Bigfoot; Myth... or Myth understood

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses Bigfoot-the legendary, giant ape-like creature. The stories and evidence in this paper are provided by coach David Wright, a zoology and biology teacher by trade and a legitimate Bigfoot researcher who is affiliated with the Bigfoot Field Research Organization. The paper describes the creature and tells us its place of abode and that it has been in existence since the mid 19th century. In addition, the paper describes a few encounters with Bigfoot as well as video evidence.

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"Many footprints are found each year by Bigfoot researchers. When Sasquatch footprints are found, scientist use a method called casting to preserve and better their research. Casting is the process of manufacturing in which a liquid substance is poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then the liquid is allowed to solidify. The solid casting is then broken out to complete the process. Casting is most often used for making complex shapes that would be otherwise difficult or uneconomical to make by other methods. Casting is a six thousand year old process. The oldest surviving casting is a copper frog from Thirty two hundred BC. There have been many casts made from Sasquatch (Wright, David). Scientists have made casts of many body parts including feet, hands, knuckles, buttocks, and even whole body imprints. Footprint cast have been popping up individually for decades and covering miles (Murphy 141). A series of nine Sasquatch footprints were casted after the Patterson - Gimlin film. Some casts from this series showed a lack of arch in the middle of the foot, indicating an opposite flexibility in that part of the foot. Also there were several half-tracks casted, meaning the Bigfoot had been running because it's heel never touched the ground (131). There have also been hand, knuckle, and buttock imprints that comply with Sasquatch tracks or sightings. In the year two thousand Richard Noll, Matt Moneymaker, and several other investigators went on a Bigfoot expedition. While on their hunt they discovered a half body imprint of Sasquatch close to Skookum Meadow in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington (Coleman 17). "If authentic, noted Benjamin Radford, editor of the Skeptic Inquirer, the cast would be 'arguably the most significant find in the past two decades'" (17). They arranged a mud trap, set out some food, and played sound recordings of what was said to be a Sasquatch call. They received responses to their call. Animals took their food and tracks of coyotes, bears, deer, and elk showed up in their mud trap. Then they found a large imprint which was later decided to be a Sasquatch imprint (21)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Aasen, Adam. "Baker sightings have residents talking Bigfoot." The Florida Times Union 15 Nov. 2007: B1+.
• BFRO. 1995. Bigfoot Researchers Organization. 24 Nov. 2007 <http://bfro.net>.
• Burgan, Michael. The Unexplained Bigfoot. Mankato, MN: Capstone, 2005.
• Coleman, Loren. Bigfoot: A True Story of Apes in America. New York: Pocket Books, 2003.
• Coleman, Loren, and Jerome Clark. Cryptozoology: A to Z. New York: Fireside, 1999.

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