Description

Testimonies about encounters with “bigfoot” most often feature creatures that differ from modern man a denser build, a pointed skull, longer arms, a short neck and a massive lower jaw, relatively short hips, with thick hair all over the body - black, red, white or gray. Persons dark color. The hair on the head is longer than on the body. The mustache and beard are very sparse and short. They climb trees well. It has been suggested that mountain populations of Bigfoot people live in caves, while forest populations build nests on tree branches. Carl Linnaeus designated it as Homo troglodytes(cave man). Very fast. He can overtake a horse, and on two legs, and in the water - a motor boat. Omnivore, but prefers plant foods, loves apples. Eyewitnesses described encounters with specimens of varying heights, from average human height to 3 m or more.

Ideas about Bigfoot and its various local analogues are very interesting from the point of view of ethnography. The image of a huge scary person may reflect innate fears of darkness, the unknown, relationships with mystical forces among different peoples. It is quite possible that in some cases snow people people with unnatural hair or feral people were accepted.

origin of name

He was named Bigfoot thanks to a group of climbers who conquered Everest. They discovered the loss of food supplies, then heard a heartbreaking scream, and a chain of footprints similar to human ones appeared on one of the snow-covered slopes. The residents explained that it was the Yeti, the abominable snowman, and categorically refused to set up camp in this place. Since then, Europeans have called this creature Bigfoot.

Existence

Most modern scientists are skeptical about the possibility of the existence of Bigfoot.

... about Bigfoot he said: “I really want to believe, but there is no reason.” The words “no basis” mean that the issue has been studied and, as a result of the study, it has been discovered that there is no reason to trust the original statements. This: is the formula of the scientific approach: “I want to believe,” but since “there is no reason,” then we must abandon this belief.
Academician A. B. Migdal From guess to truth.

The attitude of a professional biologist to the question of the possibility of the existence of “Bigfoot” was illustrated by paleontologist Kirill Eskov in a popular article:

At least, I don’t know any laws of nature that would directly prohibit existence in the mountains Central Asia relict hominoid - “ape-man”, or simply large ape. It must be assumed that, contrary to its name, it is not connected in any way with the eternal snows (except for the fact that it sometimes leaves traces there), but should live in the belt of mountain forests, where there is ample food and shelter. It is clear that any reports about North American “bigfoot” can be thrown out with a clear conscience without reading (for there are no primate species on that continent and never have been, and in order to get there from Asia through circumpolar Beringia, as people did, you must at least have fire), but in the Himalayas or the Pamirs - why not? There are even quite plausible candidates for this role, for example, Meganthropus - a very large (about two meters tall) fossil ape from South Asia, which had a number of “human” features that bring it closer to the African Australopithecus, the direct ancestors of hominids […]
So, do I admit (as a professional zoologist) the fundamental possibility of the existence of a relict hominoid? - answer: “Yes.” Do I believe in his existence? - answer: “No.” And since we are talking here not about “I know/don’t know”, but about “I believe/don’t believe”, I will allow myself to express a completely subjective judgment on this matter, based personal experience: […] where a professional once set foot, not a single animal bigger than a rat has no chance of remaining “unknown to science.” Well, since by the end of the twentieth century there were almost no places left where a professional would not have set foot at all (at least on land) - draw your own conclusions...

- “Cryptukha, sir!”, article. Kirill Eskov, Computerra, 03.13.07, No. 10 (678): pp. 36-39.

Currently, there is not a single representative of the species living in captivity, nor a single skeleton or skin. However, there are allegedly hairs, footprints and several dozen photographs, video recordings (poor quality) and audio recordings. The reliability of this evidence is questionable. For a long time One of the most convincing pieces of evidence was a short film made by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967 in Northern California. The film allegedly showed a female Bigfoot. However, in 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, for whom this filming was made, evidence appeared from his relatives and acquaintances, who said (however, without presenting any physical evidence) that the whole story with the “American Yeti” was from beginning to end. the end is rigged; The forty-centimeter “footprints of the Yeti” were made with artificial forms, and the filming was a staged episode with a man in a specially tailored monkey suit.

However, it should be noted that Patterson’s film aroused genuine interest among researchers from the National Geographic Channel. In the section “Reality or Fiction” (broadcast in December 2010), an attempt was made to study and examine Patterson’s film from the point of view of the possibility of its falsification. Experienced make-up artists, a tall actor imitating a gait, special effects specialists and scientists were brought in as experts. Evaluated appearance creatures in the film, their fur adjacent to the muscles, the proportions of the limbs, the dynamics of movement, the shooting distance was taken into account, etc. As a result, according to the unanimous opinion of the experts involved, even at the current level of development of the media industry and video effects, not to mention the level 1967, it is almost impossible to achieve such a degree of realism in the plot of Bigfoot.

