[pingman]

Magellan “discovered” them in South America on his fateful round-the-world-the-wrong-way voyage, naming them “Patagons” (bigfeet)and their desolate land “Patagonia”. They even captured a pair, who died of malnutrition aboard ship. Seems they had a ravenous appetite.

Don’t believe me? You can look it up!

[bkepley]

The name Patagonia comes from the word patagón[2] used by Magellan in 1520 to describe the native people that his expedition thought to be giants. It is now believed the Patagons were actually Tehuelches with an average height of 180 cm (~5′11″) compared to the 155 cm (~5′1″) average for Spaniards of the time.[3]

Yeah, there were some "big foot" indians.