Man has always been interested in various inexplicable events, mysteries of nature, strange cases. Almasty, Bigfoot, Yeti are no exception - the most famous as Bigfoot - mysterious, mystical creatures. Since ancient times, there have been many legends and myths associated with them. Does Bigfoot really exist or is it all fiction and fairy tales? It is not possible to give a definite answer to this question. Many scientists believe that Bigfoot does not exist and are trying to find a scientific explanation for this. Meetings with them take place all over the world, but end very quickly. According to eyewitnesses, tall hairy creatures literally disappear before our eyes. They also find unusual traces that they leave. In the depths of the forests, strange structures are often found from uprooted trees, such common man not under force.
Most often, these creatures live in places that are difficult for people to reach: high in the mountains or in the wilderness. Huge footprints were discovered in the Himalayas in 1936. In this region, the fact of the Yeti's existence is taken very seriously. So, in Tibet, they believe that Bigfoot guard the entrance to the mystical city of Shambhala. In some Tibetan temples, fragments of the remains of humanoid beings are kept. At the beginning of the 20th century in Mongolia there was a case of meeting with a cub of Almasty. Unfortunately, he died, but eyewitnesses say that they saw a small body covered with wool. In 1967, the Americans managed to capture unique footage on video: a tall, hairy figure was running along the bank of a stream. It is believed that it was a female yeti. At the beginning of the 19th century in Abkhazia, an unusual creature was caught by Prince Achba, who turned out to be a wild woman. The appearance of the savage was quite specific. She was about two meters tall, her muscular body was covered with thick dark brown hair, her eyes were red. The woman's face, broad with rough and large features, had a flat nose, the lower jaw with powerful teeth protruded forward. She had rather thick and long fingers on her hands. Due to her appearance, the captive received the name Zana. 
Bigfoot Zana, yeti
Later, it was presented to Prince Ece Genaba. He kept the snow woman in a palisaded pit because of her extraordinary strength. The wild woman frightened those around her with her abilities, she was incredibly hardy. She also behaved quite aggressively, rushed at people. However, over time, she was gradually calmed down and tamed. A hut was built for her, into which she was later moved. The Almasty female learned to enter the premises only with the permission of the owner, she was able to perform simple tasks. Thanks to her strength and power, she easily coped with hard work. Zana did not know how to talk, but she understood human speech, she was not picky about food, she refused to wear clothes. Only towards the end of her life did she begin to put on a loincloth. But she constantly participated in the prince's festivities, during which she often drank alcohol and had connections with men. The most interesting thing is that she did not have external signs aging. Presumably, the female Bigfoot died at the end of the 19th century during childbirth.
Having given birth to her first child without outside help, the woman wanted to bathe him in the river, but the water in it was too cold, the baby caught a cold and died. The same thing happened with the second child. After these cases, people began to select and educate newborns from Zana. She had four children: two girls and two boys. All the children of the woman have grown absolutely normal people, albeit with their own characteristics. Almost nothing is known about the fate of two of them, but the boy Khvit and the girl Gamasa grew up in the same family. There was a rumor that Ece Genaba himself was their father. Zana's daughter died in the 1920s, Khvit lived to be almost 70 years old and died in 1954. 
Direct descendants of Zana
Zana's children grew up with ordinary children and did not differ much from them. They all had their families, children, occupied a certain place in the community. Zana's son had dark skin, large black lips, and straight, coarse hair. Khvit was tall, like a mother possessed superhuman strength. Local old-timers said that he could lift a chair with a person sitting on it with his teeth and dance at the same time. He also had an explosive temper, often getting into fights, as a result of one of which he lost his arm. Even with one hand, the descendant of the snow woman was excellent at gardening and field work. 
Khvit - son of Zana
Khvit was married twice and had three children. An incredible force was transferred to his son Shaliko, the man lifted the set table with his teeth. Khvit's son died in an accident in the mountains. 
Son of Khvit
A tragedy also occurred with his daughter, she died from an electric shock. They say that during her lifetime, Raisa had a unique gift - a woman could see with her skin: she stood with her bare feet on a newspaper and read what was written word for word. 
Khvit's daughter in her youth
Khvit's daughter
Gamasa also had a strong physique, like her brother, her skin was dark in color, her body was covered with hair. The woman died at the age of 60. Details about her life are unknown.
On the left is Khvit's skull, on the right - presumably Zana's
Igor Burtsev with the skull of Khvit, son of Zana
Scientists have been looking for an answer to this question for years. Through various studies, it was found that the skull of the son of a yeti in structure is significantly different from an ordinary human. It combines the structural features of the Neanderthal and modern man. The skull is unique and has no analogues in nature. It was also erroneous that Zana was an African slave, her DNA did not match the genes of Africans, because the yeti and her descendants had straight hair, which is significant hallmark from representatives of the Negroid race. Igor Burtsev himself is absolutely sure that the wild woman belongs to the Neanderthals, and her son is a hybrid with modern man.
Historian Porshnev also believes that Yetis are Neanderthals. Presumably, these predecessors of modern man have not disappeared, but continue to coexist with humans. This fact is confirmed by the structure of the Bigfoot skeleton.
Some scientists speculate that Bigfoot does not actually exist. These are ordinary people with mental disabilities who have left their place of residence and hide in the forests away from society.
Although from the point of view of science there is no evidence of the existence of Almas, someone leaves traces of huge feet, tufts of dark long wool in different corners the globe. There is an assumption that yetis come to us from a parallel world, perhaps that is why they appear from nowhere and go nowhere. Also, structures made of trees found in the forests can serve as a portal for mysterious creatures. One thing is known that disputes around Bigfoot will continue for many years to come. However, some mysteries must remain unsolved.
