Introduction
Bigfoot (yeti, sasquatch, bigfoot, enji, avdoshka, almast English bigfoot) is a legendary humanoid creature allegedly found in various high-altitude or forest regions of the Earth. Its existence is claimed by many enthusiasts, but has not yet been confirmed. It is believed that this is a relic hominid, that is, a mammal belonging to the order of primates and the genus of man, which has survived to this day from prehistoric times.
What does a bigfoot look like, its habitat
Judging by hypotheses and anecdotal evidence, Bigfoot differ from modern man a denser physique, a pointed skull, longer arms, a short neck and a massive lower jaw, and relatively short hips. They have hair all over their body - black, red, white or gray. Dark faces. The hair on the head is longer than on the body. The mustache and beard are very sparse and short. They are good at climbing trees. It is alleged that the mountain populations of Bigfoot live in caves, forest people build nests on tree branches. Carl Linnaeus designated it as Homo troglodytes (caveman). Very fast. He can overtake a horse, moreover, on two legs, and in the water - a motor boat. Omnivorous, but prefers plant foods, very fond of apples.
Ideas about Bigfoot and his various local counterparts are very interesting from the point of view of ethnography. The image of a huge scary person can reflect the innate fears of darkness, the unknown, relationships with mystical forces in different nations. It is possible that people with unnatural hair or feral people are mistaken for Bigfoot.
What is this strange and terrible creature, known to the whole world under the name "yeti"? In Tibet, since ancient times, there has been a widespread belief in strange creatures that live in the Himalayas, where there is eternal snow. They walk upright, they have long arms and thick shaggy hair. Traces of these mysterious and wild creatures - otherwise they are called Bigfoot, Alma or Sasquatch - have been seen on all continents except Europe. Creatures that science cannot yet define, roam the remote regions of the planet. Who are they? Should not all these stories be attributed to the realm of fantasy? Or do forms that preceded man still continue to exist in our world?
The remote snowy deserts of the majestic Himalayas are home to the legendary bigfoot, who is called the Yeti, or Bigfoot.
The prints of his feet are quite often found in these places by researchers and climbers. They are like the footprints of a giant.
Riddles scientists ask not only yeti. V Lately many witnesses appeared, claiming that they saw creatures of this kind in secluded and wild places North America and Canada. Bigfoot differ in size and color depending on the area where they live.
Large footprints in the snow crossed our path and led to the tops of the mountains. We assume that these are traces of a hairy wild man who lives in the zone of eternal snows. Belief in the existence of these creatures is common throughout Tibet.
This entry was made over 100 years ago by a member of the 1889 expedition, British Major L. Awodell. In 1889 he published the book "Among the Himalayas", where he described his adventures in the highlands of Asia.
Subsequent travelers to Tibet were more fortunate. They spoke with many locals, who told the researchers about encounters with the "terrible bigfoot", "metoh kangmi", as they called it. Scientists constantly come across tracks that do not belong to any of the known animals. They looked like footprints of a giant with a foot size of 35 to 40 cm, very wide, deeply pressed into the packed snow. Sometimes researchers and climbers came across smaller footprints no more than 20 cm long and 10 cm wide. But they had common features: the limb ended in a thick thumb and four smaller fingers, the metatarsus of the foot was barely marked, the heel was round and wide. The stride is incredibly long, usually more than a meter, and the deeply dented prints spoke of a lot of weight.
When trying in 1921 to overcome the northern slope of Everest, Lieutenant Colonel K.K. Howard-Bary and his companions, at an altitude of 6900 m, examined through binoculars several dark figures crossing the snowy field. When they got to this place a little later, they found giant footprints in the packed snow. Today the whole scientific world knows about them.
A humanoid creature covered in hair.
After another 4 years, N.A. Tombazi reported meeting a Bigfoot on the edge of the Zemu Glacier, which lies at an altitude of 4500 m. At a distance of 180 to 270 m, he saw a dark creature that looked like a man.
In the middle of our century, quite a lot of reports were published in the press about meetings with the yeti, as this incomprehensible creature is commonly called. In 1954, British scientist Charles Stonor undertook an expedition to the Himalayas specifically to find Bigfoot, or at least get a description of it from local residents. Despite the fact that the team of scientists could not meet the yeti, the researchers found its excrement. Their analysis showed that the ape-man eats not only vegetables and herbs, but also eats mice and earth. This coincided with the testimony of the natives. Stonor collected eyewitness accounts who were able to describe the Yeti. They, in particular, mentioned that the yeti menu includes small rodents, large insects and clay earth. The Sherpas explained that Bigfoot were gray in color, human-like in build, and walked smoothly, leaning slightly forward.
Notable long hair on the head, back and thighs, while on the face and chest the vegetation is weaker. The growth of a Bigfoot, according to the natives, usually does not exceed the growth of a short man.
Other reports, primarily material collected by Professor René von Neesky-Wojkowitz, who spent three years in Tibet and the Indian state of Sikkim, testify to the existence of taller Bigfoot individuals. According to these data, the growth of the Yeti is on average 2.10-2.25 m, and the color of the hairline approaches dark brown. Particularly noteworthy are his long, knee-length arms, an oval head tapering towards the top, and a strongly sloping forehead with powerful bones protruding over the eye sockets.
