He wanted to let me know I was in the wrong place." "Suddenly, there he was, an eight-foot-tall creature, standing 15 feet away, growling at me. "It was 2 o'clock in the morning and the moon was a quarter full," recalled Moneymaker.
In the woods of eastern Ohio, he claims he finally came eye to eye with the elusive primate. Matt Moneymaker had been searching for Bigfoot for years. The creatures are described as shy and nocturnal, and their diets consist mostly of berries and fruits. They believe there are at least 2,000 ape men walking upright in North America's woods today.Īn adult male is said to be at least 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall, weigh 800 pounds (360 kilograms), and have feet twice the size of a human's. In Australia, Bigfoot is known as the Yowie Man.īigfoot advocates hypothesize that the primate is the offspring of an ape from Asia that wandered to North America during the Ice Age. The Himalaya has its Abominable Snowman, or the Yeti. Tales of mythical giant apes lurk in the oral traditions of most Native American tribes, as well as in Europe and Asia.
"Given the scientific evidence that I have examined, I'm convinced there's a creature out there that is yet to be identified," said Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University in Pocatello. Risking ridicule from other academics, they propose that there's enough forensic evidence to warrant something that has never been done: a comprehensive, scientific study to determine if the legendary primate actually exists. Yet a small but vociferous number of scientists remain undeterred. Countless pranksters have admitted to faking footprints. There are few clear photographs of the oversized beast. Thousands of people claim to have seen the hairy hominoid, but the evidence of its existence is fuzzy. A camera-elusive, grooming-challenged, bipedal ape-man that roams the mountain regions of North America. It's been the subject of campfire stories for decades.
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