Bigfoot Myth

Bigfoot is a Hoax
Bigfoot is, without a doubt, the biggest unexplainable mystery in all of North America. Although the history has been documented for years, several people agree that Bigfoot is not real. Researchers have found that 70% of Bigfoot sightings have been a misidentification. Scientists label Bigfoot to be a hoax rather than a living animal. The question remains, what are the most compelling pieces of evidence proving Bigfoot 's nonexistence? J.W. Burns who contributed to the legends part in a newspaper coined the origin of the Bigfoot legend, also known as Sasquatch, in the1920s. However, in 1958 is when the Bigfoot legend spread throughout the United States after Gerald Crew claimed to find large footprints of Bigfoot at a
However, the most common misidentification is thought to be of an American black bear. In “How Bigfoot Works,” Tom Harris states, “A bear in the wild will stand up on its hind legs, possibly giving the impression of a tall primate. Impressions are highly subjective, skeptics note, and may be skewed when a person has heard a bunch of stories about a strange creature in the woods.” With Bigfoot being a large ape-like, hairy man beast looking similar to American black bears, misidentification is common. A recent study has found the bears look similar to Bigfoot because they are about 7 feet tall when walking on their hind legs. The average Bigfoot sighting makes the creature about 8-9 feet tall and 500-600 pounds. However, they would not have enough food to survive. If these creatures were eating 5000 calories worth of animals and plants, why isn’t there a shortage in the food chain? Simply because Bigfoot does not exist. One of the most famous of these misidentifications was of a hiker recording what he claimed to be “Bigfoot”, in 2007. According to “Bigfoot debunked,” a man from Pennsylvania captured a small Bigfoot on his camera while trying to record any animals in the area. However, when the Pennsylvania game commission analyzed the footage themselves, they concluded the recording was not of Bigfoot, but was of a bear with a severe case of mange. Emily Upton from “The Origin of Bigfoot” also
Currently today, there is a $1,000,000 reward that will be given to anyone who can bring back the body of Bigfoot. Eric Brown from ibtimes also states, “Cain, best known as the star of “Lois & Clarke,” is set to host a reality TV series offering a $10 million prize for anyone who can find proof of Bigfoot.” With so many rewards and money offered to anyone who finds Bigfoot, why hasn’t anyone brought back a dead body after shooting the beast? If they have, scientists analyze the body and realize it is not real. For example, on January 2014, a man named Rick Dyer claimed he shot Bigfoot dead. He says trapped the beast with $200 of ribs before killing it on September 6, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. However, scientists were not impressed because Dyer never provided any proof except for a blurry video he took of the creature, which was common with hunters who faked they saw Bigfoot. However, In “The Origin Of Bigfoot” by Emily Upton, states that Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton found a Bigfoot body and posted it on Youtube. This was just a scheme for money. As expected, after taking “Bigfoot’s body” on tour to many different cities and making about $60,000 from people who desired to view the creature, Dyer finally revealed the truth. On March 2014, he admitted how he had made another phony prop to fool the