The Tibetan lamas explain in their own way the fact that the testimonies of different people differ. One of the Buddhist spiritual mentors clearly identified two, perhaps even three types of yeti. The 'Rakshi Bompo', about the size of a man, can be identified with the 'ye-te' or 'mi-te' that Stonor first heard of. "Rimi" reach a height of 2.10 to 2.70 m, are omnivores and live in the mountains at an altitude of 3000-3900 m. Perhaps, "rakshi bompo" are just young individuals of "rimi". "Rimi" come across most often. Least of all, according to the Tibetans, you can meet "nyalmo" - a carnivorous bipedal creature with a height of 3.90 to 4.80 m, which supposedly lives on the tops of mountains no lower than 3000 m. However, nothing is known about them, except for implausible stories.
Bipedal creatures up to five meters tall
When it comes to the Yeti in the Western media, the Himalayas are almost always considered as its habitat. Mysterious pithecanthropes, seemingly similar to yeti, are often found in the Altai Mountains, in the Gobi Desert, in southern Mongolia, in Dzungaria and in the Tien Shan mountains. In the west, they were seen in the Pamir mountains, in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and even in the Caucasus. Encounters with a wild man are not uncommon in the Siberian expanses. In the East, these creatures are known by about 50 different names, depending on the location. The most commonly used of them, perhaps, is the Mongolian word "alma".
Today we will look at several photos of Bigfoot, discuss it, consider several points of view about the existence of Bigfoot and still come to the conclusion that Bigfoot really exists or is it just a fairy tale. ( 11 photos, I want to immediately warn about the low quality of photos, after all, this is a Bigfoot, he does not like to be photographed).
1. So we all know that somewhere far away there is a bigfoot, so what is a bigfoot by definition. In general, Bigfoot (still very often called Yeti) is a humanoid creature, mammals, outwardly very similar to a primate. As for the appearance of the Yeti, according to many descriptions, it looks like this: a colossus from 2 - 3 or more meters in height, with a rather dense, massive physique, has a pointed skull shape, rather long arms (just below knee level), with a short massive neck and protruding lower jaw.
2. Also, everyone who allegedly saw a snowman notes that he has dense vegetation all over his body, and the color can be completely different, these are red-haired snowmen, black and even having gray hair. By the way, it is rather difficult to call the vegetation on the Bigfoot as wool, the density of hair is less than that of wool. It is also worth noting that the hair on the head is clearly longer than other parts of the body, as is the hair on the face.
3. Until now, there is not a single factual evidence of the existence of Bigfoot on Earth. They talk about it everywhere but no one can show it. The maximum that scientists have at their disposal today is a few casts with his footprints, tufts of hair and various records and low-quality photographs. Why is everyone looking for him and not being able to catch him? According to eyewitnesses who saw the Yeti, a person simply falls into a stupor and cannot control himself. So in 1958, in Moscow, a board was created specifically on the issue of Bigfoot, which was called the Commission of the Academy of Sciences to study the issue of Bigfoot, and as you already understood, it dealt exclusively with Bigfoot, namely the proof of its existence.
4. So today, humanity does not have an accurate confirmation of the existence of Bigfoot. It is known that Bigfoot climbs trees perfectly, runs excellently, is able to reach speeds of about 60 km / h, swims no less well, can swim in water up to 40 km / h, which means that he can overtake a motor boat. As for the origin of the name, here it is connected with it interesting story. Once a group of climbers on, discovered the loss of supplies, then heard a terrible scream, and saw a number of large human-like footprints. Since then, Europeans began to call him Bigfoot.
5. Bigfoot has been mentioned in various sources since ancient times, for example, even in the Slavic Bible, Bigfoot is called Shaggy, in the folklore of different peoples as a faun, satire, siete. History also knows several cases when Bigfoot was allegedly caught. For example, in the 19th century, Roman soldiers caught a yeti and sent it to the tyrant Dionysius. Also, a Russian zoologist in 1899 claimed that he absolutely saw a female Bigfoot. There is also a story about how in 1920 in Asia, yeti were caught and after long unsuccessful interrogations they were shot as simple Basmachi.
6. Scientists are hotly debating about the existence of Bigfoot, who claims that this is just a myth and who even believes that these are messengers of aliens. But the most logical of them is that the bigfoot may be a relative of the orangutan, or a large anthropoid ape that went on a different path of development. One of our compatriots put forward that Bigfoot is just a feral man who has adapted perfectly to environment.
7. After all, it has already been established that human body can adapt to any environment, so it is quite possible that this is a former simple reasonable person. But there is also an opinion that Bigfoot is not just hallucinations that are possible due to excess oxygen, or simple fantasies of lovers of funny stories.
8. A big contribution to the myth of Bigfoot was made by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967 in Northern California, in the film Bigfoot is clearly visible. Video at the end of the article.
9. Of course, there were various commissions on the subject of the film to establish the authenticity of the recording. And it's worth noting that they couldn't claim the tape was fake, but they also didn't say it was real.
10. And so, let's summarize the above, of course, it cannot be argued that Bigfoot really exists, because we have not seen him, and even more so we did not say hello, but it’s not worth saying that he is either, all of a sudden it’s just someone a fairy tale, which he shared with a neighbor sitting on a bench, and away we go. You and I can only wait until he gets caught and shown in the media, although it seems to me that it would be better if he remains unknown to the majority of mankind, so it’s more interesting or something.
Yeti mysterious creatures
Bigfoot and his relatives
It looked like either a woman or a monkey. He had a broad, wrinkled, grimacing and laughing face. Something indescribable - two bags of some kind, obviously breasts, dangled in front; long matted hair, reddened by the sun, framed her face and flowed behind her back. Turgenev felt a wild fear, a chilling fear of the supernatural.
