-believers shout too much. And I can’t understand why the story of “believe” started anyway when we have profs that BF IS REAL.
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The bigfoot Videos there are a nice share. Thanks for the the share. I also heard and read on some sites and books about big foot. Some says that its not real, some says its fake. Don’t know what to believe.
Your article is quite informative about the myths of Big Foot. I think it is real and wish to see it first hand. I am inquisitive to know more about Big Foot. Congrats
I do not think bigfoot is real but i have to read this for school. i liked the reading ok you did a good job!!!
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Thank You Caitlin, I appreciate the complement. Let me ask you, what type of project are you doing for school, that involves Bigfoot?
I’m a person that likes to get in too this kind of stuff. I believe in Bigfoot.and also believe in ufo’s lochness ect-. And i don’t think someone would be going around in a costume in the woods just trying to scare people. And about some of you guy’s talking about bones?………………… I mean Monkey and human bones are the same. There’s been encounters of people being hurt by this creature. There’s been encounters when people had their cars torn in half? And finally i do very much believe in BF!
BEWARE OF BIGFOOT!
I believe that Bigfoot is real. I have recorded sightings as well as foot prints. So to the non-believers get the facts before you say he/she does not exist.
Autumne, thank you for your comment. If you like, could you possibly send me some information of your Bigfoot encounters so I can feature them on the site?
This was really helpful for my project i got a lot of information from this site. (don’t worry I citated this)
Thank you very much AndyS!
OH MY GOD HES GOING TO EAT ME RIGHT NOW!!! HELP ME!!!
who ever thinks this is real, is a dumb *** their is no man ape out there and if there was we would know about it, cause we know about millions of other organisms but we cant find one BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i really dont know if hes real or not i would have to see him in person for me to really belive it. but sometimes i think its a hole bunch of crude
HI im tori and i think that bigfoot is not real you people are wasting your preshisetime on a thing thas not real so dont wast your time get a life for real he is a fonie
HES IN A COUSTOME
I DON`T KNOW IF BIGFOOT IS REAL BUT HEY. IF HE IS REAL THAN HE IS REAL BUT IF HE IS NOT REAL .WELL I GUESS WE WILL NEVER KNOW.
To all of the people who do not believe that this creature exists, please use spell check when you are posting your responses, you ignorance is really shining through. “wasting your preshisetime on a thing thas not real so dont wast your time get a life for real he is a fonie”
To answer the questions of many on this site and around the country, i.e… If there is such thing as a Bigfoot, why hasn’t been any bones or bodies found? Well, let’s look at this realistically. If humans did not bury their dead in marked graves and in collective places, how many human bones would you find? We protect and preserve our dead. These creatures do not. However, they do bury their dead. If you take a fresh animal body and lay it on the ground in the woods, it is almost completely gone in under a week, dependant on the weather and scavengers in the area. If you bury an animal body under the ground in the woods unprotected, it is gone in half the time. Decomposition is extremely accelerated.
And, there have been numerous hair samples, skin samples, bones and even teeth found to suggest the existence of Bigfoot. The problem is, there is just simply nothing to compare them to. Therefore, they are just marked “unidentifiable” by modern science.
As an avid woodsman, I have tracked, hunted and even killed every type of big game in North America. In 45 years, I have run across two dear skulls and one big cat skull in the wilderness. Miles upon miles of traveling through the woods and a grand total of three animal remains. And I knew what I was looking for!
Try to think of the Bigfoot species as a species with the intellect equal to or greater than man-kind. Think of it as the perfect species that has become 100% compatible with its surroundings and smart enough to understand the man-kind pretty much destroys everything he touches. Then you will better understand why you do not have a Bigfoot in a zoo cage on display… Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Me either! But I am most certain that they exist. Best wishes and happy hunting!