Who is Yeti: does Bigfoot exist? Why Bigfoot is a fiction. Answered by Doctor of Biological Sciences This animal

Many people believe in the existence of Yeti. The question has been raised by scientists more than once, but no direct evidence of the life of such creatures on the planet has been provided by witnesses. The most common opinion is that Bigfoot- it's mythical humanoid creature, living in snow-covered forests and mountains. But no one knows for sure whether the Yeti is a myth or reality.

Description of Bigfoot

The prehistoric bipedal hominid was named Homo troglodytes by Carl Linnaeus, which means “caveman.” The creatures belong to the order of primates. Depending on their habitat, they received different names. So Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a snowman living in America, in Asia Homo troglodytes is called yeti, in India - barunga.

Outwardly, they are something between a huge monkey and a human. The creatures look scary. Their weight is about 200 kg. They have a large build with a large muscle mass, long arms - up to the knees, massive jaws and a small frontal part. The creature has stocky, muscular legs with short thighs.

The entire body of bigfoots is covered with long (the size of a palm) and dense hair, the color of which can be white, red, black, or brown. The Bigfoot's face protrudes forward at the bottom and also has fur starting from the eyebrows. The head is conical. The feet are wide, with long, flexible toes. The giant's height is 2-3 m. Yeti's footprints are similar to human ones. Eyewitnesses usually talk about unpleasant smell, which accompanies the Sasquatch.

Norwegian traveler Thor Heyerdahl proposed a classification of bigfoot:

dwarf yeti, which are found in India, Nepal, Tibet, up to 1 m tall;
a true bigfoot has a height of up to 2 m, thick hair, long hair on the head;
giant yeti - 2.5-3 m tall, the savage's tracks are very similar to human ones.

Yeti food

Cryptozoologists who study species not discovered by science suggest that Bigfoot belongs to primates, and therefore has similarities with monkeys. large sizes diet Yeti eats:

fresh fruits, vegetables, berries, honey;
edible herbs, nuts, roots, mushrooms;
insects, snakes;
small animals, poultry, fish;
frogs and other amphibians.

It is safe to assume that this creature will not disappear in any habitat and will find something it can feast on.

Bigfoot habitats

Anyone can try to catch a bigfoot. To do this, you just need to know what Bigfoot looks like and where he lives. Reports of Yeti come mainly from mountainous areas or forests. In grottoes and caves, among rocks or in impenetrable thickets, he feels most safe. Travelers claim to have seen Sasquatch or their tracks in certain places.

Himalayas. This is Bigfoot's home. Here, for the first time in 1951, a huge footprint similar to a human one was recorded on camera.
Slopes of the Tien Shan mountains. Climbers and rangers in this area never cease to claim the existence of bigfoots here.
Altai mountains. Witnesses have recorded Bigfoot approaching human settlements in search of food.
Karelian Isthmus. The military testified that they saw a yeti with white hair in the mountains. Their data was confirmed by local residents and an expedition organized by the authorities.
North-Eastern Siberia. Bigfoot traces were discovered during ongoing research.
Texas. According to eyewitnesses, the yeti lives in the local Sam Houston Nature Reserve. Those who want to catch him come here regularly, but so far not a single hunt has been successful.
California. San Diego resident Ray Wallace made a film in 1958 in which he showed a female Sasquatch that lives in the mountains in this area. Later, information surfaced that the filming was falsified; the role of the Yeti was played by Wallace's wife, dressed in a fur suit.
Tajikistan. In the summer of 1979, a photo of a 34 cm long footprint discovered in the Gissar Mountains appeared.
India. A three-meter-tall monster covered with black hair is often encountered here. The locals call him barunga. They managed to obtain a sample of the animal's fur. It is similar to the hair of a yeti obtained by British climber E. Hillary on the slope of Mount Everest.
There is also evidence of the existence of Bigfoot in real life found in Abkhazia, Vancouver, Yamal and Oregon, USA.

It is quite difficult to understand whether the existence of Bigfoot is a myth or reality. Chronicles Tibetan monks contain records of humanoid animals covered with fur noticed by temple servants. In this region, traces of Bigfoot were discovered for the first time. IN printed publications stories about Sasquatch first appeared in the 50s of the last century. They were told by climbers who conquered Everest. New adventurers immediately found themselves wanting to see the giant wild people.

