Evidence points to … we don’t know!

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Bigfoot is one of the most popular legends in the US because it is an animal that could very well exist. In fact, there are dozens, if not hundreds, of people who believe they have seen Bigfoot in North America over the years.

To believe, I need evidence.

Above all, I want to see evidence that once and for all proves whether Bigfoot is genuine or not. Finding a giant undocumented primate in the North American forests would be incredible, tremendously exciting, and would probably provide us with the most important evidence yet of Bigfoot’s existence. I repeat what I said here and what many other scientists have said: there is a lot of good evidence that would now be documented if Bigfoot were real. Bigfoot supporters believe that the number of eyewitness accounts of Bigfoot is so small that it is more of a phenomenon than an active imagination.

If there’s a real, vibrant Sasquatch adventure right in your own backyard, you can just run away with the evidence you’ve been looking for all along. Go on an expedition and discover for yourself what was sought and what you were waiting for.

I wish someone had got a decent picture or video if someone claimed to have seen Bigfoot lol. If you think the video was fake, there are many other ways to prove Bigfoot as genuine, such as videos, photos and even videos of the animal itself.

Over fifty years, the collection and collection of alleged evidence for the existence of Bigfoot were presented and scientifically proven. Apart from oral reports and individual sightings, there are no footprints or hair samples, nor is Bigfoot scientifically proven. Bigfoot Tracks, whether you believe in their validity or not, is not up to you. Several people have claimed to have found such footprints or seen Sasquatch, but none of them claim Bigfoot is real.

What I’m trying to achieve is that we’re not, and we shouldn’t be looking for real animal tracks if Bigfoot is real. Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti are all the same, as they seem to behave in a similar way to humans in North America for centuries, surrounded by the same genus and legend. Although Gigantopithecus is not related to Bigfoot and is most likely not an ape, it is just as likely that it is a “giant ape” as Bigfoot. The elusive and possibly fictional animal has undergone a number of incarnations over the years, particularly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Even after decades of sightings by thousands of people, there is no definitive proof that Bigfoot is genuine. Even if there is evidence that Bigfoot exists, it’s not proof that it doesn’t, “said David Bakara, a leading naturalist at North Carolina’s Catawba Science Center. The Sasquatch Museum in Cherry Log, Georgia, has spent 40 years of its life providing “definitive proof” of Bigfoot. At Bigfoot Inc., he says he seems confident that his group will be able to gather enough evidence to pursue Bigfoot to Happy Camp in the California area.

But the same man who spearheaded the analysis, David Bakara, told CNBC on Wednesday that he still hasn’t given up proving that Bigfoot is a real and extremely rare creature.

Krantz: Do you think Bigfoot could be a relic population of Gigantopithecus, or do you think it’s a type of hominid popularly known as a “relic” or “hominids” for homins? I don’t think Bigfoot is real because I’ve read so many books that claim it’s real, but I’m still skeptical. The reason I’m skeptical of Bigfoot, I think, is more summed up than I could ever be.

Genzoli called the creature “Big Foot,” but changed his name to Bigfoot because he thought it looked better in print, and called it Big Foot. Some writings suggest that the North American Bigfoot, also called Bigfoot, Big Bear or Big Dog, as well as the “Bigfoot,” is one of these creatures.

Today, the legendary animal seems to be everywhere, and many people believe that the Bigfoot creatures in Pattersons and Gimlin’s films were also costumed pranksters. Below is a picture of a Bigfoot that looks terribly cute, along with a photo of the animal from the Patterson – Gimlin movie.

In January 2014, it was claimed that a Bigfoot creature was killed in San Antonio, Texas in September 2012. In a statement released as part of the search, Steve Kulls said he only noticed the Bigfoot’s body was fake the next day, when the snow began to thaw and a news conference had already taken place. The alleged Bigfoot body was turned over to the Texas Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPS) in Fort Worth.

After the attempts to prove Bigfoot from a zoological perspective have failed, the last desperate cry is to connect Bigfoot with the supernatural realm. Whether there is any real evidence of Bigfoot is impossible to verify, but fans of the creature have been given hope.

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What Is a Bunyip?

Stretching all the way back to ancient Aboriginal populations, the bunyip is a much broader concept than Nessie or North American monsters like Champ, a dinosaur-like beast purported to inhabit Lake Champlain.

Indeed, accounts of the bunyip’s nature and appearance are nearly as numerous as the sightings themselves.

Various witnesses over the years have described the bunyip in these kinds of terms:

• half-horse, half-alligator
• dog-sized
• crocodile-sized
• half the size of a Labrador retriever
• a creature with many eyes and ears
• vicious claws
• shiny black coat
• dog face
• duck-like bill
• walrus tusks
• flippers
• croc head
• calf-sized
• platypus-like
• carnivorous monster
• gentle herbivore
• bearded snake
• bird-headed man
• wings
• feathers

And on and on and on.

Water-born Horror

But while the physical descriptions of the bunyip vary wildly across the ages and throughout the Australian continent, one nearly universal aspect of the creature is that it lives in or near bodies of water.

Specifically, the bunyip has been sighted — or heard — in swamps, streams, rivers, lakes, and other wet areas. This is one obvious departure from more well-known cryptids like Nessie, who seems to be sighted almost exclusively in her Loch Ness home environ.

That makes some sense when you look back at that list of possible characteristics and realize the bunyip may range in size from a dog to a large crocodile. That would give it the flexibility and mobility to fit into aquatic areas much smaller than what Nessie could access if she is a plesiosaur as some suggest. With lengths up to 33 feet, plesiosaurs were (or are) limited to fairly large bodies of water.

Calling All Creepies

Another fairly common characteristic of bunyip encounters is its booming call.

Often described as a scream or a hollow boom, the yell of the bunyip has led some aural observers — or doubters — to link the beastie to known local fauna. The Australian Fur Seal and the marsh-dwelling bittern (bird), in particular, both emit mating calls similar to the bunyip’s yip.

“Bunyip” Origins

From an etymological perspective, there is some disagreement over the origins of the word “bunyip” and its original meaning and subsequent connotations.

While some modern researchers trace the word back to the Aboriginal “Bunjil,” that phrase typically refers to a “a mythic ‘Great Man’ who made the mountains and rivers and man and all the animals.”

That definition appears to dovetail more tightly with the Christian creation story than with accounts of a frightening creature who may or may not have designs on devouring human flesh. Of course, bunyip might just be derived from or related to “Bunjil” without being a literal modern manifestation, and many creation myths involved non-benevolent gods, so a possible connection can’t be ruled out.

Interestingly, English speakers in Australia had appropriated “bunyip” by the middle 1800s as a synonym for “impostor” and were more than happy to level it at their political opponents when the opportunity arose.

Possible Explanations

Sightings (and “soundings”) of the bunyip seemed to have slowed in the twentieth century and beyond, leading most observers to conclude that the bunyip is strictly the stuff of legend.

But folks were seeing (and hearing) something for all those years, right?

So what was it?

Well, there are several theories about what the bunyip might be (or have been), including:

• doyarchu (“Irish Crocodile)
• Diprotodon, the largest-ever marsupial (now thought to be extinct)
• Australian Fur Seal
• Procoptodon (giant prehistoric kangaroo)
• Undiscovered marsupial
• Undiscovered seal

And, since the descriptions of the creature have varied dramatically across the ages and across the continent, maybe it’s all of these, collectively lumped under the bunyip umbrella.

What do you think? Is the bunyip real, or is it just a case of mistaken identity?

Let me know in the comments.

References

• Bunyip on Wikipedia
• Bunyips on Australian History
• Bunyip on Paranormal-Encyclopedia.com

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