Guy de Maupassant, "Fear"
Fictional creatures inhabit the folklore of all world cultures- be it steppe nomads, reindeer herders or South American cannibals. People living on different continents independently invented dragons, werewolves, ghosts, water monsters, dwarfs and giants. But only a few fairy-tale creatures have managed to become part of modern folklore. If you say that you met a fire-breathing dragon in the forest, you will receive an exemption from physical education and free pills for schizophrenia. But if you claim you got into a fight with a giant hairy hominid in a garbage dump - get a real chance to get on the front pages of the morning papers.
In March 2006 (MF #26) we told you about "cryptids" - animals whose existence is denied by modern science (at least until one of them is caught - like, for example, the pygmy okapi giraffe or lobe-finned coelacanth fish). Today we will talk about the "kings" of cryptozoology - archaic giants, now known as "snow people".
wild and unsympathetic
The ancient peoples, without saying a word, believed that long before them, giants lived on Earth. The latter were unbridled and ferocious, which is why the gods either completely destroyed them (Judaism), or expelled them from the world (ancient Greek myths). The giants left behind only huge ruins, called "cyclopean" in honor of the cyclops who erected the walls of Mycenae.
Not surprisingly, human encounters with prehistoric giants were extremely rare. Most of the giants of late European folklore had purely human features and were not considered representatives of any ancient race. Medieval "snow people" in their current sense can be called goblin, but they were a kind of spirits. The Scandinavians had jotuns and trolls, the southern Slavs had drekavaks, but the images of these forest dwellers are too blurry to talk about systematic contacts between ordinary people and the "snow".
Bigfoot, like UFOs, is a phenomenon exclusively of the 20th century. You can talk as much as you like about the growth of anthropogenic zones and the absence of powerful media in the 18-19 centuries that could inflate any trifle to a sensation, but the fact remains: until recently there was no Bigfoot as a mass phenomenon, but now it is. Why, then, did the creatures that evolved along with humans over millions of years remain so little known that in a general cultural sense they can only claim the title of a race of giants, and an extinct one at that?
Judging by the oldest literary sources, contacts with Bigfoot were extremely rare. The first description of such a case can be considered the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, which tells about the events of 57 centuries ago. According to the first table of the epic, the goddess Aruru created Enkidu, a hairy hero living in complete savagery. King Gilgamesh came up with an original way to catch him: on the bank of the river, where Enkidu grazed, they brought the harlot Shamhat. The poor thing was undressed, and the giant "knew her for seven days." After such a marathon, the savage weakened, and his relatives - animals - began to avoid him. Thus, Enkidu was forced to become part of human society.
Scattered evidence of encounters with some "wild people" can be found in almost every major historian. For example, Plutarch talked about how Sulla's soldiers once caught a satyr (it should be noted that initially satyrs were not associated exclusively with horns and hooves - various animal features were attributed to them, symbolizing savagery). The Roman dictator gathered all the available translators and interrogated the prisoner, but he only emitted vile bleating and neighing, “which is why Sulla felt great disgust and ordered him to be immediately removed from sight as an ugly phenomenon” (Plutarch, Comparative Biography, Sulla, 27) .
Medieval researchers mentioned wild people a lot and often, but most often they described ordinary monkeys or uncivilized natives. There were no white spots left on the map of the Old World, so meetings with such creatures were only spoken of in the past tense. Once upon a time there were lions in Europe. Now even wild bulls and tarpans have not been preserved here, and snow people have become curiosities. For example, Heinrich von Gesler in the 14th century wrote of a wild Alpine woman "whose breasts are so long that she throws them over her shoulders."
Enthusiasts often recall that Carl Linnaeus included Bigfoot in his famous classification of living beings ("The System of Nature"). Indeed, the Swedish naturalist wrote about the “wild man” (about some hairy “sons of darkness” living in caves and stealing food from people at night), as well as about the “troglodyte man” (probably a Neanderthal). However, it should not be forgotten that in the first edition of the System of Nature, Linnaeus called whales fish ...
Lit so litThe architecture and heraldry of early feudal Europe often used the image of a “wild man” (voodoo vase), probably copied from Greek satyrs. The first masquerade in European history is associated with this creature. In 1393 Queen Isabella of Bavaria gave a ball. King Charles VI the Mad and six of his attendants appeared in costumes of "bigfoot" made of linen, resin and hemp. In the midst of the celebration, the Duke of Orleans accidentally brought a candle to the royal costume. It flared up immediately. The fire spread to other "forest people". Four of them died. The king received severe burns, but escaped thanks to the Duchess de Berry, who covered him with her clothes. |
Origin of Species
Retell modern stories about a meeting with a snowman does not make sense - most of them look like hunter tales. They are either of the same type or improbable, and in any case unverifiable. Of some interest are only general information about the known "varieties" of Bigfoot.
In the mountains of Altai, the Caucasus and the Pamirs lives almas("almast", from the Mongolian - "wild man"). He is described as a humanoid with red hair, human features, powerful superciliary ridges, a flat nose and chin (which completely coincides with the reconstructed appearance of a Neanderthal).
Legends about almas cannot boast of antiquity - they are only a few hundred years old. It may seem that there are almost more almas in the mountains than people. In 1871, Nikolai Przhevalsky saw them, and in 1941, Red Army soldiers allegedly caught some hairy citizen in the Caucasus, interrogated him (to no avail) and shot him as a German spy.
In Afghanistan and Pakistan, these creatures are known as bartender, however, the most popular in the West is another, Tibetan name - yeti("man-bear" or "stone bear"). The number of meetings with him increased in proportion to the increase in the number of Europeans who explored the Himalayas. In 1832, the British noticed a certain red-haired creature in the mountains - probably an orangutan, in 1889 - something like a bear.