Bigfoot family and offspring

About the existence of tribes snow people and children completely covered with fur found by hunters, as evidenced by the stories of residents of Tajikistan. A family of wild people - a man, a woman and a child - was spotted near Lake Parien. The locals called them “Oda Obi,” that is, water people. The Yeti family approached the water and more than once scared the Tajiks away from their home. There were also numerous traces of Bigfoot presence here. But due to the dusty sandy soil and insufficient clarity of the contour, it turned out to be impossible to make a plaster casting. There is no real material evidence of these stories.

The Times newspaper wrote about the DNA analysis of a real female Bigfoot in 2015. It was about the legendary wild woman Zana, who lived in Abkhazia in the 19th century. The story goes that Prince Achba caught her and kept her in his cage. It was tall woman with dark gray skin. Hair covered her entire massive body and face. The cone-shaped head was distinguished by a protruding jaw, a flat nose with raised nostrils. The eyes had a reddish tint. The legs were strong with thin shins, wide feet ending in long flexible toes.

Legend has it that over time the woman's temper pacified and she lived freely in a hole dug with my own hands. She walked around the village, expressed her emotions with shouts and gestures, human language I didn’t learn until the end of my life, but I responded to my name. She did not use household items and clothing. She is credited with extraordinary strength, speed and agility. Her body retained its youthful features until old age: her hair did not turn gray, her teeth did not fall out, her skin remained elastic and smooth.

Zana had five children from local men. She drowned her firstborn, so the rest of the descendants were taken from the woman immediately after birth. One of Zana's sons remained in the village of Thin. He had a daughter, who was interviewed by researchers in search of information. Zana's descendants had no hominid characteristics, they only had features of the Negroid race. DNA studies showed that the woman has West African roots. Her children had no hair on their bodies, so there were speculations that the villagers might have embellished the story to attract attention.

Frank Hansen's Bigfoot

At the end of 1968 in Minnesota, in one of the traveling booths, the body of a Bigfoot appeared frozen in ice block. Yeti were shown to spectators for profit. The owner of the unusual creature resembling a monkey was the famous showman Frank Hansen. The strange exhibit attracted the attention of the police and scientists. Zoologists Bernard Euvelmans and Ivan Sanders urgently flew to the city of Rollingstone.

Researchers spent several days taking photographs and sketches of the yeti. Bigfoot was huge, had large legs and arms, a flattened nose, and brown fur. Thumb the legs were adjacent to the rest, like those of people. The head and arm were pierced by a bullet wound. The owner reacted calmly to the scientists’ comments and claimed that the body was smuggled out of Kamchatka. The story began to gain increasing popularity among journalists and the public.

Researchers began to insist on defrosting and further studying the corpse. Hansen was offered a huge sum for the right to examine Bigfoot, and then he admitted that the body was a skillful dummy made at a monster factory in Hollywood.

Later, after the fuss had died down, Hansen again asserted the reality of Bigfoot in his memoirs and recounted how he personally shot him while deer hunting in Wisconsin. Zoologists Bernard Euvelmans and Ivan Sanders continued to insist on the plausibility of the Yeti, stating: they heard the smell of decomposition when they examined the creature, so there can be no doubt that it is real.

Photo and video evidence of the existence of Bigfoot

To this day, no physical evidence of the existence of Bigfoot has been found. Samples of wool, hair, and bones provided by eyewitnesses and owners of private collections have long been studied.

Their DNA matched the DNA known to science animals: brown, polar and Himalayan bears, raccoons, cows, horses, deer and other forest inhabitants. One of the samples belonged to an ordinary dog.

No skeletons, skins, bones or other remains of Bigfoot people have been found. One of the Nepalese monasteries houses a skull allegedly belonging to Bigfoot. Laboratory analysis of a hair on the skull indicated morphological features of Himalayan ibex DNA.

Witnesses have provided numerous videos and photographs of evidence of the existence of the Sasquatch, but the quality of the images leaves much to be desired each time. Eyewitnesses explain the lack of clarity in the images as an unexplained phenomenon.

The equipment stops working when approaching bigfoot. The gaze of Bigfoot has a hypnotic effect, introducing those present into an unconscious state when it is impossible to control their actions. The Yeti also cannot be clearly captured due to its high speed movement and overall dimensions. People are often prevented from making a normal video or photo by fear and poor health.

Refutations of Yeti Stories

Zoologists are inclined to believe that stories about the existence of Bigfoot are unreal. There are no unexplored places and territories left on Earth. The last time scientists discovered a new large animal occurred more than a century ago.