Many secrets keep the expanses of our vast planet. Mysterious creatures hiding from the human world have always aroused genuine interest among scientists and enthusiastic researchers. One of these mysteries was Bigfoot.
Yeti, Bigfoot, Angry, Sasquatch - these are all his names. It is believed that he belongs to the class of mammals, the order of primates, the genus man.
Of course, its existence has not been proven by scientists, however, according to eyewitnesses and many researchers, today we have Full description this creature.
What does the legendary cryptid look like?
The most popular image of Bigfoot
His physique is thick and muscular, with thick hair covering the entire surface of the body, with the exception of the palms and feet, which, according to people who met the Yeti, remain completely naked.
The color of the coat can be different depending on the habitat - white, black, gray, red.
The faces are always dark, and the hair on the head is longer than on the rest of the body. According to some reports, the beard and mustache are completely absent, or they are very short and rare.
The skull has a pointed shape and a massive lower jaw.
The growth of these creatures varies from 1.5 to 3 meters. Other witnesses claimed to have met taller individuals.
The features of the Bigfoot body are also Long hands and short hips.
The Yeti's habitat is a controversial issue, as people claim to have seen it in America, Asia, and even Russia. Presumably, they can be found in the Urals, the Caucasus and Chukotka.
These mysterious creatures live far from civilization, carefully hiding from human attention. Nests can be located in trees or in caves.
But no matter how carefully the snowmen tried to hide, there were local residents who claimed to have seen them.
First eyewitnesses
The first who happened to see the mysterious creature live were Chinese peasants. According to available information, the meeting was not a single one, but numbered about a hundred cases.
After such statements, several countries, including America and Great Britain, sent an expedition in search of traces.
Thanks to the collaboration of two eminent scientists, Richard Greenwell and Gene Poirier, evidence has been found for the existence of the Yeti.
The find was hair that was supposed to belong only to him. However, later, in 1960, Edmund Hillary got the opportunity to examine the scalp again.
His conclusion was unequivocal: the “find” was made of antelope wool.
As expected, many scientists did not agree with this version, finding more and more confirmations of the previously put forward theory.
Bigfoot scalp
In addition to the hairline found, the identity of which is still a controversial issue, there is no other documented evidence.
Except for countless photographs, footprints and eyewitness accounts.
Photos are often of very poor quality, so they do not allow you to reliably determine if these frames are real or fake.
Footprints, which, of course, are similar to human ones, but wider and longer, scientists rank among the traces of famous animals living in the find area.
And even the stories of eyewitnesses who, according to them, met Bigfoot, do not allow us to establish for certain the fact of their existence.
Bigfoot on video
However, in 1967, two men were able to film Bigfoot.
They were R. Patterson and B. Gimlin from Northern California. Being shepherds, one autumn, on the banks of the river, they noticed a creature, which, realizing that it had been found, immediately set off on the run.
Grabbing a camera, Roger Patterson set off to catch up with an unusual creature, which was mistaken for a yeti.
The film aroused genuine interest among scientists who for many years tried to prove or disprove the existence of a mythical creature.
Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson
A number of features proved that the film was not a fake.
The size of the body and the unusual gait indicated that it was not a person.
The video noted a clear image of the body and limbs of the creature, which ruled out the creation of a special costume for filming the film.
Some structural features of the body allowed scientists to draw conclusions about the similarity of the individual from the video frames with the prehistoric ancestor of man - the Neanderthal ( approx. the last Neanderthals lived about 40 thousand years ago), but very large in size: growth reached 2.5 meters, and weight - 200 kg.
After numerous examinations, the film was found to be authentic.
In 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, who initiated this filming, his relatives and acquaintances reported that the film was completely staged: a man in a specially tailored suit portrayed an American Yeti, and unusual footprints were left by artificial forms.
But they did not provide evidence that the film was fake. Later, experts conducted an experiment in which a trained person tried to repeat the shots taken in a suit.
They came to the conclusion that at the time the film was made, it was not possible to produce such a quality production.
There were other encounters with the unusual being, most of them in America. For example, in North Carolina, Texas and near the state of Missouri, but unfortunately there is no evidence of these meetings, except for the oral stories of people.
A woman named Zana from Abkhazia
An interesting and unusual confirmation of the existence of these individuals was a woman named Zana, who lived in Abkhazia in the 19th century.
Raisa Khvitovna, Zana's granddaughter - the daughter of Khvit and a Russian woman named Maria
The description of her appearance is similar to the available descriptions of Bigfoot: red hair that covered her dark skin, and the hair on her head was longer than on her whole body.
She did not speak articulately, but uttered only cries and isolated sounds.
The face was large, the cheekbones protruded, and the jaw protruded strongly forward, which gave it a ferocious look.
Zana was able to integrate into human society and even gave birth to several children from local men.
Later, scientists conducted research on the genetic material of Zana's descendants.
According to some sources, their origin originates in West Africa.
The results of the examination indicate the possibility of the existence of a population in Abkhazia during the life of Zana, which means that it is not excluded in other regions.
Makoto Nebuka reveals the secret
One of the enthusiasts who wanted to prove the existence of the Yeti was the Japanese climber Makoto Nebuka.
He hunted Bigfoot for 12 years, exploring the Himalayas.
After so many years of persecution, he came to a disappointing conclusion: the legendary humanoid creature turned out to be just a Himalayan brown bear.
The book with his research describes some Interesting Facts. It turns out that the word "yeti" is nothing more than a distorted word "meti", which means "bear" in the local dialect.
The Tibetan clans considered the bear to be a supernatural creature that possessed power. Perhaps these concepts were combined, and the myth of Bigfoot spread everywhere.