Yetis live here. Yeti, representing the highland subspecies of the troll family, have never heard of the fact that cannibalism is hopelessly out of fashion. Their opinion on this issue is: eat what moves. If it doesn't move, wait until it does. And then eat.
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
Khumjung and Pangboche Monasteries for a long time kept yeti scalps, which were attributed to magical powers. In the middle of the last century, their study was carried out. The results are disappointing: they are just skins from the neck of a Himalayan mountain goat. The monks of Pangboche also owned another relic - a mummified yeti clawed paw, but in 1991 it was stolen (probably settling in someone's private collection).
In Scotland, on Mount Ben Macdui lives Am Fir Liat Mor("Big Gray Man"). No one really saw him, but many climbers heard strange footsteps on the slopes. Their stories are not much different from each other - they were walking along the mountain in the fog (usually in the evening), when suddenly measured steps began to be heard somewhere behind. The pursuer stepped rarely, but did not lag behind - that is, he was several times bigger than a man. People began to panic, fled, and only caught a glimpse of some huge gray silhouette in the fog.
This phenomenon was so massive that it simply needed to find explanations. Theories have been put forward about energy breaks and "frightening" infrasound, but it is most likely that the specific conditions of Ben McDuy (frequent fogs) create a phantom effect well known to climbers. If a low-lying sun shines on a person's back, and fog floats in front of him, then an eerie reflection of a figure surrounded by a bright halo of light appears in it.
Filipino forest creature named Capri slightly reminiscent of a bigfoot with its habits (lives in trees, makes noise, shows interest in women), but at the same time has a purely human appearance, wears traditional Bahag clothes and smokes a pipe (they say that crickets in the forests are coals that have fallen out of it).
Even overpopulated Japan has its own Bigfoot. He is called Hibagon(or Hinagon) because he lives in the forested Mount Hiba in Hiroshima Prefecture. The meeting with him took place 35 years ago. According to eyewitnesses, Hibagon was short, hairy, with a flat nose and burning eyes. All signs point to the fact that this is not Bigfoot, but something like a gorilla.
Among all the varieties of this creature, the fate of the American "bigfoot" is most interesting. bigfoot or sasquatch(The term was coined in 1920 by school teacher Burns, who noticed that many Indian tribes use words with the same root "sas" to refer to wild people).
Until the middle of the 20th century, Bigfoot was not found in the United States, and stories about Sasquatch were popular only on Indian reservations. In August 1958, Ray Wallace's construction company was laying a road in a deserted area of California. Bulldozer Jerry Crew found traces of "big feet". The feet were 40 cm long, the stride length was over a meter. The local newspaper dubbed the find "bigfoot", and Wallace began to actively promote the "bigfoot" among fans of the unknown.
But the real “birthday” of the American Bigfoot can be considered October 20, 1967, when rodeo participants Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin managed to capture him on film. They went to national park"Six Rivers" with a rented 16mm camera, intending to make documentary about bigfoot in the style of the Blair Witch Project. The men agreed that, if possible, they would try to shoot the “big-legged” - his body could be sold profitably, moreover, it would be irrefutable evidence.
However, when they saw him, they completely forgot about the weapon. Bigfoot began to quickly move away from the researchers. Patterson dismounted from his horse and followed him with a working camera, Gimlin with a gun covering him from behind. As a result, the first half of the film came out defective - the image shook and jumped in all directions, but when Patterson approached the bigfoot by several tens of meters and stood motionless, the quality of the shooting improved markedly. The creature looked back at the pursuers several times and disappeared into the forest.
The US finally has its own national monster. For several decades, the word "bigfoot" has become a popular brand. From all over the country there were reports of similar meetings. People found traces, wool, excrement of the "big-footed". Numerous clubs of "big footologists" appeared, and a new industry arose in tourism. Scientists who studied the Patterson-Gimlin film were divided into two approximately equal camps: some said that this was an obvious staging (an actor in a woolen suit was running in front of the lens), others noted the creature’s unusual gait and stated that it could not be human.
November 26, 2002 Ray Wallace, the discoverer and popularizer of bigfoot, died. His family soon admitted that Ray, along with his brother, faked tracks around the bulldozer by putting large wooden feet on their feet. Why they needed it is not exactly known. They probably wanted to have some fun, but the bigfoot they invented soon turned into a national American hero, began to bring in considerable income and gained worldwide fame. Such a trifle as a fake of the first discovered traces does not bother enthusiasts at all.
Missing link
There are many theories about the origin of the Bigfoot, but if we dismiss all unhealthy fantasies (an alien from outer space, from another dimension, the energy projection of ordinary people, the souls of our ancestors, secret government experiments, super-developed primates hiding from people with the help of telepathy), the remaining versions can be count on the fingers of one hand.
The first, the most famous, relies on the mythical roots of wild giants, who allegedly lived on the planet long before man. Given the specific geography of meetings with Bigfoot, most of which account for Asia, North America and Eastern Europe, we can assume that we are dealing with Gigantopithecus(Gigantopithecus blacki).
The remains of this extinct humanoid ape were found precisely in Asia (China). Unfortunately, there are too few of them to recreate the appearance of the animal. At the disposal of scientists there are only a few lower jaws and about 1000 teeth, the largest of which are 6 times larger than in humans. It is assumed that the growth of Gigantopithecus, standing on its hind legs, reached 3 meters. These giants most likely resembled gorillas or orangutans.