Even the discovery of an unknown species of mushroom is now considered a huge event, although there are about 100 thousand of them. Opponents of the version of the existence of the Yeti point to a well-known biological fact: for a population to survive, more than a hundred individuals are needed, and such a number is impossible not to notice.

Numerous eyewitness accounts in mountain and forest areas can be caused by the following facts:

oxygen starvation of the brain at high altitudes;
poor visibility in foggy areas, twilight, observer errors;
deliberate lies to attract attention;
fear that gives rise to imagination;
retellings of professional and folk legends and belief in them;
Found footprints of yeti may be left by other animals, for example, snow leopard puts his paws in one line and his print looks like the footprint of a huge bare foot.

Despite the fact that no physical evidence of the reality of the Yeti, confirmed by genetic examinations, was found, rumors about mythical creatures do not subside. New evidence, photos, audio and video data are being found that are of dubious quality and may be fake.

DNA research continues on the submitted bone, saliva and hair samples, which always match the DNA of other animals. Bigfoot, according to eyewitnesses, is approaching human settlements, expanding the boundaries of its range.

Exactly fifty years ago, two Americans - Roger Patterson And Bob Gimlin— they made a film that made all supporters tremble with delight paranormal phenomena. Men captured a Bigfoot on videotape in the Blyff Creek gorge in northern California. It was this recording that became the first and only “non-blurred” video evidence of its existence. On it, the creature is represented not just by a spot, but by a living organism about six feet tall and with short, thick hair all over its body. The controversy surrounding this tape has not subsided to this day. Some prove that Bigfoot is real, while others claim that resourceful cameramen also turned out to be excellent directors who filmed ordinary person in a gorilla suit.

AiF.ru spoke with leading researcher at the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, Doctor of Biological Sciences Petr Kamensky and found out why the yeti is a fiction.

Population and size

From a scientific point of view, it is very difficult to prove that something does not exist; it is much easier to do the opposite. Therefore, I will not swear on blood that Bigfoot does not exist. However, I will give facts that will explain why Bigfoot living in California, Tibet, Kuzbass or anywhere else is absurd and unlikely.

Firstly, almost all corners of our planet have already been explored, and there are no places left on Earth where people would not go in search of large forms life. The last time scientists found and described a large animal occurred over 100 years ago. Since then, no new species have been discovered. And this suggests that, apparently, this is the end of all large individuals unknown to science.

To help you understand, I’ll give you this example: this year at Moscow State University something great and very important event- people who deal with mushrooms described new look in the Tver region. This was a real revolution in science, because this territory was well studied, and discovering it there was something extraordinary. And, for a moment, these are mushrooms. They are small. Finding them is much more difficult than finding a huge beast. And these are precisely the dimensions that “eyewitnesses” attribute to the Yeti: it is taller (approximately 220 cm) and much larger than an ordinary person, and is also covered with thick hair. If such a “colossus” existed, it would definitely be noticed! But since there is still no documented evidence of something like this, this only says one thing: Bigfoot does not exist.

In addition, for Bigfoot to continue his race, he must not be alone. A whole population is needed, and quite a large one, at least several dozen individuals, so that the so-called Yeti do not degenerate. And if there had been such a collection of individuals, they certainly would not have missed it.

False evidence

Bigfoot is big and cannot hide without being discovered by people for 200 years. For example, few people have seen meerkats either, but no one doubts that they exist. And all because they were found, described, and made a lot of videos and photographs.

Sometimes some “sacred” objects appear that supposedly belong to Bigfoot: bones, pieces of wool, footprints, etc. All these things, of course, are studied by scientists. But after genetic tests, they turn out to be “dummy” animals that belong to already known animals. Often human DNA is also found in the material, but this only means that the samples are contaminated: people held them in their hands and left their “information.”

In general, around the obtained evidence, some kind of funny stories. For example, if my memory serves me right, one day some enthusiast, literally risking his life, stole a “Bigfoot bone” from a Tibetan monastery. He took it for examination, which showed that it did not belong to Bigfoot at all, but to a real bear, only a large one.

So, if someone ever saw something, then most likely it was the same brown predator who stood on his hind legs. Someone just imagined it one day, and others picked up this fantasy and began to believe in it.

I thought that the story was unfinished until the details of choosing the next car were described.

And, almost a year later, I consider this process finally completed. In the review itself, I touched on this briefly, now the details, thoughts and reasoning.