Research from different countries
Numerous studies have been carried out by many scientists around the world. The USSR was no exception.
Geologists, anthropologists and botanists worked in the commission for the study of Bigfoot. As a result of their work, a theory was put forward that states that Bigfoot is a degraded branch of Neanderthals.
However, then the work of the commission was terminated, and only a few enthusiasts continued to work on research.
Genetic studies of available samples deny the existence of the Yeti. A professor at Oxford University, after analyzing the hair, proved that they belonged to polar bear that existed several thousand years ago.
Still from a film shot in Northern California 10/20/1967
At present, the discussions do not subside.
The question of the existence of another mystery of nature remains open, and the society of cryptozoologists is still trying to find evidence.
All the facts available today do not give one hundred percent certainty in the reality of this creature, although some people really want to believe in it.
Obviously, only a film shot in Northern California can be considered proof of the existence of the object under study.
Some people tend to believe that Bigfoot is of alien origin.
That is why it is so difficult to detect, and all genetic and anthropological analyzes lead scientists to wrong results.
Someone is sure that science is hushing up the fact of their existence and publishes false studies, because there are so many eyewitnesses.
But questions are only multiplying every day, and answers are extremely rare. And although many believe in the existence of Bigfoot, science still denies this fact.
Yeti mysterious creatures
Bigfoot and his relatives
It looked like either a woman or a monkey. He had a broad, wrinkled, grimacing and laughing face. Something indescribable - two bags of some kind, obviously breasts, dangled in front; long matted hair, reddened by the sun, framed her face and flowed behind her back. Turgenev felt a wild fear, a chilling fear of the supernatural.
Guy de Maupassant, "Fear"
Fictional creatures inhabit the folklore of all world cultures- be it steppe nomads, reindeer herders or South American cannibals. People living on different continents independently invented dragons, werewolves, ghosts, water monsters, dwarfs and giants. But only a few fairy-tale creatures have managed to become part of modern folklore. If you say that you met a fire-breathing dragon in the forest, you will receive an exemption from physical education and free pills for schizophrenia. But if you claim you got into a fight with a giant hairy hominid in a garbage dump - get a real chance to get on the front pages of the morning papers.
In March 2006 (MF #26) we told you about "cryptids" - animals whose existence is denied modern science(at least until one of them is caught - like, for example, the pygmy giraffe okapi or the lobe-finned coelacanth fish). Today we will talk about the "kings" of cryptozoology - archaic giants, now known as "snow people".
wild and unsympathetic
The ancient peoples, without saying a word, believed that long before them, giants lived on Earth. The latter were unbridled and ferocious, which is why the gods either completely destroyed them (Judaism), or expelled them from the world (ancient Greek myths). The giants left behind only huge ruins, called "cyclopean" in honor of the cyclops who erected the walls of Mycenae.
Not surprisingly, human encounters with prehistoric giants were extremely rare. Most of the giants of late European folklore had purely human features and were not considered representatives of any ancient race. Medieval "snow people" in their current sense can be called goblin, but they were a kind of spirits. The Scandinavians had jotuns and trolls, the southern Slavs had drekavaks, but the images of these forest dwellers are too blurry to talk about systematic contacts ordinary people with "snow".
Bigfoot, like UFOs, is a phenomenon exclusively of the 20th century. You can talk as much as you like about the growth of anthropogenic zones and the absence in the 18-19 centuries powerful means mass media, capable of inflating any trifle to a sensation, but the fact remains: until recently there was no bigfoot as a mass phenomenon, but now it is. Why, then, the creatures that evolved together with people over millions of years remained so little known that in the general cultural sense they can only claim the title of a race of giants, and an extinct one at that?
Judging by the oldest literary sources, contacts with Bigfoot were extremely rare. The first description of such a case can be considered the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh, which tells about the events of 57 centuries ago. According to the first table of the epic, the goddess Aruru created Enkidu, a hairy hero living in complete savagery. King Gilgamesh came up with an original way to catch him: on the bank of the river, where Enkidu grazed, they brought the harlot Shamhat. The poor thing was undressed, and the giant "knew her for seven days." After such a marathon, the savage weakened, and his relatives - animals - began to avoid him. Thus, Enkidu was forced to become part of human society.
Scattered evidence of encounters with some "wild people" can be found in almost every major historian. For example, Plutarch talked about how Sulla's soldiers once caught a satyr (it should be noted that initially satyrs were not associated exclusively with horns and hooves - various animal features were attributed to them, symbolizing savagery). The Roman dictator gathered all the available translators and interrogated the prisoner, but he only emitted vile bleating and neighing, “which is why Sulla felt great disgust and ordered him to be immediately removed from sight as an ugly phenomenon” (Plutarch, Comparative Biography, Sulla, 27) .
Medieval researchers mentioned wild people a lot and often, but most often they described ordinary monkeys or uncivilized natives. There were no white spots left on the map of the Old World, so meetings with such creatures were only spoken of in the past tense. Once upon a time there were lions in Europe. Now even wild bulls and tarpans have not been preserved here, and snow people have become curiosities. For example, Heinrich von Gesler in the 14th century wrote of a wild Alpine woman "whose breasts are so long that she throws them over her shoulders."
Enthusiasts often recall that Carl Linnaeus included Bigfoot in his famous classification of living beings ("The System of Nature"). Indeed, the Swedish naturalist wrote about the “wild man” (about some hairy “sons of darkness” living in caves and stealing food from people at night), as well as about the “troglodyte man” (probably a Neanderthal). However, it should not be forgotten that in the first edition of the System of Nature, Linnaeus called whales fish ...
