BIG FOOT'S FACT FILE:

The Sasquatch popularly known as the Bigfoot, a large apelike creature was first sighted in 1924 in Ape Canyon, Washington by a miner, Fred Beck and several of his colleagues. Apparently, they shot dead one such creature and in retaliation, a group of these creatures assaulted their cabin with large rocks in the dead of the night. Thankfully, the cabin that housed the men was sturdy enough to withstand the steady onslaught. When dawn approached, the frustrated attackers went away, leaving behind their gigantic footprints on the ground. So startled were the men that they abandoned the cabin and mine, never to return. In subsequent years, more sightings of these large apelike creatures were reported by early settlers in America. To the native Americans, such creatures were not something entirely new. In fact, they call such creatures Sasquatch or mountain giants. The name ‘Bigfoot’ was later given to them for their enormous feet ( about 14.5 inches long by 6 inches wide ). From then on, Americans and the world alike have been intrigued and fascinated by these elusive creatures.

Name: Sasquatch

Nickname: Bigfoot

Origins: Thought to be related to the Homo erectus.

Size: Approximately 6 to 8 feet tall

Colour: Black ( according to Roger Patterson’s Footage of a female Bigfoot captured on a 16mm movie camera in 1967 )

Lifestyle: May have subsisted on plants, fruits and small animals. This is unconfirmed though.

Home: Heavily forested and mountainous terrain in North America.