So here is my “notch” for memory, what to do and what to avoid.

So, after the decision to sell the Yeti, there was no clear understanding of what I would like in return.

Since the Skoda suited me quite well, except that it had become painfully familiar, naturally my first thoughts were about the new Yeti in a richer configuration. Everything seemed great: proven, familiar, with the addition of all sorts of convenient options, but the same 152-horsepower engine, the lack of a manual option with all-wheel drive. And in the end, this familiarity pushed me away. You sit down in the salon, and everything is the same..., familiar and customary..., but your soul asks ehhh.! And therefore so on, so on.

The second natural consequence was the Tiguan.

Here, of course, is my respect! After the Yeti, the older brother, recently updated, is much more solid. The interior is just as comfortable, you can feel the kinship of the VAG - the same design details found here and there do not bore you with familiarity, but sweetly remind you of the past. At the same time, you have everything you need: you have a manual all-wheel drive package and a 150 hp engine. with the same torque characteristics as the 1.8 that was on the Yeti, in addition, it has already been modified with a timing belt instead of a chain, in general, what the doctor prescribed for my ailing organ of greed, which had been paying unreasonable prices for several years transport tax for the extra 2 horses.

Everything is great, but... the price, the price... I didn’t have enough money. And then my organ of greed began to make quibbles: The rear lights are too small and unfavorably (because they are not original) reminiscent of the BMW community, the central locking button is only on the driver’s door (in the center in Skoda), the 4WD option on the manual is only possible in the “collective farm edition” configuration with the mocking name Trendline, the appearance against the backdrop of modern trends is very simple, reminiscent of all the Passat golfs taken together since the 90s, etc., etc.

Although inner voice whispered: fool, this is what’s cool, grace in simplicity, classical severity and harmony of lines, look at this posture, this glazing line. But, alas, the last “nail” was the contemptuous, half-hearted (or so it seemed to me), unfavorable assessment by the VW manager of my Yeti for a trade-in. In short, by again.

This is where the natural options ended and the unnatural ones began.

And since the desired cars did not suit me, I gave up on everything, inscribed on my banner “Practicality and saving the family budget”, I took Renault Duster out of the many crossovers. But then my beautiful wife, exhausted by me, cried out, demanding some kind of beauty, at least on the outside or inside (may the Duster owners forgive her). As a result, the selection criteria shook, shifted and pointed me to the Hyundai Creta.

After the Duster toy showroom (may Duster owners forgive me), it was both convenient and almost pleasant to be in Crete. I especially liked the “supervision” instrument panel, I think it’s called something like that.

We drove it, tried it on, ordered a top-end package, made an advance payment and the painful wait began. And it was painful, because there was no satisfaction from the choice, I didn’t want to savor the future acquisition, enjoy the selection of winter tires and other actions usual in such cases.

But I wanted... to continue monitoring automobile sites, reviews, forums, dealerships, as well as advertisements for sales on the secondary market.

And I monitored Her for myself! White, large, all-wheel drive, manual. Comfort equipment with parking sensors, rear view camera, already with Webasto, two years old, almost in perfect condition - still under warranty - Toyota Rav4. All this, as well as the opportunity to save some money, decided the matter.

But.., without driving it for even a year, I sold it. They didn't get along in character. There was no happiness in our union. It's good, roomy, probably reliable - without any turbines/compressors - Toyota! But... it’s not as comfortable as it is in the gym.

As I now understand, I was led precisely by the contrast. In contrast to the square verticality of the Skoda, the rapid profile of the Toyota with side ribs that effectively flow into the rear tail of the spoiler and taillights, as well as the samurai squint of the line of the front optics with the radiator grille, captivated with its irresistibility.

This happens in life - a sparkling first impression hides a not always rich essence:

The first noticeable disadvantageous differences from Skoda were hidden in the pedal assembly. When releasing the clutch pedal, the end of the sole of the shoe clung to something on top. What the..!? Over time, of course, I got used to squeezing with the very sock, but no, no, you’ll catch it.