Lit so litThe architecture and heraldry of early feudal Europe often used the image of a “wild man” (voodoo vase), probably copied from Greek satyrs. The first masquerade in European history is associated with this creature. In 1393 Queen Isabella of Bavaria gave a ball. King Charles VI the Mad and six of his attendants appeared in costumes of "bigfoot" made of linen, resin and hemp. In the midst of the celebration, the Duke of Orleans accidentally brought a candle to the royal costume. It flared up immediately. The fire spread to other "forest people". Four of them died. The king received severe burns, but escaped thanks to the Duchess de Berry, who covered him with her clothes. |
Origin of Species
retell modern stories about a meeting with a snowman does not make sense - most of them look like hunter tales. They are either of the same type or improbable, and in any case unverifiable. Of some interest are only general information about the known "varieties" of Bigfoot.
In the mountains of Altai, the Caucasus and the Pamirs lives almas("almast", from the Mongolian - " wild man"). He is described as a humanoid with red hair, human features, powerful superciliary ridges, a flat nose and chin (which completely coincides with the reconstructed appearance of a Neanderthal).
Legends about almas cannot boast of antiquity - they are only a few hundred years old. It may seem that there are almost more almas in the mountains than people. In 1871, Nikolai Przhevalsky saw them, and in 1941, Red Army soldiers allegedly caught some hairy citizen in the Caucasus, interrogated him (to no avail) and shot him as a German spy.
In Afghanistan and Pakistan, these creatures are known as bartender, however, the most popular in the West is another, Tibetan name - yeti("man-bear" or "stone bear"). The number of meetings with him increased in proportion to the increase in the number of Europeans who explored the Himalayas. In 1832, the British noticed a certain red-haired creature in the mountains - probably an orangutan, in 1889 - something like a bear.
Yetis live here. Yeti, representing the highland subspecies of the troll family, have never heard of the fact that cannibalism is hopelessly out of fashion. Their opinion on this issue is: eat what moves. If it doesn't move, wait until it does. And then eat.
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures
The monasteries of Khumjung and Pangboche have long kept yeti scalps, which were credited with magical powers. In the middle of the last century, their study was carried out. The results are disappointing: they are just skins from the neck of a Himalayan mountain goat. The monks of Pangboche also owned another relic - a mummified yeti clawed paw, but in 1991 it was stolen (probably settling in someone's private collection).
In Scotland, on Mount Ben Macdui lives Am Fir Liat Mor("Large gray man"). No one really saw him, but many climbers heard strange footsteps on the slopes. Their stories are not much different from each other - they were walking along the mountain in the fog (usually in the evening), when suddenly measured steps began to be heard somewhere behind. The pursuer stepped rarely, but did not lag behind - that is, he was several times larger than a man. People began to panic, fled, and only caught a glimpse of some huge gray silhouette in the fog.
This phenomenon was so massive that it simply needed to find explanations. Theories have been put forward about energy breaks and "frightening" infrasound, but it is most likely that the specific conditions of Ben McDuy (frequent fogs) create a phantom effect well known to climbers. If low standing sun shines on a person’s back, and fog floats in front of him, then an eerie reflection of a figure surrounded by a bright halo of light appears in it.
Filipino forest creature named Capri slightly reminiscent of a bigfoot with its habits (lives in trees, makes noise, shows interest in women), but at the same time has a purely human appearance, wears traditional Bahag clothes and smokes a pipe (they say that crickets in the forests are coals that have fallen out of it).
Even overpopulated Japan has its own Bigfoot. He's called Hibagon(or Hinagon) because he lives in the forested Mount Hiba in Hiroshima Prefecture. The meeting with him took place 35 years ago. According to eyewitnesses, Hibagon was short, hairy, with a flat nose and burning eyes. All signs point to the fact that this is not Bigfoot, but something like a gorilla.
Among all the varieties of this creature, the fate of the American "bigfoot" is most interesting. bigfoot or sasquatch(The term was coined in 1920 by school teacher Burns, who noticed that many Indian tribes use words with the same root "sas" to refer to wild people).
Until the middle of the 20th century, Bigfoot was not found in the United States, and stories about Sasquatch were popular only on Indian reservations. In August 1958, Ray Wallace's construction company was laying a road in a deserted area of California. Bulldozer Jerry Crew found traces of "big feet". The feet were 40 cm long, the stride length was over a meter. The local newspaper dubbed the find "bigfoot", and Wallace began to actively promote the "bigfoot" among lovers of the unknown.
But the real “birthday” of the American Bigfoot can be considered October 20, 1967, when rodeo participants Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin managed to capture him on film. They went to national park Six Rivers with a rented 16mm camera, intending to make a Blair Witch-style documentary about Bigfoot. The men agreed that, if possible, they would try to shoot the “big-legged” - his body could be sold profitably, moreover, it would be irrefutable evidence.
However, when they saw him, they completely forgot about the weapon. Bigfoot began to quickly move away from the researchers. Patterson dismounted from his horse and followed him with a working camera, Gimlin with a gun covering him from behind. As a result, the first half of the film came out defective - the image shook and jumped in all directions, but when Patterson approached the bigfoot by several tens of meters and stood motionless, the quality of the shooting improved markedly. The creature looked back at the pursuers several times and disappeared into the forest.
The US finally has its own national monster. For several decades, the word "bigfoot" has become a popular brand. From all over the country there were reports of similar meetings. People found traces, wool, excrement of the "big-footed". Numerous clubs of "big footologists" appeared, and a new industry arose in tourism. Scientists who studied the Patterson-Gimlin film were divided into two approximately equal camps: some said that this was an obvious staging (an actor in a woolen suit was running in front of the lens), others noted the creature’s unusual gait and stated that it could not be human.
