Bigfoot/Sasquatch

Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch) is the name given to a cryptid simian-,[2] ape-, hominid-, or Hominin-like creature that is said to inhabit forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedalhumanoid. The term sasquatch is an Anglicized derivative of the Halkomelem word sásq'ets.

Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population. However, a few scientists, such as Grover Krantz and Jeffrey Meldrum, have focused research on the alleged creature for the greater parts of their careers, or, in the case of John Bindernagel, for significant parts of it. Bigfoot is described in reports as a large, hairy, muscular, bipedal ape-like creature, with adults in a range of 1.8–3 m (5.9–9.8 ft) tall, and usually estimated to weigh from 280 to 1,000 pounds (130 to 450 kg). It is reportedly covered in hair that is usually black, dark brown, or dark reddish. "The skin, when it can be seen, is generally dark", "but sometimes light." Hair is described as straight and short or medium length. Rupert Matthews noted the occasional presence of a mane, or "mantle", of hair. With respect to the torso, Rupert Matthews states: "Their shoulders are wider in proportion to their height than is usual for a human and that width is maintained right down to the equally wide hips"; he characterized the chest as deep. Matthews describes females as having "visible breasts" (unlike gorillas). Breasts have been reported to be located lower on the chest than a human's. A lack of detail on genitalia in reports have led some to conclude they are inconspicuous. The arms are reported as long. "Their hands are large and wide with stubby fingers and short thumbs that are not opposable to the fingers." The neck is purportedly thick and so short as to be unobservable. Claimed witnesses have described the head as being flat-faced, like a human, or exhibiting slight prognathism. having a pronounced brow ridge; and having a low-set forehead with the skull behind it being noticeably higher in back than in front, culminating in a top that is rounded and crested, similar to the sagittal crest of the male gorilla.