The thrust of the 2-liter engine for this car is clearly not enough at low speeds. Unlike the Skoda, when maneuvering in a parking lot or in a traffic jam with one clutch, you need to be very careful, so as not to drown out the engine, you have to rev it up like a Zhiguli. At the same time, the engine signaled its readiness to turn sour with an unpleasant vibration that resonated through the body, which at such moments resembled a barn. But the most decisive disappointment was the behavior of the Rav4 on the track. In Skoda, gears other than sixth were used extremely rarely outside the city or only during acceleration. Toyota often asked for fifth or even fourth speed on hills or when overtaking, but without much effect other than the roar of the engine. As a result, there was an understanding that it was not very possible to compensate for the lack of engine power for this car with mechanics. And it feels like the option of making this model with a manual transmission was clearly not a priority for Toyota engineers. For example, the assistant indicator on the instrument panel does not reflect the current gearbox stage, but only gives recommendations for switching with arrows, and is often completely inappropriate.

Further, as usually happens, the main negative began to be overgrown with smaller ones, such as the inconvenience and oakiness (compared to the Skoda) of some buttons in the cabin, the ringing body in which even closing the locks was reflected as something falling on the roof, albeit spacious, but some kind of bald trunk in which there is no way to secure bags, with a stupid mesh stretcher and a roll-up soft shelf, the transverse rods of which, when installed, only concealed the space on top, and other “roughness” that at first impression does not catch the eye or seem to be the case habits, but which begin to annoy during daily use.

All these are, of course, trifles, and I fully admit that the owners of Rav4 with automatic transmission are happy with everything. The car as a whole is not bad, it survived the harsh Siberian winter with dignity, but I still had to part with it. Its main advantage for me was that Toyota, firstly, took all sorts of Cretas away from me, and secondly, gave me time to think and accumulate funds to buy the car I really wanted.

As a result, my heart was calmed by the purchase... Volkswagen Tiguan!

I ordered it from the factory, the required configuration with the necessary additional packages.

Here I will only say that for me the Tiguan turned out to be the only worthy replacement for the Yeti in terms of comfort, feel and equipment of the interior, driving performance, and the overall impression of the car. There are, of course, nuances, but more about this in a separate review.

Thanks for reading!

The vastness of our vast planet holds many secrets. Mysterious creatures hiding from the human world have always aroused genuine interest among scientists and enthusiastic researchers. One of these secrets was Bigfoot.

Yeti, Bigfoot, Angey, Sasquatch - these are all his names. It is believed that it belongs to the class of mammals, the order of primates, and the genus humans.

Of course, its existence has not been proven by scientists, however, according to eyewitnesses and many researchers today we have full description this creature.

What does the legendary cryptid look like?

The most popular image of Bigfoot

Its physique is dense and muscular with a thick coat of hair over the entire surface of the body, with the exception of the palms and feet, which, according to people who have met the yeti, remain completely naked.

The color of the coat can be different depending on the habitat - white, black, gray, red.

The faces are always dark, and the hair on the head is longer than on the rest of the body. According to some reports, the beard and mustache are completely absent, or they are very short and sparse.

The skull has a pointed shape and a massive lower jaw.

The height of these creatures varies from 1.5 to 3 meters. Other witnesses claimed to have met taller individuals.

Features of the body of Bigfoot are also long arms and shortened hips.

The habitat of the yeti is a controversial issue, since people claim to have seen it in America, Asia and even Russia. Presumably, they can be found in the Urals, the Caucasus and Chukotka.

These mysterious creatures live far from civilization, carefully hiding from human attention. Nests can be located in trees or in caves.

But no matter how carefully the Bigfoot people tried to hide, there were local residents who claimed to have seen them.

First eyewitnesses

The first to see mysterious creature live, there were Chinese peasants. According to available information, the meeting was not isolated, but numbered about a hundred cases.

After such statements, several countries, including America and Great Britain, sent an expedition to search for traces.

Thanks to the collaboration of two prominent scientists, Richard Greenwell and Gene Poirier, confirmation of the existence of the Yeti was found.

The find was hair that was believed to belong only to him. However, later, in 1960, Edmund Hillary had the opportunity to examine the scalp again.

His conclusion was unequivocal: the “find” was made of antelope wool.

As one would expect, many scientists did not agree with this version, finding more and more confirmation of the previously put forward theory.

Bigfoot scalp

Apart from the found hair, the identity of which is still a controversial issue, there is no other documented evidence.

Except for countless photographs, footprints and eyewitness accounts.

Photographs are often of very poor quality, so they do not allow one to reliably determine whether they are real or fake.

The footprints, which, of course, are similar to human ones, but wider and longer, are considered by scientists to be the traces of known animals living in the area where they were found.

And even the stories of eyewitnesses who, according to them, met Bigfoot, do not allow one to establish for certain the fact of their existence.

