Bigfoot is a legendary humanoid creature. Big Foot

, "Ramayana" ("rakshasas"), folklore different peoples(faun, satyr and strong in Ancient Greece, yeti in Tibet and Nepal, byabangguli in Azerbaijan, chuchunny, chuchunaa in Yakutia, almas in Mongolia, ieren, maoren and en-khsung in China, kiikadam and albasty in Kazakhstan, goblin, shish and shishiga among Russians, divas in Persia (and Ancient Rus'), virgins and albasty in the Pamirs, shurale and yarymtyk among the Kazan Tatars and Bashkirs, arsuri among the Chuvash, pitsen among the Siberian Tatars, sasquatch in Canada, teryk, girkychavylyin, myrygdy, kiltan, arynk, arysa, rakkem, julia in Chukotka, sweet potato, sedapa and orangpendek in Sumatra and Kalimantan, agogwe, kakundakari and quilomba in Africa, etc.).

Plutarch wrote that there was a case of the capture of a satyr by the soldiers of the Roman general Sulla. Diodorus Siculus claimed that several satyrs were sent to the tyrant Dionysius. These strange creatures were depicted on the vases of ancient Greece, Rome and Carthage.

An Etruscan silver jug ​​in the Roman Museum of Prehistory depicts a scene of armed hunters on horseback chasing a huge ape-man. And in the psalter of Queen Mary, dating back to the 14th century, an attack by a flock of dogs on a man covered with hair is depicted.

Bigfoot eyewitnesses

At the beginning of the 15th century, the Turks captured a European named Hans Schiltenberger and sent him to the court of Tamerlane, who handed over the captive to the retinue of the Mongol prince Edigey. Shiltenberger nevertheless managed to return to Europe in 1472 and published a book about his adventures, in which, among other things, he mentioned wild people:

High in the mountains lives a wild tribe that has nothing to do with all other people. The skin of these creatures is covered with wool, which is absent only on their palms and faces. They run over the mountains like wild animals, feed on foliage, grass and everything that can be found. The local ruler presented Yedigei as a gift of two forest people- a man and a woman captured in dense thickets.

The Indians of the northwestern United States and Western Canada believe in the existence of wild people. In 1792, the Spanish botanist and naturalist José Mariano Mosigno wrote:

I don’t know what to say about Matlox, a mountain dweller who brings everyone into indescribable horror. According to the descriptions, this is a real monster: his body is covered with hard black bristles, his head resembles a human, but much larger, his fangs are more powerful and sharper than those of a bear, his arms are incredibly long, and on his fingers and toes there are long curved claws.

Turgenev and the President of the United States personally encountered Bigfoot

Our compatriot great writer Ivan Turgenev, while hunting in Polissya, personally encountered Bigfoot. He told Flaubert and Maupassant about it, and the latter described it in his memoirs.

« While still young, he(Turgenev) somehow hunted in the Russian forest. He wandered all day and in the evening came to the bank of a quiet river. It flowed under the canopy of the trees, all overgrown with grass, deep, cold, pure. The hunter was seized by an irresistible desire to plunge into this clear water.

Undressing, he threw himself at her. He was tall, strong, strong and a good swimmer. He calmly surrendered to the will of the current, which quietly carried him away. Herbs and roots touched his body, and light touch stems was nice.

Suddenly, a hand touched his shoulder. He quickly turned around and saw a strange creature that was looking at him with a greedy curiosity. 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 from the front. Long matted hair, reddened by the sun, framed her face and flowed behind her back.

Turgenev felt a wild, chilling fear of the supernatural. Without thinking, without trying to understand, comprehend what it is, he swam with all his might to the shore. But the monster swam even faster and touched his neck, back and legs with a joyful squeal.

Finally, the young man, mad with fear, reached the shore and ran as fast as he could through the forest, leaving his clothes and gun behind. Strange creature followed him. It ran just as fast and still squealed.

The exhausted fugitive - his legs gave way from horror - was about to fall down when a boy armed with a whip came running, tending a herd of goats. He began to whip the hideous humanoid beast, which took off running, uttering cries of pain. Soon this creature, similar to a female gorilla, disappeared into the thickets.».

As it turned out, the shepherd had already met this creature before. He told the master that this was just a local holy fool, who had long gone to live in the forest and completely ran wild there. Turgenev, however, noticed that hair does not grow all over the body from running wild.