On the other hand, from enthusiasts of this topic one can hear accusations against “official science” that its representatives simply brush aside the available evidence. Here is a typical text of this kind:

In fact, those who say “there is no reason” simply do not even want to get acquainted with what has been “dug up” by enthusiastic researchers. “We hear countless examples of this in history.” I will give only two. When the Canadian Rene Dahinden at the end of 1971 brought us a copy of the film shot by Patterson in 1967, I personally once approached the then director of the Institute of Anthropology of Moscow State University V.P. Yakimov and offered to show the film to him and the staff of the institute, he literally put his hands forward, like would recoil from the proposal and say; "No! No need!" But this did not stop him from declaring that there was no reason...
And when at the international symposium, which he (Yakimov) chaired, Professor Astanin went to the podium to present to those present the materials of an anatomical study of the hand of the Yeti from the Pangboche monastery (Tibet), Yakimov did not allow him to speak and drove him from the podium in violation of the democratic traditions of such forums - to the protests of the participants... As a result, some of them left the symposium meeting.
And a recent example: when I came from the USA after a five-week “investigation” of the events at the Carter farm in the fall of 2004, where, according to the owner, a clan of Bigfoot lived, and I offered to speak and talk about the results in the anthropology department of the Institute of Ethnology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, its head. S. Vasiliev declined under the pretext of being busy with other issues.
At the same time, when there was a noise in the press about the existence of a “bigfoot” in the Shoria mountains (south of the Kemerovo region), the same Vasiliev stated without hesitation: “Alas, we do not have data on the existence of humanoids anywhere in the world"…
Igor Burtsev, Ph.D. ist. Sciences, Director of the International Center for Hominology, Moscow.

The Soviet scientist B.F. Porshnev paid much attention to the topic of Bigfoot.

Commission of the Academy of Sciences to study the issue of “Bigfoot”

Commission members J.-M. I. Kofman and Professor B.F. Porshnev and other enthusiasts continued to actively search for Bigfoot or his traces.

Society of Cryptozoologists

Mentions in history and literature

Abstract drawing of Bigfoot.

There are numerous known depictions of creatures similar to Bigfoot (on art objects from Ancient Greece, Rome, Ancient Armenia, Carthage and Etruscans and medieval Europe) and mentions, including in the Bible (in Russian translation shaggy), Ramayana ( rakshasas), in Nizami Ganjavi’s poem “Iskander-name”, folklore different nations (faun, satyr And strong in Ancient Greece, yeti in Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, ghoul-baths in Azerbaijan, chuchunny, chuchunaa in Yakutia, almas in Mongolia, ezhen (野人 ), maoren(毛人) and renxiong(人熊) in China, kiik-adam And albasty In Kazakhstan , goblin, shish And shishiga from the Russians, diva in Persia (and Ancient Rus'), Chugayster in Ukraine , dev And albasty in the Pamirs, shurale And yarymtyk among the Kazan Tatars and Bashkirs, Arsuri among the Chuvash, picenus among the Siberian Tatars, abnauayu in Abkhazia , sasquatch In Canada , teryk, girkychavylin, worldygdy, Kiltanya, market, arysa, Rackem, Julia in Chukotka, trampoline, sedapa And orang pendek in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Agogwe, kakundakari And ki-lomba in Africa, etc.). In folklore they appear in the form of satyrs, demons, devils, goblin, merman, mermaids, etc.

Opponents of the version of the existence of Bigfoot, which includes most professional biologists and anthropologists, point to the lack of unambiguous evidence (living individuals or their remains, high-quality photographs and videos) and the possibility of arbitrary interpretation of the available evidence. There are frequent references to a well-known biological fact: the long-term existence of a population requires a minimum size of the order of hundreds of individuals, the vital activity of which, according to critics, simply cannot be invisible and not leave numerous traces. The explanations put forward for the evidence generally boil down to the following set of versions:

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Notes

1. K. Eskov. “Cryptuh, sir!”
2. Patterson's film
3. B. F. Porshnev Current state of the issue about relict hominoids Viniti, Moscow, 1963
4. Soviet "Bigfoot" Itogi magazine
5. Zhanna-Marie Kofman
6. see, for example, “Popular Biological Dictionary”, 1991, Ed. USSR Academy of Sciences, edited by corresponding member A. V. Yablokov
7. V. B. Sapunov, Doctor of Biology. Sciences Bigfoot in two dimensions, or an alternative to the noosphere
8. J. Kofman At the origins of a new science (To the 40th anniversary of the publication of Professor B. F. Porshnev’s monograph “ Current state the question of relict hominoids" VINITI 412 since 1963) magazine "Mediana" No. 6 2004
9. KAZAKHSTAN CHRONICLE “P” Year 1988
10. Trakhtengerts M. S. Habitat of primates of the Alamas species, journal “Natural and Technical Sciences” ISSN 1684-2626, 2003, No. 2, pp. 71-76
11. Dmitri Bayanov, Igor Bourtsev In The Footsteps of the Russian Snowman 240 pages “Pyramid Publications” 1996 ISBN 5-900229-18-1 ISBN 978-5-900229-18-8 (English)
12. B. A. Shurinov 20th century paradox « International relationships» 315 pages 1990 ISBN 5-7133-0408-6
13. A Russian biologist considers Sasquatch and other yetis to be feral oligophrenics.
14. Beiko V.B., Berezina M.F., Bogatyreva E.L. et al. Great encyclopedia of the animal world: Pop. edition for children. - M.: ZAO ROSMEN-PRESS, 2007. - 303 p. UDC 087.5, BBK 28.6, p. 285.

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 hands 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

In addition to what was found hairline, whose affiliation still remains 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 video frames with prehistoric ancestor human - 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 marks were left 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.

She did not speak articulately, but made only shouts and isolated 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 on the genetic material of Zana's descendants.

According to some sources, their origins begin in 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. Big Foot 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, its appearance cannot be accurately described, only guesswork can be made. 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:

1. Dwarf yeti up to one meter tall, found in India, Nepal, and Tibet.
2. True Bigfoot - large animal(up to 2 m tall) with thick hair and a conical head, on which long “hair” grows.
3. 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 footprints of Bigfoot are “discovered” everywhere. Sometimes 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 forest areas, 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 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:

1. Roger Patterson's 1967 short film featuring a female Bigfoot is a hoax.
2. Japanese climber Makoto Nebuka, who chased Bigfoot for 12 years, suggested that he was dealing with a Himalayan bear. A Russian ufologist B.A. Shurinov believes that the mysterious beast is of extraplanetary origin.
3. A monastery in Nepal houses a brown scalp believed to be a snowman.
4. 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.

Instructions

The science of cryptozoology is full of various secrets and riddles regarding the existence of certain animals. Among them is Bigfoot, or Yeti. This creation is perhaps one of the most amazing mysteries of modern humanity. As soon as they don't call Bigfoot modern world: in Canada he is a Sasquatch, in North America- bigfoot, and in Australia - yawi.

Currently, enthusiasts have collected a great variety of all kinds of information testifying to people’s encounters with this huge and shaggy creature that resembles a human. Moreover, most of these meetings allegedly took place in remote areas of the planet, where almost no human has set foot.

One of the most common indirect evidence of the existence of Bigfoot is considered to be his footprints left in the snow or soft ground, as well as scraps of his fur. Researchers have studied and classified hundreds of similar observations, but so far no evidence of its existence has been provided. In the process of studying the Yeti, many caves were explored in various parts of the world.

It is curious that in the Russian Aigul cave, located in Altai, speleologists discovered strange rock paintings on which the same Bigfoot was depicted. Moreover, scientists who have studied ancient handwritten books from some Altai monasteries claim that they also contain images of these mysterious hairy humanoid creatures. But the main information about the existence of Bigfoot is not cave paintings and books, but photographs, amateur videos, casts from huge prints of unknown feet and, of course, numerous eyewitness accounts.

Unfortunately, the lion's share of such “evidence” is scientific inaccuracies, confusing information or deliberate forgeries. Even the fur, which many hunters passed off as Yeti hair, after careful examination turned out to be deer or bear. That is why there is still no official confirmation of the existence of Bigfoot! It is worth noting that numerous testimonies of encounters with Yeti are so picturesque and vivid that many people have virtually no doubt about their true authenticity, despite the lack of significant evidence.

There is an interesting opinion regarding the existence of Bigfoot. Some zoologists and anthropologists believe that the Yeti is a relict hominid. In their opinion, Bigfoot is a mammal belonging to the order of primates, but to the genus of humans. They do not rule out that the Yeti miraculously survived from prehistoric times to the present day. It’s interesting that the current governor is behind the capture of Bigfoot. Kemerovo region Aman Tuleyev promises to pay a reward of 1 million rubles.