Big Foot

Bigfoot HoaxBig Foot, aka, the "Sasquatch" is "big" in the Pacific Northwest (pun definitely intended). He is so big that he has his own music festival named after him, and countless websites dedicated to sightings of him or his footprints, which are larger than the average bear's.

A Google search for "Sasquatch" excepting the results with "music" yielded 1,270,00 pages. Since my own Sasquatch grant funding request was denied by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, I am unable to verify whether the sightings were in fact legitimate, or give you more than my own honest perceptions of the misunderstood beast after "careful" research on the net.

BFRO (Big Foot Researchers Organization) is the best known web site for Sasquatch enthusiasists and trackers and intrepid adventurers interested in large animals. While I was more than a little facetious in referring to my own mythological grant request, these scientists are not. On the site, they carefully document the research for and against the creature and have come to the conclusion, that "Yes, there is in fact a Sasquatch".  This is largely based on the "Patterson Evidence", which they claim is not a hoax. The site also contains useful information about the dangers of Bigfoot, the locations of the sightings, and the number of Bigfoots running around out there. In case you are wondering, the Bigfoot population is estimated to be between 2000-6000, so be sure to have your running shoes handy in event of a sighting. Fortunately, there have only been two documented attacks by the sometimes gentle giants; however, in my own humble opinion, it is unwise to aggravate any large animal with claws and teeth.

As informative as the site is, it does not mention what to do if you meet a Sasquatch in the wild. I'm not sure whether it would be wiser to stay and fight it as in the case of the brown bear who is actually easier to scare or if it would be more similar to a Grizzly in ferocity (in which case you would be seriously screwed) so I myself, as a relative laymen into the field of Sasquatchology, do not know what to recommend.

For those of you who trust Wikipedia infinitely, you will be happy to note that you have nothing to fear as the Wikipedia site devoted to the Sasquatch debunks myth after myth about the creature. However, Wikipedia is not as infallible as it should be, so please do your research carefully before venturing out into the woods.