Met Bigfoot and US President Theodore Roosevelt. He included this story, artistically processed, in his book The Hunter of Wild Beasts. The story takes place in the Beet Mountains, between the states of Idaho and Montana. From there, by the way, evidence of meetings with bigfoots is still coming.

In the first half of the 19th century, a trapper (that is, a hunter setting traps) Bauman and his friend explored a wild gorge. Their camp was constantly ravaged by some huge creature, moving on two, not four legs. The attacks took place either at night or during the day in the absence of hunters, and therefore it was not possible to properly examine the creature. Once a comrade remained in the camp, and Bauman, returning, found him torn to pieces. The footprints surrounding the body were identical to those of a human, but looked much larger.

Bigfoot kids

A very curious meeting with bigfoot in 1924 awaited lumberjack Albert Ostman. He spent the night in a sleeping bag in the woods near Vancouver. Big Foot grabbed it, put it on his shoulder right in the sack and carried it. He walked for about three hours and brought Ostman to the cave, where, in addition to the yeti who abducted him, his wife and two children also turned out to be.

They didn’t eat the lumberjack, but they received it quite hospitably: they offered to eat spruce shoots, which the Bigfoot ate. Ostman refused and survived for a week on canned food from his backpack, which big Foot thoughtfully took it with him.

But soon Ostman understood the reason for such hospitality: he was being prepared as a husband for the already grown daughter of the head of the family. Imagining the wedding night, Ostman decided to take a chance and poured snuff into the food of the hospitable hosts.

While they were rinsing their mouths, he rushed out of the cave with all his might. For many years he did not tell anyone about his adventure and when asked where he disappeared for a whole week, he simply remained silent. But when there was talk about Bigfoot, the old man's tongue loosened.

Yeti woman

It is documented that in the 19th century in Abkhazia in the village of Tkhina, a woman Zana lived with people, similar to Bigfoot and having several children from people, who subsequently integrated normally into human society. Here is how eyewitnesses described it:

Reddish fur covered her greyish-black coat, and the hair on her head was longer than on her whole body. She let out inarticulate cries, but she could not learn to speak. Her large face with prominent cheekbones, a strongly protruding jaw, powerful brow ridges and large white teeth was distinguished by a ferocious expression.

In 1964, Boris Porshnev, author of a book about the relic hominid, met with some of Zana's granddaughters. According to his description, the skin of these granddaughters - they were called Chalikva and Taya - was dark, Negroid type, chewing muscles- strongly developed, and the jaws - extremely powerful.

Porshnev even managed to question the villagers who, as children, attended the funeral of Zana in the 1880s.

The Russian zoologist K. A. Satunin, who in 1899 saw a female relic hominid in the Talysh Mountains in the south of the Caucasus, draws attention to the fact that “the movements of the creature were completely human.”

Bigfoot in captivity

In the 20s of the XX century, several yeti, imprisoned and, after unsuccessful interrogations, shot as basmachi.

The story of the warden of this prison is known. He watched two bigfoot located in the camera. One was young, healthy, strong, he could not come to terms with lack of freedom and raged all the time. The other, the old one, sat quietly. They ate nothing but raw meat. When one of the commanders saw that the warder was feeding these prisoners only raw meat, he shamed him:

“You can’t do that, after all, people ...

According to the people who participated in the fight against the Basmachi, there were still about 50 such subjects, which, due to their “wildness”, did not pose a danger to the population of Central Asia and the revolution, and it was very difficult to catch them.

The certificate of the lieutenant colonel of the medical service is known Soviet army B. S. Karapetyan, who in 1941 examined a live Bigfoot caught in Dagestan. He described his encounter with the yeti as follows:

« Together with two representatives of local authorities, I entered the barn ... Until now, I see, as if in reality, a male creature that has arisen in front of me, completely naked, barefoot.

Without a doubt, this was a man, with a completely human body, despite the fact that his chest, back and shoulders were covered with shaggy dark brown hair 2-3 centimeters long, very similar to a bear.

Below the chest, this hair was rarer and softer, and on the palms and soles it was not at all. Only sparse hair grew on the roughened wrists, but the luxuriant hair of the head, very rough to the touch, descended to the shoulders and partially covered the forehead.

Although the entire face was covered with sparse vegetation, the beard and mustache were absent. Sparse, short hair also grew around the mouth.