November 26, 2002 Ray Wallace, the discoverer and popularizer of bigfoot, died. His family soon admitted that Ray, along with his brother, faked tracks around the bulldozer by putting large wooden feet on their feet. Why they needed it is not exactly known. They probably wanted to have some fun, but the bigfoot they invented soon turned into a national American hero, began to bring in considerable income and gained worldwide fame. Such a trifle as a fake of the first discovered traces does not bother enthusiasts at all.
Missing link
There are many theories about the origin of the Bigfoot, but if we dismiss all unhealthy fantasies (an alien from outer space, from another dimension, the energy projection of ordinary people, the souls of our ancestors, secret government experiments, super-developed primates hiding from people with the help of telepathy), the remaining versions can be count on the fingers of one hand.
The first, the most famous, relies on the mythical roots of wild giants, who allegedly lived on the planet long before man. Given the specific geography of Bigfoot encounters, most of which are in Asia, North America and Eastern Europe, we can assume that we are dealing with Gigantopithecus(Gigantopithecus blacki).
The remains of this extinct humanoid ape were found precisely in Asia (China). Unfortunately, there are too few of them to recreate the appearance of the animal. At the disposal of scientists there are only a few lower jaws and about 1000 teeth, the largest of which are 6 times larger than in humans. It is assumed that the growth of Gigantopithecus, standing on its hind legs, reached 3 meters. These giants most likely resembled gorillas or orangutans.
Against the "snow humanization" of the Gigantopithecus, the fact that they became extinct almost 100,000 years ago and could hardly have settled on several continents - especially with their supposed diet (most of the bones were found in the habitat of the ancestors of modern pandas that ate bamboo) speaks against the "snow humanization" of the Gigantopithecus.
Other Bigfoot Candidates - Neanderthals- also do not inspire optimism. Even if they survived into the 21st century, they would be too intelligent to lead a wild lifestyle (Neanderthals knew how to build shelters, used fire and used a variety of tools - from stone cutters to wooden spears). They were squat and stocky (height - up to 165 cm), which also does not correspond to the expected appearance of Bigfoot.
Finally, it is absolutely certain that Neanderthals died out about 24,000 years ago. Their last habitats are Croatia, Iberia (Spain) and Crimea. How could they survive as single individuals around the world - a question from the series "Who did the Loch Ness monster mate in a small lake to survive to this day?". Today, when the entire planet has already been photographed by satellites and put on public display in Google Earth, when the Amazonian Indians dress in Chinese Adidas, and the Tibetans ride tourists through the mountains in Japanese jeeps, there is simply nowhere for the relic hominid to hide.
There are opinions that Bigfoot appear "pointwise" in different places on the planet just because they are something like Mowgli or Tarzan. History knows about 100 cases of discovery feral children. They are found to this day, often in a tragicomic situation - for example, two years ago a young man Sunjit Kumar was discovered in Fiji, who grew up among chickens and imitated their behavior.
In ancient times, lost or abandoned children, as well as persons with some mental disabilities, could easily go wild, spend their entire (certainly short) life in nature, and only occasionally catch the eye of superstitious townsfolk. Thousands of years ago, they would have been called trolls and satyrs, and in the 20th century, Bigfoot. It was precisely such a case that Turgenev described when visiting Gustave Flaubert (the epigraph of the article) - and in the end it turned out that she was a madwoman, fed by shepherds and living in the forest for more than 30 years.
The most reasonable explanation for the Bigfoot phenomenon is the saying "Fear has big eyes." Many secrets of the universe are hidden in erroneous perception. Giant sea snakes turned out to be tangled algae, flying saucers were weather balloons, and Bigfoot were gorillas or bears.
The bear is such an original animal that anyone recognizes it at first sight. He does not eat his own kind, does not wander around the village at night in the hope of grabbing and dragging a child. From time to time, he climbs a tree to the very top, and from there he surveys the surroundings. He especially dislikes being teased or disturbed.
Alfred Bram, Animal Life
Bram was wrong, says Japanese climber Makoto Nebuga. Not everyone recognizes a bear, especially if the person is frightened, and the clubfoot stands on its hind legs. Nebuga spent 12 years looking for the legendary yeti in the mountains of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan and came to the conclusion that he had long been kept in many zoos around the world. The legend about him arose due to the fact that the Himalayan bear - "meti" - was confused with the "yeti" (not surprising, because the locals consider the bear a supernatural being). Reality is rarely as mysterious as our perceptions of it.
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After weighing all the pros and cons, it can be argued with a 99% probability that Bigfoot is a fiction. However, as primatologist John Napier rightly pointed out, there is a certain limit to the number of evidence of a meeting with a bigfoot, after which they can no longer be explained by errors and hoaxes alone. One or two stories about the "hairy monkey with glowing eyes" can be ignored. One hundred thousand stories about this - a reason to think. We can only wait and analyze. Time will judge.
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Are you interested in the topic bigfoot photo or bigfoot video film? This article is about just that! Bigfoot or, as he is also called, bigfoot, hominoid, sasquatch is a humanoid creature that is believed to be found in the highlands and forest regions of the world. There is an opinion that this is a mammal that belongs to the order of primates and to the genus man, preserved from the time of human ancestors. Swedish naturalist, creator of a unified animal classification system and flora Carl Linnaeus identified him as Homo troglodytes, or, in other words, a caveman.
Descriptive Characteristics of Bigfoot
There is no exact description of Bigfoot. Some say that these are huge four-meter animals that are distinguished by mobility. Others, on the contrary, say that his height does not exceed 1.5 meters, he is passive and swings his arms strongly when walking.