Against the "snow humanization" of the Gigantopithecus, the fact that they became extinct almost 100,000 years ago and could hardly have settled on several continents - especially with their supposed diet (most of the bones were found in the habitat of the ancestors of modern pandas that ate bamboo) speaks against the "snow humanization" of the Gigantopithecus.
Other Bigfoot Candidates - Neanderthals- also do not inspire optimism. Even if they lived into the 21st century, they would be too smart to lead wild image life (Neanderthals knew how to build shelters, used fire and used a variety of tools - from stone cutters to wooden spears). They were squat and stocky (height - up to 165 cm), which also does not correspond to the expected appearance of Bigfoot.
Finally, it is absolutely certain that Neanderthals died out about 24,000 years ago. Last Places their habitats are Croatia, Iberia (Spain) and Crimea. How could they survive as single individuals around the world - a question from the series "Who did the Loch Ness monster mate in a small lake to survive to this day?". Today, when the entire planet has already been photographed by satellites and put on public display in Google Earth, when the Amazonian Indians dress in Chinese Adidas, and the Tibetans ride tourists through the mountains in Japanese jeeps, there is simply nowhere for the relic hominid to hide.
There are opinions that Bigfoot appear "pointwise" in different places on the planet just because they are something like Mowgli or Tarzan. History knows about 100 cases of discovery feral children. They are found to this day, often in a tragicomic situation - for example, two years ago a young man Sunjit Kumar was discovered in Fiji, who grew up among chickens and imitated their behavior.
In ancient times, lost or abandoned children, as well as persons with some mental disabilities, could easily become wild, spend their entire (certainly short) life in nature, and only occasionally catch the eye of superstitious townsfolk. Thousands of years ago, they would have been called trolls and satyrs, and in the 20th century, Bigfoot. It was precisely such a case that Turgenev described when visiting Gustave Flaubert (the epigraph of the article) - and in the end it turned out that she was a madwoman, fed by shepherds and living in the forest for more than 30 years.
The most reasonable explanation for the Bigfoot phenomenon is the saying "Fear has big eyes." Many secrets of the universe are hidden in erroneous perception. Giant sea snakes turned out to be tangled algae, flying saucers were weather balloons, and Bigfoot were gorillas or bears.
The bear is such an original animal that anyone recognizes it at first sight. He does not eat his own kind, does not wander around the village at night in the hope of grabbing and dragging a child. From time to time, he climbs a tree to the very top, and from there he surveys the surroundings. He especially dislikes being teased or disturbed.
Alfred Bram, Animal Life
Bram was wrong, says Japanese climber Makoto Nebuga. Not everyone recognizes a bear, especially if the person is frightened, and the clubfoot stands on its hind legs. Nebuga spent 12 years looking for the legendary yeti in the mountains of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan and came to the conclusion that he had long been kept in many zoos around the world. The legend about him arose due to the fact that the Himalayan bear - "meti" - was confused with the "yeti" (not surprising, because the locals consider the bear a supernatural being). Reality is rarely as mysterious as our perceptions of it.
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After weighing all the pros and cons, it can be argued with a 99% probability that Bigfoot is a fiction. However, as primatologist John Napier rightly pointed out, there is a certain limit to the number of evidence of a meeting with a bigfoot, after which they can no longer be explained by errors and hoaxes alone. One or two stories about the "hairy monkey with glowing eyes" can be ignored. One hundred thousand stories about this - a reason to think. We can only wait and analyze. Time will judge.
Many myths and legends of the world are closely related to real events and meetings that defy explanation. Bigfoot is one of the most controversial figures in history. Although its existence has not been proven, there are eyewitnesses who claim to have met a real yeti.
The origin of the yeti image
The first mention of the existence of a huge, hairy humanoid creature living in the mountains is found in. There is a record that a humanoid creature of incredible size inhabits this territory, possessing the instinct of survival and self-preservation.
The term Bigfoot first appeared thanks to people who went on expeditions and conquered snow-capped peaks Tibetan mountains. They claimed to have seen huge footprints in the snow belonging to. Now this term is considered obsolete, as it became known that Yeti prefer mountain forests, not snow.
While there is an active discussion among scientists around the world about who Bigfoot is - myth or reality, the inhabitants of the mountainous local Eastern countries, and especially Tibet, Nepal and some regions of China, are absolutely sure of its existence and even often make contact with the Yeti. In the middle of the XX century. The government of Nepal even recognized the existence of the Yeti at the official level.
By law, anyone who can discover the habitat of Bigfoot will receive a large monetary reward.
Based on this, it can be said that the yeti is a mythical or real humanoid animal that lives in the mountain forests of Tibet, Nepal and some other areas.
Description of the appearance of the yeti
From Tibetan legends and eyewitness observations, you can learn a lot about what Bigfoot looks like. Specific traits his looks:
- Yeti belongs to the family of hominids, which includes the most developed individuals of primates, i.e. humans and great apes.
- A feature of such creatures is their extremely large growth. The average adult of this species can reach from 3 to 4.5 m.
- Yeti's arms are disproportionately long and almost reach the feet.
- The whole body of a snowman is covered with wool. It can be gray or black.
- It is believed that the females of this species of hominids are distinguished by such a large breast size that during rapid movement they have to throw them on their shoulders.
The Yeti family is the American and South American Bigfoot. In some sources it is called Bolshenogiy.
The nature and lifestyle of the creature
Despite its appearance, Yeti is far from aggressive, has a relatively balanced and peaceful character. They avoid contact with people and deftly climb trees, like monkeys.
