The Legend of Bigfoot

Is it a man? Is it an ape? Is it an ape-man? What is Bigfoot?

The Legend of Bigfoot, or “Sasquatch”, was first reported in folklore, but it’s latest sighting can be traced as recently as September 16, 2007 when a hunter named Rick Jacobs captured an image of what looked like a sasquatch.

Bigfoot is said to be an ape-like creature that makes his home in the forests of the Pacific northwest of the United States and Canadian province of British Columbia. There have been many so-called sightings of Bigfoot, yet its status still remains unconfirmed. That is, nobody can actually get hard evidence that the bipedal ape-creature exists. In fact, some scientists even think it’s trivial to even do research on the legend that is Bigfoot.

But despite scientists and academics doing their best to discount that Bigfoot exists, people still believe.

Bigfoot sightings go as far back as 1840, when a protestant missionary Reverend named Elkanah Walker recorded myths that hairy “giants” used to steal salmon and had a “strong smell.”

Fast-forward to as recently as 1995 when a TV film crew from Waterland Productions filmed what they claimed to be Bigfoot at Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. And in April of 2005, a ferry operator named Bobby Clarke filmed over two minutes of footage of what reportedly was Bigfoot on a bank off the Nelson River in Norway House, Manitoba.

There are even annual Bigfoot-related conventions and the creature plays into such tourism attractions as “Sasquatch Daze,” which is an annual event held in Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia.

There have also been several Bigfoot-related films that have been released, including “The Legend of Bobby Creek” (1972), “Bigfoot” (1987) and one of the more popular Bigfoot-related films, “Harry and the Hendersons” (1987).

Whether one believes in Bigfoot or not, the legend of the creature is timeless.