All Bigfoot researchers are inclined to conclude that the yeti is a good creature, if it is not angry
According to unconfirmed reports, the yeti differs from modern humans in its pointed skull, thicker build, short neck, longer arms, short hips, and massive lower jaw. Its entire body is covered with reddish gray or black hair. The hair on the head is longer than on the body, and the beard and mustache are very short. It has an unpleasant strong odor. Among other things, he is excellent at climbing trees.
It is believed that the habitat of Bigfoot is the snowy edge, which separates forests from glaciers. At the same time, forest populations of snowmen build nests on tree branches, while mountain populations live in caves. They feed on lichens and rodents, and, before eating, the caught animals are butchered. This may indicate a close relationship with a person. In case of hunger, yeti approach people, and thus behave carelessly. According to the villagers, in case of danger, the humanoid savage makes a loud barking sound. But Chinese peasants talk about how snow people weave simple baskets, and also make axes, shovels and other elementary tools.
Descriptions suggest that the yeti is a relic hominoid that lives in married couples. However, it is possible that some people with overdeveloped unnatural hairline are mistaken for these creatures.
Early references to Bigfoot
The very first historical evidence of the existence of Bigfoot is associated with the name of Plutarch. He talked about how Sulla's soldiers caught a satyr who, according to the description, matches the appearance of a yeti.
In his short story Horror, Guy de Maupassant describes the meeting of the writer Ivan Turgenev with a female Bigfoot. There is also documentary evidence that in the 19th century there was a woman named Zana in Abkhazia, who was the prototype of the yeti. She had peculiar habits, but this did not prevent her from safely giving birth to children from people who, in turn, were distinguished by mighty strength and good health.
In the West in 1832 there were reports of a strange creature living in the Himalayas. B. G. Hodtson, an English traveler and explorer, settled in a highland region to study this mysterious creature. Later Hodtson B.G. in his works he talked about a tall humanoid creature, which the Nepalese called a demon. It was covered with long thick hair, differed from the animal in the absence of a tail and upright walking. The first mention of the Yeti Hodtson was told by local residents. According to them, for the first time about Bigfoot was mentioned in the fourth century BC.
Half a century later, the Briton Lawrence Waddell became interested in savages. At an altitude of 6,000 meters in Sikkim, he found footprints. After analyzing them and talking with local residents, Lawrence Waddell concluded that predatory yellow bears, which very often attack yaks, are mistaken for humanoid savages.
The growth of interest in bigfoot was observed in the 20-30s of the twentieth century, when one reporter called the hairy savage "a terrible bigfoot". The media also reported that several Bigfoot were caught and imprisoned, after which they were shot as Basmachi. In 1941, the colonel of the medical service of the Soviet army Karapetyan V.S. made an inspection of a snowman caught in Dagestan. Shortly thereafter, the mysterious creature was shot dead.
Bigfoot theories and film
To date, scientists do not have sufficient data to make an official confirmation of the validity of one of the theories. However, scientists are voicing rather bold hypotheses about the emergence of the Yeti, which have the right to exist. Their opinions are based on the study of hair and footprints, photographs taken, audio recordings, sketches of a strange creature, as well as video recordings that are not of the best quality.
For a long time, a short film directed by Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson in 1967 in Northern California was the most compelling evidence for the Yeti's existence. According to the authors, they managed to capture a female Bigfoot on film.
This happened in the fall, when Bob and Roger rode horses along a densely forested gorge in the hope of meeting a yeti, whose traces were repeatedly seen in these places. At one point, the horses were frightened of something and reared up, after which Patterson noticed a certain large creature that was squatting on the bank of the stream near the water. Glancing at the cowboys, this mysterious creature got up and walked away towards the steep slope of the gorge. Roger was not taken aback and, having taken out a video camera, ran to the stream for the creature. He ran after the savage, shooting him in the back. However, he realized that it was necessary to fix the camera and follow the moving creature, after which he knelt down. Suddenly, the creature turned and started walking towards the camera, but then, turning a little to the left, it left the stream. Roger tried to rush after him, however, thanks to his fast walking and large size, the mysterious creature quickly disappeared, and the film on the video camera ran out.
The Gimlin-Patterson film was immediately rejected by specialists from the most important scientific center in the United States - the Smithsonian Institution - as a fake. American experts said that such a hybrid with a hairy chest, gorilla head and human legs simply cannot exist in nature. At the end of 1971, the film was brought to Moscow and shown to a number of scientific institutions. Specialists of the Central Research Institute of Prosthetics and Prosthetics positively assessed him and became very interested in him. After a detailed study of the film, a written conclusion was made by the professor of the Academy physical culture D.D. Donskoy, who noted that the gait of the creature on the film is absolutely not typical for a person. He regarded it as a natural movement, in which there were no signs of artificiality, and which is characteristic of various deliberate imitations.
Renowned sculptor Nikita Lavinsky also believed that the Gimlin-Patterson film was authentic. Based on the frames of this film, he even created sculptural portraits of a female Bigfoot.
The participants of the seminar on hominology Alexandra Burtseva, Dmitry Bayanov and Igor Burtsev undertook the most in-depth study of this film. Burtsev made a photographic reproduction with various expositions of stills from the film. Thanks to this work, it was proved that the head of the creature on the film was not a gorilla, as the Americans claimed, and not an ordinary person, but a paleoanthrope. It is also clear that the hairline is not a special costume at all, since the muscles of the back, legs and arms are clearly visible through it. The Yeti also differs from a human in its elongated upper limbs, the absence of a visible neck, the planting of the head, and an elongated barrel-shaped torso.