Yetis are omnivores, but prefer fruits. They live in caves, but there are suggestions that some species that live deep in the forest are able to build their own houses in trees.
Hominids are capable of reaching unprecedented speeds of up to 80 km / h, which is why they are so difficult to catch. Not a single attempt to catch the Yeti was successful.
Yeti encounters in reality
History knows many cases of meeting a person with a yeti. Typically, the protagonists of such stories are hunters and people leading a hermitic lifestyle in a forest or mountainous area.
Yeti is one of the main subjects of study for people who are fond of cryptozoology. This is a pseudoscientific direction that searches for evidence of the existence of mythical and legendary creatures. Often cryptozoologists are simple enthusiasts without higher scientific education. To this day, they put a lot of effort into capturing the mythical creature.
For the first time, footprints of Bigfoot were discovered in the Himalayan mountains in 1899. The witness was an Englishman by the name of Weddel. According to an eyewitness, he did not find the animal itself.
One of the official mentions of a meeting with a yeti dates back to 2014 during a mountain expedition of professional climbers. Forwarders conquered the highest point of the Himalayan mountains - Chomolungma. There, at the very top, they first noticed giant footprints located at a fairly large distance between them. Later, they saw a broad, hairy figure of a humanoid creature, reaching a height of 4 m.
Scientific refutation of the existence of the yeti
In 2017, Doctor of Biological Sciences Pyotr Kamensky gave an interview for the scientific publication Arguments and Facts, in which he proved the impossibility of the Yeti's existence. He used several arguments.
On the this moment There are no places left unexplored by man on Earth. The last major primate species was discovered over 100 years ago. The discoveries of modern scientists are mostly rare small plants, etc. The Yeti is too big to be able to constantly hide from researchers, zoologists and ordinary inhabitants of highlands. Yeti population size plays a big role. It is clear that in order to maintain the existence of a separate species in one locality, at least several dozen individuals must live. Hiding so many huge hominids is not an easy task.
The vast majority of evidence in favor of the existence of Bigfoot turned out to be falsification.
Yeti image in popular culture
Like many other folklore and mythical creatures, the image of Bigfoot is actively used in art and various manifestations of mass culture. Including literature, film industry and computer video games. The character is endowed with both positive and negative traits.
Bigfoot in literature
The Yeti character is actively used in their works by writers all over the world. The image of a huge hairy hominid is found both in science fiction, mystical novels, popular science works, and in children's books.
Yeti plays one of the main roles in the novel by the American science fiction writer Frederick Brown "The Horror of the Himalayas". The events of the book unfold in the Himalayan mountains during the filming of the movie. Unexpectedly, the actress who played in the film the main role, kidnaps yeti - a huge humanoid monster.
In the science fiction series "The Flat World" by the famous British prose writer Terry Pratchett, the yeti is one of the main ones. They are distant relatives of the giant trolls, living in the permafrost area behind the Sheep Mountains. They have snow-white fur, can subdue the passage of time, and their giant feet are considered a powerful aphrodisiac.
The children's fantasy novel In Search of the Yeti by Alberto Melis tells the adventure of a team of explorers who set out to the Tibetan mountains in order to save Bigfoot from the ubiquitous hunters.
Character in computer games
Bigfoot can be called one of the most frequent characters computer games. Usually live in the tundra and other icy locations. For games, there is a standard image of Bigfoot - a creature resembling something in between a gorilla and a man, of gigantic growth with snow-white and thick hair. This coloration helps them to effectively camouflage themselves in the environment. They lead a predatory lifestyle and pose a danger to travelers. Brute force is used in combat. The main fear is fire.
Bigfoot and its history
Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a relative of the Tibetan Bigfoot, inhabiting the forest and mountainous areas of the American continent. The term first appeared in the late sixties thanks to the American bulldozer Roy Wallace, who discovered footprints around his house that resembled human in shape, but reached huge size. Roy's story quickly gained popularity in the press, and the animal was recognized as a relative of the Tibetan Bigfoot.
After almost 9 years, Roy presented a short video footage to the media. In the video, you can see how the female bigfoot moves through the forest. This video has long been on the examination and all kinds of scientists and not only. Many recognized him as real.
After Roy's death, his friends and relatives admitted that all Wallace's stories were just fiction, and the confirmations were falsifications.
- For footprints, he used ordinary boards carved in the shape of large feet.
- The video showed the bulldozer operator's wife dressed in a suit.
- Other materials that Roy regularly showed to the public turned out to be false.
Although Roy's story turned out to be false, this does not mean that there are no anthropoid hominids in America. There are many more stories in which the Sasquatch appears as the main actor. The Indians, the indigenous inhabitants of America, claim that huge hominids lived on the continent long before they themselves.
Outwardly, the bigfoot looks almost the same as its Tibetan cousin, Bigfoot. The main differences are that the maximum height of an adult reaches 3.5 m. The color of the American Bigfoot is red or brown.
Albert captured by Bigfoot
In the seventies, one Albert Ostman, who worked all his life as a lumberjack in Vancouver, Canada, told his story about how he lived in captivity with a Bigfoot family.
At that time, Albert was only 19 years old. After work, he stayed overnight on the outskirts of the forest in a sleeping bag. In the middle of the night, someone huge and strong grabbed the sack along with Albert. As it turned out later, Bigfoot stole him and took him to a cave where a female and two children also lived. The creatures did not behave aggressively towards the lumberjack, but rather treated him as humans treat pets. A week later, the guy still managed to escape.
Bigfoot History at Michelin Farm
At the beginning of the XX century. in Canada, unusual events took place on the farm of the Michelin family for some time. For 2 years they were faced with bigfoot, which simply disappeared over time. Over time, the Michelin family shared some stories from encounters with this creature.