The man stood perfectly straight, his arms at his sides. His height was slightly above average - about 180 cm, however, he seemed to tower over me, standing with a protruding mighty chest. And in general, he was much larger than any local resident. His eyes expressed absolutely nothing: empty and indifferent, they were the eyes of an animal. Yes, in fact, he was an animal, nothing more.».

Unfortunately, during the retreat of our army, the hominid was shot.

Bigfoot in the Himalayas

But most of all, the Bigfoot from the Himalayas became famous, relic hominids are called the local “yeti” there.

For the first time about these unusual inhabitants mountains became known from the notes of British officers and officials who served in India. The author of the first mention is considered to be B. Hodgson, from 1820 to 1843 the plenipotentiary of Great Britain at the court of the King of Nepal. He described in some detail how, during his journey through Northern Nepal, the porters were horrified to see a hairy tailless creature that looked like a man.

Several Buddhist monasteries claim to have yeti remains, including scalps. Western researchers have long been interested in these relics, and in 1960 Edmund Hillary managed to obtain a scalp from the Khumjung monastery for scientific examination.

Around the same time, relics from several other Tibetan monasteries were also explored. In particular, the mummified hand of Bigfoot. The results of the examination were questioned by many, and there were supporters of versions of both a fake and an incomprehensible artifact.

Snow people hiding in the Pamir caves

Major General of the Soviet Army M. S. Topilsky recalled how in 1925 he pursued with his unit the Bigfoot hiding in the Pamir caves. One of the prisoners said that in one of the caves he and his comrades were attacked by several creatures similar to great apes. Topilsky explored the cave, where he discovered the corpse of a mysterious creature. In his report, he wrote:

« At first glance, it seemed to me that it was really a great ape: the hair covered the body from head to toe. However, I am well aware that great apes are not found in the Pamirs.

Looking closely, I saw that the corpse resembled a human one. We tugged at the fur, suspecting that it was a disguise, but it turned out to be natural and belonged to the creature.

Then we measured the body, turning it over several times on its stomach and back again, and our doctor carefully examined it, after which it became obvious that the corpse was not a human either.

The body belonged to a male creature, about 165-170 cm tall, judging by gray hair in several places, middle-aged or even advanced... His face was dark in color, without a mustache and beard. There were bald patches at the temples, and thick, matted hair covered the back of the head.

The dead man was lying open eyes baring his teeth. The eyes were dark in color, and the teeth were large and even, shaped like a human. The forehead is low, with powerful brow ridges. Strongly protruding cheekbones made the face of the creature Mongoloid. The nose is flat, with a deeply concave bridge of the nose. The ears are hairless, pointed, and the lobes are longer than those of a human. The lower jaw is extremely massive. The creature had a powerful chest and well-developed muscles».

Bigfoot in Russia

There were many meetings with Bigfoot in Russia as well. The most remarkable, perhaps, took place in 1989 in Saratov region. The guards of the collective farm garden, having heard a suspicious noise in the branches, caught a certain humanoid creature eating apples, in all respects similar to the notorious yeti.

However, this became clear when the stranger was already tied up: before that, the watchmen thought that this was just a thief. When they were convinced that the stranger did not understand human language, and in general did not look too much like a person, they loaded him into the trunk of a Zhiguli and called the police, the press and the authorities. But the yeti managed to untie himself, opened the trunk and ran away. When, a few hours later, all those summoned arrived at the collective farm garden, the watchmen found themselves in a very awkward position.

Bigfoot caught on video

Actually, there are hundreds of evidence of meetings of different proximity with Bigfoot. The material evidence is much more interesting. Two researchers were able to film Bigfoot in 1967 with a movie camera. These 46 seconds have become a real sensation in the world of science. Professor D. D. Donskoy, head of the Department of Biomechanics of the Central Institute of Physical Education, comments on this short film as follows:

« After repeated consideration of the gait of a bipedal creature and a detailed study of postures on photographic prints from film, the impression remains of a well-automated, highly advanced system of movements. All private movements are united into a single whole, into a well-established system. The movements are well-coordinated, repeating the same from step to step, which can only be explained by the steady interaction of all muscle groups.

Finally, we can note such a sign that cannot be accurately described as the expressiveness of movements ... This is typical for deeply automatic movements with their high perfection ...

All this taken together makes it possible to evaluate the creature's gait as natural, without noticeable signs of artificiality, characteristic of various kinds of deliberate imitations. The considered gait of a creature for a person is completely atypical».

