BIGFOOT
Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a figure in North American folklore alleged
to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the Pacific northwest region of the United
States and the Canadian province of British Columbia. In northern Wisconsin,
Lakota Indians know the creature by the name Chiye-tanka, a Lakota name for "Big
Elder Brother". Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, hairy bipedal
hominoid, and some believe that this animal, or its close relatives, may be
found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti of Tibet
and Nepal, the Yeren of mainland China, and the Yowie of Australia.
Bigfoot is one of the more famous examples of cryptozoology, a subject that the
scientific community classifies as pseudoscience because of unreliable
eyewitness accounts, lack of scientific and physical evidence, and over-reliance
on confirmation rather than refutation. Most scientific experts on the matter
consider the Bigfoot legend to be a combination of folklore and hoaxes. Despite
that status, Bigfoot is nevertheless a popular symbol, included as "Quatchi,"
one of the mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and used to name
both a provincial park and the annual Sasquatch Daze event in Harrison Hot
Springs, British Columbia.
Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a figure in North American folklore alleged
to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the Pacific northwest region of the United
States and the Canadian province of British Columbia. In northern Wisconsin,
Lakota Indians know the creature by the name Chiye-tanka, a Lakota name for "Big
Elder Brother". Bigfoot is sometimes described as a large, hairy bipedal
hominoid, and some believe that this animal, or its close relatives, may be
found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti of Tibet
and Nepal, the Yeren of mainland China, and the Yowie of Australia.
Bigfoot is one of the more famous examples of cryptozoology, a subject that the
scientific community classifies as pseudoscience because of unreliable
eyewitness accounts, lack of scientific and physical evidence, and over-reliance
on confirmation rather than refutation. Most scientific experts on the matter
consider the Bigfoot legend to be a combination of folklore and hoaxes. Despite
that status, Bigfoot is nevertheless a popular symbol, included as "Quatchi,"
one of the mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and used to name
both a provincial park and the annual Sasquatch Daze event in Harrison Hot
Springs, British Columbia.