They first encountered Bigfoot face to face when their youngest daughter was playing near the forest. There she noticed a large, hairy creature that reminded her of a man. When Bigfoot saw the girl, he headed towards her. Then she began to scream and men with guns came running, frightening off an unknown monster.
The next time the girl saw a hominid was when she was doing household chores. It was noon. She raised her eyes to the window, then faced the gaze of that same Bigfoot, who was now intently watching her through the glass. This time the girl screamed again. Parents with a gun ran to her aid and drove the creature away with shots.
The last time Bigfoot came to the farm was at night. There he ran into dogs that were barking loudly, causing him to disappear. After that, the hominid did not appear again at the Michelin farm.
History of the frozen bigfoot
One of the most sensational stories related to the meeting of a man and a yeti is the story of an American military pilot Frank Hansen. In 1968, Frank appeared at a well-known touring exhibition. He had an unusual exhibit - a huge refrigerator, inside of which there was a block of ice. Inside this block one could see the body humanoid creature covered with wool.
A year later, Frank allowed two scientists to study the frozen creature. Over time, the FBI began to show interest in Frank's exhibit. They wanted to get the frozen corpse of Bigfoot, but he mysteriously disappeared for many years.
After Hansen's death in 2012, his family admitted that Frank kept a refrigerator with a frozen corpse in his basement for several decades. The pilot's relatives sold the exhibit to Steve Basti, the owner of the Museum of Oddities.
Professional examination of the exhibit
In 1969, Frank Hansen allowed zoologists Eivelmans and Sandersen to inspect the exhibit. They compiled a small scientific work, describing their observations in it.
Hansen declined to say where he got the Bigfoot corpse from, so zoologists initially assumed it was a Neanderthal that had been preserved in a block of ice since the Stone Age. Then it was found that the creature died from a bullet wound to the head and was in the ice for no more than 2-3 years.
- The individual was male, and reached almost 2 m in height. The peculiarity was that the entire body of the hominid was covered with thick, long black hair, which is absolutely not typical for people, even in the presence of diseases of excessive hairline.
- The proportions of the Bigfoot body are quite close to human, but more reminiscent of the physique of a Neanderthal. Broad shoulders, too short neck, convex chest. The limbs also differed in their prehistoric proportions: the legs are shorter than human, arched, and the arms are too long and almost reach the heels of the hominid.
- Bigfoot's facial features are also more reminiscent of the appearance of Neanderthals.
- A small forehead, a large mouth without lips, a large nose with swollen eyebrows that are very close to the eyes.
- Feet and palms are much larger and wider than human, and fingers are shorter.
Confession of Frank Hansen
There he wrote that one day he went to the mountain forests to hunt. He set off on the trail of a deer, which he had been tracking for some time, and quite unexpectedly saw a picture that shocked him. Three huge hominids, covered with black hair from head to toe, stood around a dead deer with its stomach open and finished eating its insides. One of them noticed Frank and went to the hunter. Frightened, the man shot him directly in the head. Hearing the sound of a shot, the other two Bigfoots ran away.
The first mention of the existence of the Yeti, or Bigfoot, is found in Plutarch. Eyewitnesses claim to have seen Bigfoot in the Himalayas, in Siberian taiga, in the forests of America. However, scientists have come to the conclusion that the Yeti is just a primate from an evolved branch of the Neanderthals, who managed to survive to this day.
Many people believe that a real Yeti can exist in reality and that this is not a myth at all. In different places of the world, eyewitnesses see real bigfoots, some can be photographed, and sometimes even caught. Bigfoot is a figure that scientists argue about, putting forward different opinions about its existence. However, no direct evidence has yet been found.
This mysterious creature arouses interest, at the same time terrifies. Today it can be called as:
- big Foot;
- bigfoot comes from America;
- tibetan yeti;
- sasquatch;
- hominoid;
- eng.
It is noted that he may look different, but outwardly resembles a massive man with a body covered with wool and with a terrible expression on his face. As a rule, it prefers to live in places where there is a lot of snow, in the mountains.
The first mention of Bigfoot
The very first facts of the existence of the yeti in nature are in Plutarch. In his memoirs, he writes how a group of soldiers went on a certain trail, after catching a satyr. Prey according to the description is similar to the appearance of Bigfoot.
Guy de Maupassant wrote in the story "Horror" how the writer Ivan Turgenev met with a female Bigfoot. There is a lot of evidence, pictures of a woman from Abkhazia, Zanya, who was considered the prototype of a hominoid.
In 1832 strange creature appeared in the Himalayas. Locals tried to hunt him down. However, later researchers began to study it:
- Hodston E.G. from England;
- Briton Lawrence Wadell.
Each described Bigfoot differently, leaving their reflections in the manuscripts.
In the twentieth century, interest in these mythical figures especially increased. They were caught and put in jail. So, in 1941, Colonel Karapetyan examined the enzhei caught in Dagestan, who was later shot.
Testimony of Elias Hodston
In 1831 Elias arrived in the Himalayas, where he lived in the mountains. Its purpose was to observe the natural world, describe the customs of the Nepalese and animal world. In 1832, a description of a strange creature began to appear in his letters.
In appearance, it resembled an upright monkey 2.5 meters tall. On the face, the hair was long, and on the body - shorter. Lived at the foot of a glacier. Communicated with loud shouts.