The English biomechanic Dr. D. Grieve, who was very skeptical about relic hominids, wrote:

« The possibility of forgery is excluded».

After the death of one of the film's writers, Patterson, his film was declared a forgery, but no evidence was presented. It is worth recognizing that the notorious yellow press, in pursuit of sensations, often not only invents them, but also loves to expose the past, both imaginary and real. So far, there is no reason not to recognize this film as a documentary.

Despite a lot of evidence (sometimes from people who deserve absolute trust), the vast majority scientific world refuses to acknowledge Bigfoot's existence. The reasons are that the bones of wild people, not to mention the living wild man, have not yet been allegedly found.

Meanwhile, a number of examinations (we talked about some of them above) made it possible to come to the conclusion that the remains presented cannot belong to anyone recognized by science. What's the matter? Or are we once again facing the Procrustean bed of modern science?

Many myths and legends of the world closely echo real events and meetings that defy explanation. Bigfoot is one of the most controversial figures in history. Although its existence has not been proven, there are eyewitnesses who claim to have met a real yeti.

The origin of the yeti image

The first mention of the existence of a huge, hairy humanoid creature living in the mountains is found in. There is a record that a humanoid creature of incredible size inhabits this territory, possessing the instinct of survival and self-preservation.

The term Bigfoot first appeared thanks to people who went on expeditions and conquered the snow-capped peaks of the Tibetan mountains. They claimed to have seen huge footprints in the snow belonging to. Now this term is considered obsolete, as it became known that Yeti prefer mountain forests, not snow.

While there is an active discussion among scientists around the world about who the Bigfoot is - myth or reality, the inhabitants of the mountainous local eastern countries, and especially Tibet, Nepal and some regions of China, are absolutely sure of its existence and even often go out with yeti to contact. In the middle of the XX century. The government of Nepal even recognized the existence of the Yeti at the official level.

By law, anyone who can discover the habitat of Bigfoot will receive a large monetary reward.

Based on this, it can be said that the yeti is a mythical or real humanoid animal that lives in the mountain forests of Tibet, Nepal and some other areas.

Description of the appearance of the yeti

From Tibetan legends and eyewitness observations, you can learn a lot about what Bigfoot looks like. Character traits his looks:

• Yeti belongs to the family of hominids, which includes the most developed individuals of primates, i.e. humans and great apes.
• A feature of such creatures is their extremely a big increase. The average adult of this species can reach from 3 to 4.5 m.
• Yeti's arms are disproportionately long and almost reach the feet.
• The whole body of a snowman is covered with wool. It can be gray or black.
• It is believed that the females of this species of hominids differ so much big size breasts that during fast travel they have to throw them over their shoulders.

The Yeti family is the American and South American Bigfoot. In some sources it is called Bolshenogiy.

The nature and lifestyle of the creature

Despite his appearance, Yeti is far from aggressive, has a relatively balanced and peaceful character. They avoid contact with people and deftly climb trees, like monkeys.

Yetis are omnivores, but prefer fruits. They live in caves, but there are suggestions that some species that live deep in the forest are able to build their own houses in trees.

Hominids are capable of reaching unprecedented speeds of up to 80 km / h, which is why they are so difficult to catch. Not a single attempt to catch the Yeti was successful.

Yeti encounters in reality

History knows many cases of meeting a person with a yeti. Typically, the protagonists of such stories are hunters and people leading a hermitic lifestyle in a forest or mountainous area.

Yeti is one of the main subjects of study for people who are fond of cryptozoology. This is a pseudoscientific direction that searches for evidence of the existence of mythical and legendary creatures. Often cryptozoologists are simple enthusiasts without higher scientific education. To this day, they put a lot of effort into capturing the mythical creature.

For the first time, footprints of Bigfoot were discovered in the Himalayan mountains in 1899. The witness was an Englishman by the name of Weddel. According to an eyewitness, he did not find the animal itself.

One of the official mentions of a meeting with a yeti dates back to 2014 during a mountain expedition of professional climbers. Forwarders conquered the highest point of the Himalayan mountains - Chomolungma. There, at the very top, they first noticed giant footprints located at a fairly large distance between them. Later, they saw a broad, hairy figure of a humanoid creature, reaching a height of 4 m.

Scientific refutation of the existence of the yeti

In 2017, Doctor of Biological Sciences Pyotr Kamensky gave an interview for the scientific publication Arguments and Facts, in which he proved the impossibility of the Yeti's existence. He used several arguments.

