[spetznaz]

I personally do not believe in the existance of Sasquatch/bigfoot/yeti etc, but there is a wee chance it might be true. After all for many years explorers thought that the Mountain Gorilla in Africa and the Orangotang in Asia were figments exuded from the superstitious imaginations of the natives, but to their chagrin both gorillas and Orangs came to be real. Hence there is a slight chance that Sasquatch exists. As for the lack of bodies it is really not that often that someone out in the woods comes upon a bear carcass! Hence it is within the realm of probability that a rarer species like Sasquatch (if it exists) would have an even harder likelihood of a carcass been discovered! A good example is stray cats! Unless they get run over by a vehicle one never finds their remains after their demise. Hence lack of body evidence does not necessarily mean no creature.

However my personal theory is that maybe what the BigFott 'witnesses' have seen is either a prank, or might be an escaped pet goreat ape (ranging from an orang to a gorilla ....maybe even a large gibbon)! After all the gorilla is a creature that is unlike any found in the States, and maybe confusion could come from a sighting.

And although a wild gorilla running free in North America may seem absurd at first, remember that in Britain there have been reports of Lions, Leopards and 'mystery cats' stalking he wild countryside and killing sheep! On top of that some have actually been caught, and to the surpirse of naturalist turned out to be 'amalgamations' of two cat species (eg when a Male lion and a female tiger mate they produce offspring called a Liger which is larger than a lion or tiger; and when a male tiger and a lioness mate they produce a Tigon. Do a search on them ...especially the Liger. Interesting). Anyways the British cats were not Ligers or Tigons, but there were several Leopards, and some Leopard/Cougar combinations! The leopards were especially bad for the sheep farmers since leopards have a penchant for slaughtering for pleasure (they are the only cat species that does that, and int heir native Africa they are feared more than the lion). Hence if exotic Wild cats can be found in the UK there is a chance a gorilla could be lose in North America.

Anyways i would say Sasquatch is merely wishful thinking. Or it might be an escaped ape. However i doubt there is actually some hominid bipedal creature chilling out in the woods!

It is possible, but at the same time highly improbable.

[Ditter]

Do you know why you never find a dead bear in the woods? Other bears eat them. We have been bear hunting in Canada. The bear was skinned & the hide carried back with us. Our guide said the body of the bear we left behind would be totally gone in 24 hours. I am not at all convinced that Bigfoot exsists, but if he does this would be his fate in bear country.

[Buffalo Head]

In my younger days I believed in both Flying Saucers and Bigfoot. There seemed be convincing evidence in those less technically sophisticated times. Most of the photos and other evidence have sense been determined to be hoaxes.

I am now 99% convinced that neither exists nor ever existed. That conclusion results from the lack of video evidence. Today, it seems that 10% of the population travels with camcorders full time and hardly a newsworthy event occurs without good video surfacing almost immediately. Lack of reliable evidence today is very revealing.

[JavaTheHutt]

However my personal theory is that maybe what the BigFott 'witnesses' have seen is either a prank, or might be an escaped pet goreat ape (ranging from an orang to a gorilla ....maybe even a large gibbon)! After all the gorilla is a creature that is unlike any found in the States, and maybe confusion could come from a sighting.

I remember as a kid reading about Teddy Roosevelt encountering a sasquatch while on a hunting trip in California. Teddy Roosevelt was a pretty accomplished hunter, and went on safaris in Africa more than once. He couldn't identify what it was he saw standing on the opposite side of the river, staring him down.

Based on his experience as a hunter, and his overall level of intelligence, I believe he would have been able to identify an ape if he had seen one.

[beachn4fun]

Here is another little piece to add to the puzzle. A friend of mine from Oregon claimed that he and some friends of his (this being years ago of course) pulled that famous "bigfoot in the woods looking at the camera" prank. He brought this up all by himself with no leading from any of us in the group. Now, him being a prankster in the first place, I do have to have a smidgen of doubt to his confession. Anyway, I say, show me the "bigfoot" before I'll believe.