The locals were afraid of Bigfoot. Some of them worshiped him, calling him a demon and evil spirits. It was believed that for many centuries he lived in those places. Elias learned many legends about the Yeti. So I wanted to check everything. But for this it was necessary to come closer to the place of residence of the creature. However, it was dangerous to do it alone.
The Nepalese themselves dissuaded the researcher, they were afraid of the wrath of the demon. After all, then they are waiting for indistinguishable diseases and death.
In England, Elias' recordings were not well received. They have been criticized. It was decided that this was just a specimen of the Himalayan bear and not a Bigfoot. Therefore, all observations were safely forgotten.
Howard Bury Expedition
In 1921, the first expedition took place under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Howard-Bury. A group of eight people decided to look for Bigfoot. Their path was long and passed through Tibet, Sikkim towards the Rongbuk glacier and the monastery at the foot of Chomolungma. This is how the famous Everest sounds in a Tibetan way.
The start of the trip was in mid-May. The hot tropical climate was hard to endure. Often there were landslides on the roads, which made traffic difficult. On the way, a comrade, Dr. Kellas, died of a heart attack.
Approaching the glacier, they decided to stop and explore it. It took two months. After the group found a passage and reached the pass "Northern saddle". And after they conquered the summit of Everest.
Not a single yeti was found during the expedition. But a book was published on intelligence in Everest in 1922.
Yeti in the Siberian taiga
In 2011, signs of bigfoot habitation were found in the Azasskaya cave in Gornaya Shoria. On the site of his nest, skillfully made arches of trees and branches were found. But skeptics have found their own explanations for these findings.
However, a month later, residents of one of the dachas in Aleksandrovka found traces on their site. The distance between the steps was almost 1.5 meters. And the river, which was next to the dacha, judging by the same traces, a certain creature completely jumped over. The owner of the dacha immediately wrote about the event in the local newspaper, and decided to take his family back to the city. After a short time, the article caught the eye of all people. And skeptics can only agree with what happened.
It is also known that in 1929 the newspaper "Autonomous Yakutia" published an article "Chuchun". Chuchunoy is the name of the Yakut Bigfoot. It said it wasn't fantasy at all. There are witnesses who saw a yeti. A tribe of such creatures still lives in the north.
Zana - Bigfoot from Abkhazia
It is proved that Zana, who lives in Abkhazia, was a Bigfoot. B. Sykes of Oxford analyzed her remains. After came to the conclusion that this is a subspecies that is half human, half monkey. 100 thousand years ago similar creatures lived in Africa.
This hairy woman was two meters tall. Despite her individuality in appearance, she was able to give birth to children from an ordinary person. Now her descendants live in the Abkhaz region. It is noted that Zana was a "pure" yeti specimen here. After the mixing of blood, other species began to appear, more similar to the appearance of a person. In the Abkhaz language, bigfoot sounds like “abnauyu”, in Mingrelian it sounds like “ocho-kochi”.
Bigfoot History at Michelin Farm
America also knows Bigfoot. In the 20th century, sensational statements were made more than once that a terrible mutant was walking in the forests.
And nearby, in Canada, on the Michelin farm at the beginning of the last century, inexplicable events took place. For 2 years, the owners met a yeti on their territory, which then disappeared.
Subsequently, they talked about communicating with a mystical creature. For the first time something hairy and big decided to approach youngest daughter, but she was frightened, cried, than scared the bigfoot. The next time the hominoid met the girl again. This time she looked at him through the windows of the house. For the last time, the yeti decided to visit the farm late at night, but the dogs chased him away. After this episode, he did not appear again.
Film by Roger Patterson
Until now, they can not understand whether this film is a fake or not. It should be noted that the author of the film himself claimed that the shooting was authentic.
The film was shot in 1967. Two cowboy racing heroes, Gimlin and Patterson, were able to take a female Bigfoot with an amateur camera while walking through the gorge. Roger said that she was walking very close to him, not even seven meters away. She just didn't notice them. Therefore, the shooting continued until the yeti turned around. Depicting contempt on her face, she decided to hide in the thicket. They were unable to catch up with her.
After this incident, casts of Bigfoot tracks were made. Approximately in height, the creature reached 222 meters. Skeptics again did not believe, saying that there was a cross-dressing. Only it is not clear where in all of America to find just such a giant suit?
Confession of Frank Hansen
The story of the pilot F. Hansen about the meeting with the yeti at one time made a lot of noise. In 1968, he appeared at the exhibition with a huge refrigerator. When he opened his exhibit, it contained a gigantic piece of ice through which the silhouette of a hairy, human-like creature could be seen. A year later, both scientists and the FBI began to be interested in his exhibit. But Frank did not allow anyone to the refrigerator, leaving him to store it in the basement of his house. After his death, Hansen's relatives sold the frozen corpse of Bigfoot to the Museum of Oddities.
The pilot wrote a confession before his death, where he told how the yeti appeared with him. He met three hominoids while hunting deer. As one of them approached him, Frank shot him. The other two managed to escape. And Hansen later returned for the corpse and placed it in the refrigerator.
Opinion of the Commission of the Academy of Sciences
The question of the search for the Yeti was carefully considered in the USSR. The Academy of Sciences showed great interest. In 1957, a meeting of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences met, in 1958 the Commission of the Academy of Sciences on the Yeti was created. Well-known scientists, geologists, climbers, physicists, doctors and professors worked on the case.
In the process of studying, they came to the conclusion that Bigfoot is a primate from an evolved branch of Neanderthals that has survived to this day. On this, the case was closed and transferred to the researchers M.I. Kofman and B.F. Porshnev.
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Bigfoot caught in the Altai Territory
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