The arguments on which Patterson's film is based are:
- The ankle joint of the mysterious creature, captured on film, has exceptional flexibility, which is unattainable for a person. The foot in the dorsal direction has more flexibility than a human. Dmitry Bayanov was the first to draw attention to this. Later, this fact was confirmed and described in his publications by Jeff Meldrum, an American anthropologist.
- The Yeti's heel sticks out much more than the human heel, which corresponds to the structure of the Neanderthal foot.
- The then head of the department of biochemistry at the Academy of Physical Culture, Dmitry Donskoy, who studied the film in detail, concluded that the gait of a strange creature on the film is completely not inherent in Homo Sariens, which, moreover, cannot be recreated.
- The film clearly shows the muscles on the limbs and body, which in turn eliminates the assumption of a suit. The whole anatomy distinguishes this mysterious creature from a person.
- A comparison of the frequency of hand vibrations with the speed at which the film was shot proved that the hairy creature was rather tall, about 2 meters 20 centimeters, and if you take into account the complexion, then it weighs more than 200 kilograms.
Based on these considerations, Patterson's film was deemed authentic. This was reported in scientific publications in the USA and the USSR. However, if the film is recognized as authentic, then the existence of living relic hominids, which are considered extinct tens of thousands of years ago, is recognized. Anthropologists cannot yet agree to this. Hence the endless number of rebuttals of the authenticity of excellent film evidence.
Among other things, ufologist Shurinov B.A. contrary to popular belief, claims that Bigfoot is of alien origin. Other researchers of the yeti mysteries insist that the origin is associated with interspecific hybridization on anthropoids, thus putting forward the theory that Bigfoot occurred as a result of crossing monkeys with humans in the Gulag.
Bigfoot photo real. Bigfoot family in Tennessee (USA)
Real photo of a frozen yeti
In December 1968, two famous cryptozoologists, Bernard Euvelmans (France) and Ivan Sanderson (USA), examined the frozen corpse of a hairy hominoid found in the Caucasus. The results of the survey were published in the scientific collection of cryptozoologists. Euvelmans identified the frozen yeti as a "modern Neanderthal".
At the same time, active searches for Bigfoot were also carried out in former USSR. The most significant results were given by the studies of Maria-Janna Kofman in the North Caucasus, Alexandra Burtseva in Chukotka and Kamchatka. Scientific expeditions in Tajikistan and Pamir-Altai led by Igor Tatsl and Igor Burtsev ended very fruitfully. On Lovozero (Murmansk region) and in Western Siberia Maya Bykova successfully led the search. Vladimir Pushkarev devoted a lot of time to the search for the Yeti in Komi and Yakutia.
Unfortunately, the last expedition of Vladimir Pushkarev ended tragically: due to lack of funds for a full-fledged expedition, he went alone in September 1978 to the Khanty-Mansiysk district in search of bigfoot and went missing.
Janice Carter has been friends with the Yeti (Bigfoot) family for decades!
AT last years interest in the Yeti is reviving, new regions of distribution of modern Neanderthals have appeared. In 2002, Janice Carter, a Tennessee farm owner, said in a television interview that a whole family of Bigfoots had been living near her farm for more than fifty years. According to her, in 2002, the father of the "snowy" family was about 60 years old, and their first acquaintance took place when Janice was a seven-year-old girl. Janice Carter met Bigfoot and his family many times in her life. This drawing was made from her words and clearly shows the proportions of the yeti and its peacefulness.
Recently, Russian hominologists (Yeti researchers) found information that in 1997 in France, in the small town of Bourganef, a frozen body of a Bigfoot was demonstrated, allegedly found in Tibet and smuggled from China. There are many inconsistencies in this story. The owner of the refrigerator in which the corpse of the yeti was transported disappeared without a trace. Gone was the van itself, with its sensational contents. Photos of the body were shown by Janice Carter, who confirmed that she did not rule out that this was not a falsification, but the real Bigfoot body.
Bigfoot video. Yeti speculation and falsification
In 1958, Ray Wallace, a resident of the American town of San Diego, launched a sensational story about the Bigfoot, which is a relative of the yeti living in the mountains of California. It all started with the fact that in August 1958, an employee of Wallace's construction company came to work and saw huge footprints around the bulldozer that looked like human ones. The local press dubbed the mysterious creature the Bigfoot, and thus America got its own kind of Bigfoot.
In 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, his family decided to reveal the secret. The footprints, 40 centimeters long, were cut from boards at Ray's request, after which he and his brother put these paws on their feet and walked around the bulldozer.
This prank captivated him so much for many years that he could not stop and periodically delighted the media and the society of lovers of the mysterious either with a recording on which he makes sounds, or with photographs with blurry monsters. But the most interesting thing was that the relatives of the deceased Wallace announced the falsification of the film, which was shot by Patterson and Gimlin. Many experts assumed that the footage was genuine. However, according to relatives and acquaintances, this filming was a staged episode in which Wallace's wife starred, dressed in a specially tailored monkey costume. This statement was a solid blow to enthusiasts who are trying to find a humanoid mysterious creature.
But back in 1969, John Green consulted the Disney film studio, who created monkey costumes for the actors, in order to determine the authenticity of the film. They said that the creature that was filmed was wearing real skin, not a suit.
It should be noted that hundreds of volumes of scientific literature are devoted to the observations of the hominoid. But there is still no concrete answer to the question of its origin and existence. On the contrary, the longer the research and search lasts, the more acutely questions are raised. Why can't catch Bigfoot? Can small populations of these creatures survive in unconnected areas? And there are many more questions that have not yet been answered...
