Bigfoot -- Hides of Horror
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Adopted from the evil mind of Bosac. I decided I just couldn't wait
until Halloween to put out some more of my series, so welcome
to
Almost every American has heard of the large, hairy "ape man,"
sometimes called Bigfoot or Sasquatch, who appears mysteriously
from time to time. To date, the only "hard" evidence we have of
Bigfoot's existence consists of casts of large footprints, some
poorly-focused photographs, and some hair, blood, and feces
samples. Throughout the world, people for many centuries have
believed in the existence of wild, hairy creatures, some of them
"mythological" and others "real," some more human and others more
ape-like. The "wild human" variety includes Enkidu of Mesopotamian
mythology, a "natural" man with the ability to communicate with
animals, and Esau in the Bible, whose body was covered with rough
animal hair, and who also had a very strong, offensive odor.
Hominoids such as Bigfoot, however, are quite different from human
beings who have some animal characteristics, since beings of the
Bigfoot variety are believed to constitute a separate biological
subspecies closely related to humans. Most Bigfoot buffs believe
the same subspecies includes "Ye-ti" (the Abominable Snowman) of
the Himalayas. (In other reports Yeti is much smaller and has
reddish hair.) Europeans once believed in the existence of a hairy,
large hominoid very similar to Bigfoot, in that they were very
large, hairy creatures who emitted high-pitched screams or whistles
and possesses a strong body odor.
In North America, early trappers and settlers in the Pacific
Northwest began to hear stories told by Indians of a large, hairy,
man-like creature called Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, and soon newspapers
carried accounts of sightings of such a creature by both Indians
and settlers. The Victoria Colonist (British Columbia), July 3,
1884, reported the capture of a "gorilla type" creature, four feet
seven inches tall, weighing 127 pounds and covered with glossy hair
an inch long. The creature "possessed extraordinary strength."
After the publication of stories of the Himalayan Yeti in the
1920s, reports of sightings of Bigfoot in North America began to
increase, but some believers explain that before that time
Americans were isolated and had nobody with whom to share their
experiences. In the past few years, television programs featuring
"unsolved mysteries" have once more publicized Bigfoot.
Compared to the varied descriptions in newspaper accounts of the
19th century, viewers in the 20th century have gradually come to
agree on Bigfoot's basic traits: he is seven or eight feet tall,
has a bad odor and a high-pitched scream, and frequently performs
some act that takes a great deal of strength. Some details,
especially the shape of his face or the color of his hair, may vary
considerably.
There is always the nagging question, "Does Bigfoot really exist?"
It is puzzling that so many people have seen Big-foot or Sasquatch,
and yet nobody has ever shot one and brought the body into the
authorities. (Certainly human beings don't seem to refrain from
shooting animals, or even other people.) Or perhaps Bigfoot is a
remnant of an earlier being, the last survivor of a former hominoid
who was displaced by homo sapiens.
Things to remember when searching for this cache:
1) Bigfoot has an odor, so you might want to bring some cologne for
him.
2) With that much hair he must be a hippie, so take only pictures
and leave only footprints will be strictly enforced.
3) If you catch sight of this illusive creature, you can report the
sighting at www.bfro.net
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