Legend Of The Sasquatch (a.ka. Bigfoot)

Bigfoot is an apelike creature reportedly sighted hundreds of times in the U.S. (most often in the Pacific Northwest) and around the world since the mid-19th century. The creature is variously described as standing 7-10 ft (2-3 m) tall and weighing over 500 lb (227 kg), with footprints 17 in. (43 cm) long. The creature goes by many names, but in northern California it is known as "Bigfoot." The creature is big business along a stretch of US-101 in southern Humboldt County known as the Redwood Highway. Numerous shops line the roadway, each with its own gaping Bigfoot chainsaw-carved out of majestic redwood.

Most scientists discount the existence of such a creature because the evidence supporting belief in the survival of a prehistoric bipedal apelike creature of such dimensions is scant. The evidence consists mainly of testimony from Bigfoot enthusiasts, footprints of questionable origin, and pictures that could easily have been of apes or humans in ape suits. There are no bones, no scat, no artifacts, no dead bodies, no mothers with babies, no adolescents, no explanation for how a species likely to be communal has never been seen in family or group activity, no evidence that any individual, much less a community of such creatures, dwells anywhere near all the "sightings," etc. In short, the evidence points more towards hoaxing and delusion than real discovery. The Bigfoot legend seems to be primarily a function of enthusiastic fans of the paranormal, aided greatly by the mass media's enthusiastic catering to such enthusiasm. Yet, some believers dismiss all such criticism and claim that Bigfoot exists in another dimension and travels by astral projection. No wonder the creature is so hard to locate!