Bigfoot on video

However, in 1967, two men were able to film Bigfoot.

They were R. Patterson and B. Gimlin from Northern California. Being shepherds, one autumn on the river bank they noticed a creature, which, realizing that it had been discovered, immediately went on the run.

Grabbing the camera, Roger Patterson set off to catch up with the unusual creature, which was mistaken for a yeti.

The film aroused genuine interest among scientists who for many years tried to prove or disprove the existence mythical creature.

Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson

A number of features proved that the film was not a fake.

The size of the body and the unusual gait indicated that it was not a person.

The video showed a clear image of the creature's body and limbs, which ruled out the creation of a special costume for filming.

Some features of the body structure allowed scientists to draw conclusions about the similarity of the individual from the video footage with the prehistoric ancestor of man - the Neanderthal ( approx. the last Neanderthals lived about 40 thousand years ago), but very large in size: height reached 2.5 meters, and weight - 200 kg.

After much research, the film was found to be authentic.

In 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, who initiated this filming, his relatives and friends reported that the film was completely staged: a man in a specially tailored suit portrayed an American Yeti, and unusual footprints were left behind by artificial forms.

But they did not provide evidence that the film was fake. Later, experts conducted an experiment in which a trained person tried to repeat the filmed footage in a suit.

They concluded that at the time the film was made, it was impossible to carry out such a high-quality production.

There were other meetings with unusual creature, in most cases in America. For example, in North Carolina, Texas and near Missouri, but unfortunately there is no evidence of these meetings, other than oral stories of people.

A woman named Zana from Abkhazia

An interesting and unusual confirmation of the existence of these individuals was a woman named Zana, who lived in Abkhazia in the 19th century.

Raisa Khvitovna, granddaughter of Zana - daughter of Khvit and a Russian woman named Maria

The description of her appearance is similar to existing descriptions of Bigfoot: red fur that covered her dark skin, and the hair on her head was longer than on the rest of her body.

Articulate speech she did not control, but only uttered cries and individual sounds.

The face was large, the cheekbones protruded, and the jaw protruded strongly forward, which gave her a fierce appearance.

Zana was able to integrate into human society and even gave birth to several children from local men.

Later, scientists conducted research genetic material descendants of Zana.

According to some sources, their origin dates back to West Africa.

The results of the examination indicate the possibility of the existence of a population in Abkhazia during Zana’s life, and therefore cannot be ruled out in other regions.

Makoto Nebuka reveals the secret

One of the enthusiasts who wanted to prove the existence of the yeti was the Japanese mountaineer Makoto Nebuka.

He hunted Bigfoot for 12 years while exploring the Himalayas.

After so many years of persecution, he came to a disappointing conclusion: the legendary humanoid creature turned out to be just a brown Himalayan bear.

The book containing his research describes some interesting facts. It turns out that the word "Yeti" is nothing more than a corruption of the word "Meti", which means "bear" in the local dialect.

Tibetan clans considered the bear to be a supernatural creature that possessed power. Perhaps these concepts came together, and the myth of Bigfoot spread everywhere.

Research of different countries

Numerous studies have been carried out by many scientists around the world. The USSR was no exception.

The commission for the study of Bigfoot included geologists, anthropologists and botanists. As a result of their work, a theory was put forward that states that Bigfoot is a degraded branch of Neanderthals.

However, then the work of the commission was stopped, and only a few enthusiasts continued to work on the research.

Genetic studies of available samples deny the existence of the Yeti. A professor at Oxford University, after analyzing the hair, proved that it belonged to polar bear, which existed several thousand years ago.

Still from a film filmed in Northern California on 10/20/1967

Currently, discussions are ongoing.

The question of the existence of another mystery of nature remains open, and the society of cryptozoologists is still trying to find evidence.

All the available facts today do not give one hundred percent confidence in the reality of this creature, although some people really want to believe in it.

Obviously, only a film shot in Northern California can be considered evidence of the existence of the object being studied.

Some people tend to believe that Bigfoot is of alien origin.

This is why it is so difficult to detect, and all genetic and anthropological analyzes lead scientists to incorrect results.

Someone is sure that science is silent about the fact of their existence and will publish false research, because there are so many eyewitnesses.

But questions are only multiplying every day, and answers are extremely rare. And although many believe in the existence of Bigfoot, science still denies this fact.