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Bigfoot is a creature that has become almost a legend. He has many names - yeti, sasquatch, bigfoot. Carl Linnaeus called it Homo troglodytes - "caveman". Who first told the world that Bigfoot really exists? Michel Nostradamus also said that there is a creature on earth, appearance which is a cross between a huge man and a monkey. The first to mention the Yeti in passing is the traveler Colonel Wendell, who made an excursion to the Himalayas in the 19th century.
Yeti Bigfoot Appearance
Photos of a Bigfoot do not give a clear idea of \u200b\u200bwhat a yeti looks like. Its appearance is based only on hypotheses and assumptions. They say that the Bigfoot Yeti has a very dense physique, has long arms, a pointed skull shape with a protruding frontal part and a very massive jaw. This is how Carl Linnaeus described it.
Bigfoot Yeti is much taller and more massive than the average man, his height reaches 2 m or more
The Yeti Bigfoot's body is covered in fur. In some areas, people came across a yeti whose hairline was black, according to other eyewitnesses - red, others say that snowmen are covered with gray (white) hair.
Interesting fact. The opinions of all researchers and eyewitnesses agree that Bigfoot has a beard and mustache. Yetis, Sasquatches and Bigfoots have an unpleasant smell, they live in caves and climb trees perfectly. Although, there is an opinion that snow people build their nests among the crowns. Controversial portrait, agree.
However, there is some pattern. , argue that relict hominids, as scientists called the snow yeti, move on two limbs. Their growth varies depending on the area of residence. Yes, in Central Asia, where Homo troglodytes is named after the yeti, and in North America, where Bigfoot is called Sasquatch, their height does not exceed 1.5-2 m. Larger individuals live in the Himalayas and Tibet - up to 2.5 m. But African Yetis - "babies" - up to 1.5 m.
Are there photos and videos about Yeti?
When approaching a snow yeti, people get dizzy and their blood pressure rises. Plus, creatures act on the subconscious of a person, forcing them to simply not notice their presence. Snow people inspire fear. When the yetis appear nearby, the birds stop and the dogs stop barking, and some simply run away in fear.
Bigfoot Yeti allegedly hypnotizes all those who meet him
Attempts to shoot a video about the Yeti or take a photo were very numerous, but the equipment stopped working as usual, and this is precisely what the researchers note the poor quality of pictures and videos about Bigfoot. Yeti move very quickly, and despite the rather large dimensions, some researchers tried to catch up with him, but to no avail.
Many eyewitnesses who tried to take a photo of the yeti claim that when he looks into a person’s eyes for a long time, he falls into a semi-conscious state, ceasing to be aware of his own actions. Maybe that's why many people simply forget to get and connect the equipment to take photos and videos about Bigfoot?
Interesting fact. All eyewitnesses claim to have seen a yeti man and a yeti woman. Moreover, in different parts of the world. So Bigfoot not only exists, but multiplies? Where do Yeti actually live?
So who is the snow yeti really? An alien or the progenitor of the human race, who somehow managed to survive, retaining primitive features? Perhaps the Yeti is the result of an unsuccessful experiment in crossing a primate and a human? It is known that such experiments were carried out by the Third Reich, but no documentary evidence has been preserved.
Yeti Bigfoot Habitat - Africa or Asia?
In the annals of the Buddhist temples of Tibet, ancient records of the meetings of monks with mysterious creatures of enormous growth, completely covered with hair, have been preserved. It was in this part of Asia that Bigfoot, the Yeti, was first discovered. By the way, the yeti is translated as "a creature that lives among the stones."
Interesting fact. The first reports of Bigfoot appeared in the world press in the mid-1950s. Their authors were climbers who were trying to climb the peak of Everest and were looking for suitable paths among the Himalayan rocks. The adventurers were replaced by groups of scientists, intrigued by the stories of the athletes. So, the hunt for the legendary yeti has begun.
Plaster cast of Bigfoot Yeti footprint found in Tibet
The premise for the first serious study of the Yeti Bigfoot was a series of fairly clear photographs taken by Eric Shipton during an expedition to the Himalayas (1951). The pictures were taken in Menlung Glasir, which is located at an altitude of 6705 m. The photo shows footprints of a yeti, their size is 31.25 by 16.25 cm. serious attempts to understand the origin of Sasquatch and Bigfoot.
Bigfoot Yeti in Russia
The Yeti phenomenon was also studied in Russia, namely in the Caucasus region. This was done by the historian B. Porshnev, and later D. Kofman. Numerous stories of local residents about meetings with Bigfoot, covered with hair and having huge growth, confirmed the food stocks found by the researchers. Caucasian bigfoots are shy, when they see a person, they instantly disappear. According to eyewitnesses, a haze appears before the eyes, and when it disappears, the yetis seem to evaporate.
Interesting fact. Back in the 19th century, Przhevalsky, who was exploring the Gobi, also encountered Bigfoot. However, the Russian government was afraid to allocate money for an additional expedition. Fear was fueled by statements by clergy who spoke of the Yeti as beings from hell.
Meetings with the Bigfoot Yeti took place in Kazakhstan, where they even have a name kiik-adam - “wild man”, and in Azerbaijan, the locals called Bigfoot Biabanguli.
Presumably the parking lot of snowmen in the north of Russia
A hunter in the Chelyabinsk region almost ran into a bigfoot head-on. In 2012, in Chelyabinsk, a local ranger had to meet a humanoid creature, in which the hunter immediately recognized the legendary Bigfoot. According to the hunter, “goosebumps ran through his body,” but this did not stop him from making a video about the Yeti on his mobile phone.
Since that time, Yeti Bigfoot visits to the Chelyabinsk region have become more frequent. It is noteworthy that they are not afraid to leave, and come very close to places inhabited by people. Perhaps the Yeti has become so numerous that they are trying to expand the boundaries of their habitat?
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