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| | Malaysia has announced that intends to send two teams of scientists to its southern rain forests to track down a huge ape that has been spotted there in recent times. So-called "Bigfoot" fever has been gripping the Malaysian media for several weeks after a number of sightings of the gorilla-like creature in the southern state of Johor. The creature is described as being over ten feet tall and stands on two legs.
Bigfoot (Yeti, Sasquatch) is an anthropoid creature, allegedly found in various high-mountainous or forest areas of the Earth. Opinion exists that this is a relic hominid, i.e mammal, belonging to order of primitives and genus human, which survived till date since ancestral period of human being. Carl Linnaeus designated labeled it as in Lat. Homo troglodytes (Cave man). Soviet scientist B.F.Porshnev paid more attention towards Bigfoot (called relict hominoid).
Description
Judging by hypotheses and unconfirmed evidences, Bigfoot differs from us by more compact figure, pointed skull shape, lengthy arms, short necks and massive lower jaw and rather short hips. Bigfoot possess hair all over the body — black, rust or grey colour. Face of Bigfoot is dark in color. Length of hair on head is longer than hair on body. Moustaches and beard are very rare and short. Bigfoot possess strong unpleasant odor. They can quickly clamber onto trees. It is asserted that mountainous population of yetis live in caves and yetis, living in forests, construct nests on branches of trees.
From the point of view of ethnography, introduction about Bigfoot (Yeti) and his various local analogues is rather interesting. Image of huge terrible person can reflect natural fears in darkness, uncertainty,and relations with mystical forces in different people. Quite probably, unnatural hair or wild people are considered yetis.
If relict hominoids exist, then they live in small groups, probably married couples. Yetis can move rear limbs. Height of yetis should fluctuate from 1 to 2.5 m; in most cases 1.5-2 m; encounters with largest individuals in mountains of Central Asia (Yeti) and in North America (Sasquatch) are informed. In many cases, height did not exceed 1.5 m of yetis found on Sumatra, Kalimantan and Africa. Assumptions are in circulation that, the observed relict hominoids belong to certain different kinds, at least three.
Existence
Majority of modern scientists believe that yeti is a myth.
Presently, not a single representative of the species, living in captivity, not a single skeleton or skin is available. Nevertheless, probably hair, footprints and some tens of photos, video recordings (poor quality) and audio records are available. Authenticity of these evidences can be doubted.
Short film, recorded by Roger Patterson & Bob Gimlin in 1967 in North California was considered as one of the most convincing evidences for a long time. Female Bigfoot is shown in the film. However, in 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, for whom the recording was made, relatives and acquaintances of Ray Wallace stated that (however, without any substantial evidences) entire history with “American Bigfoot” was forged right from the beginning till end; 40 cm “Footprints of Bigfoot” were artificial and film — production episode with person, in the costume of an ape. This came as a serious blow to enthusiasts, who are trying to find the Bigfoot.
Reference in history and literature
Numerous images of creatures, similar to Bigfoot (on artistic items of Ancient Greece, Rome, Carthage and Etruscans and medieval Europe) and references, including in The Bible, folklore of the various people, are known.
Versions
Most popular versions, according to which, Bigfoot is descendant of those or other hominoids, having huge height or thickset body structure. Among the candidates:
o Gigantanthropus —probable relative of orangutans;
o Meganthropus — Subspecies of Homo erectus;
o Neanderthal man — species Homo, having thickset body structure and for longer periods, lived in hilly regions of Europe
In his book “Paradox of 20th century”, ufologist Boris Shurinov has come out with an assumption that Bigfoot is an alien.
Japanese mountaineer asserts that he revealed the secret of Bigfoot and now, the searchers, working for tens years with disturbed minds to solve the puzzle, is finished. After 12 years of researches, Makoto Nebuka asserts, that legendary Bigfoot, yeti from Himalayas is a huge anthropoid something like brown Himalayan bear (Ursus Arctos).
Researches are in search of Bigfoot since 19th century. Bigfoot became a legend in 1951, when huge footprints were found out by one of the expeditions in Himalayas. Since then, many unconfirmed reports about the sighting of Bigfoot were reported and many searchers unknowingly believe in the existence of legend. It would not be easy to dissuade them. Just last week, around 250 enthusiasts on “Yeti” and “Bigfoot” assembled in Wooley Creek in California to analyse the reports about Bigfoot, separate the wheat from the chaff and to give them scientific authenticity.
And many have made fortunes on legend. For example, “Hair of Bigfoot”, which made enough news, purchased from Tibetan monastery in Kumjung, was given for verification and appeared to be skillful fake with use of wool of mountain goat.
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