There are many rumors and legends in the world, the heroes of which are. They come to life not only in folklore: there are witnesses who claim to have met these creatures in reality. Bigfoot is one such mysterious character.

Who is Bigfoot?

Bigfoot is a mysterious humanoid creature, possibly a relict mammal, preserved from prehistoric times. Enthusiasts all over the world talk about their meetings with him. The creature is given many names - Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Angey, Migo, Almasty, Autoshka - depending on the area in which the animal or its traces were seen. But until the yeti is caught and its skin and skeleton are found, we cannot talk about it as a real animal. We have to be content with the opinion of “eyewitnesses”, dozens of videos, audio and photographs, the reliability of which is questionable.

Where does Bigfoot live?

Assumptions about where Bigfoot lives can only be made based on the words of those who have met him. Most of the testimony is given by residents of America and Asia, who saw a half-man in forest and mountainous areas. It has been suggested that even today Yeti populations live far from civilization. They build nests in tree branches and hide in caves, carefully avoiding contact with people. It is assumed that in our country, yetis live in the Urals. Evidence of the existence of Bigfoot has been found in such areas as:

Himalayas;
Pamir;
Chukotka;
Transbaikalia;
Caucasus;
California;
Canada.

What does Bigfoot look like?

Since information about Bigfoot is rarely documented, it appearance You can't describe it exactly, you can only make assumptions. The opinions of people interested in this issue may be divided. And yet the Bigfoot Yeti is seen by people as:

a giant from 1.5 to 3 meters tall;
massive build with broad shoulders and long limbs;
with a body completely covered with hair (white, gray or brown);
head having a pointed shape;
wide feet (hence the nickname bigfoot).

In the 50s of the twentieth century, Soviet scientists, together with foreign colleagues, raised the question of the reality of the Yeti. The famous Norwegian traveler Thor Heyerdall suggested the existence of three species of humanoids unknown to science. This:

Dwarf yeti up to one meter tall, found in India, Nepal, and Tibet.
True Bigfoot - large animal(up to 2 m tall) with thick hair and a conical head, on which long “hair” grows.
A giant yeti (height reaches 3 m) with a flat head and sloping skull. His tracks strongly resemble human ones.

What do Bigfoot footprints look like?

If the animal itself is not caught in the camera, but the footprints of Bigfoot are “discovered” everywhere. Sometimes they are mistaken for the paw prints of other animals (bears, snow leopards, etc.), sometimes they inflate a story that does not exist. But still, researchers in mountainous areas continue to replenish the collection of traces of unknown creatures, classifying them as prints of the bare feet of the yeti. They strongly resemble human ones, but wider and longer. Most traces of snowmen have been found in the Himalayas: in forests, caves and at the foot of Everest.

What does Bigfoot eat?

If yetis exist, they must have something to feed on. Researchers suggest that the real Bigfoot belongs to the order of primates, which means that it has the same diet as large apes. Yeti eat:

mushrooms, fruits and berries;
herbs, leaves, roots; moss;
small animals;
insects;
snakes.

Does Bigfoot really exist?

Cryptozoology deals with the study of species unknown to biology. Researchers are trying to find traces of legendary, almost mythical animals and prove their reality. Cryptozoologists are also pondering the question: does Bigfoot exist? There are not enough facts yet. Even taking into account that the number of statements from people who saw the Yeti, filmed it or found traces of the beast is not decreasing, all the materials presented (audio, video, photos) are of very poor quality and may be a fake. Meetings with Bigfoot in its habitats are also an unproven fact.

Facts about Bigfoot

Some people really want to believe that all the tales about the Yeti are true, and the story will continue in the near future. But only the following facts about Bigfoot can be considered indisputable:

Roger Patterson's 1967 short film featuring a female Bigfoot is a hoax.
Japanese climber Makoto Nebuka, who chased Bigfoot for 12 years, suggested that he was dealing with Himalayan bear. A Russian ufologist B.A. Shurinov believes that the mysterious beast is of extraplanetary origin.
A monastery in Nepal houses a brown scalp believed to be a snowman.
The American Society of Cryptozoologists has offered a $1 million reward for the capture of Bigfoot.

Currently, rumors about Yeti are growing, discussions in the scientific community do not subside, and “evidence” is multiplying. Genetic research is being conducted all over the world: saliva and hair belonging to Bigfoot (according to eyewitnesses) are being identified. Some samples belong to known animals, but there are also those that have a different origin. To this day, Bigfoot remains an unsolved mystery of our planet.