On this moment There are no places left unexplored by man on Earth. The last major primate species was discovered over 100 years ago. openings contemporary figures sciences are mostly rare small plants, etc. Yeti is too big to be able to constantly hide from explorers, zoologists and ordinary inhabitants of highlands. Yeti population size plays a big role. It is clear that in order to maintain the existence of a separate species in one locality, at least several dozen individuals must live. Hiding so many huge hominids is not an easy task.

The vast majority of evidence in favor of the existence of Bigfoot turned out to be falsification.

Yeti image in popular culture

Like many other folklore and mythical creatures, the image of Bigfoot is actively used in art and various manifestations of mass culture. Including literature, film industry and computer video games. The character is endowed with both positive and negative traits.

Bigfoot in literature

The Yeti character is actively used in their works by writers all over the world. The image of a huge hairy hominid is found both in science fiction, mystical novels, popular science works, and in children's books.

Yeti plays one of the main roles in the novel by the American science fiction writer Frederick Brown "The Horror of the Himalayas". The events of the book unfold in the Himalayan mountains during the filming of the movie. Unexpectedly, the actress who played in the film leading role, kidnaps yeti - a huge humanoid monster.

In the science fiction series "The Flat World" by the famous British prose writer Terry Pratchett, the yeti is one of the main ones. They are distant relatives of the giant trolls that live in the area. permafrost beyond the Ovtsepik mountains. They have snow-white fur, can subdue the passage of time, and their giant feet are considered a powerful aphrodisiac.

The children's fantasy novel In Search of the Yeti by Alberto Melis tells the adventure of a team of explorers who set out to the Tibetan mountains in order to save Bigfoot from the ubiquitous hunters.

Character in computer games

Bigfoot can be called one of the most frequent characters computer games. Usually live in the tundra and other icy locations. For games, there is a standard image of Bigfoot - a creature that resembles something in between a gorilla and a man, gigantic growth with white and thick fur. This coloration helps them effectively camouflage in environment. Lead predatory image life and pose a danger to travelers. Brute force is used in combat. The main fear is fire.

Bigfoot and its history

Bigfoot or Sasquatch is a relative of the Tibetan Bigfoot, inhabiting the forest and mountainous areas of the American continent. The term first appeared in the late sixties thanks to the American bulldozer Roy Wallace, who discovered footprints around his house that resembled human ones in shape, but reached enormous sizes. Roy's story quickly gained popularity in the press, and the animal was recognized as a relative of the Tibetan Bigfoot.

After almost 9 years, Roy presented a short video footage to the media. In the video, you can see how the female bigfoot moves through the forest. This video has long been on the examination and all kinds of scientists and not only. Many recognized him as real.

After Roy's death, his friends and relatives admitted that all Wallace's stories were just fiction, and the confirmations were falsifications.

• For footprints, he used ordinary boards carved in the shape of large feet.
• The video showed the bulldozer operator's wife dressed in a suit.
• Other materials that Roy regularly showed to the public turned out to be false.

Although Roy's story turned out to be false, this does not mean that there are no anthropoid hominids in America. There are many more stories in which the Sasquatch appears as the main character. The Indians, the indigenous inhabitants of America, claim that huge hominids lived on the continent long before they themselves.

Outwardly, the bigfoot looks almost the same as its Tibetan cousin, Bigfoot. The main differences are that the maximum height of an adult reaches 3.5 m. The color of the American Bigfoot is red or brown.

Albert captured by Bigfoot

In the seventies, one Albert Ostman, who worked all his life as a lumberjack in Vancouver, Canada, told his story about how he lived in captivity with a Bigfoot family.

At that time, Albert was only 19 years old. After work, he stayed overnight on the outskirts of the forest in a sleeping bag. In the middle of the night, someone huge and strong grabbed the sack along with Albert. As it turned out later, Bigfoot stole him and took him to a cave where a female and two children also lived. The creatures did not behave aggressively towards the lumberjack, but rather treated him as humans treat pets. A week later, the guy still managed to escape.

Bigfoot History at Michelin Farm

At the beginning of the XX century. in Canada, unusual events took place on the farm of the Michelin family for some time. For 2 years they were faced with bigfoot, which simply disappeared over time. Over time, the Michelin family shared some stories from encounters with this creature.

For the first time they encountered Bigfoot face to face when they youngest daughter played near the forest. There she noticed a large, hairy creature that reminded her of a man. When Bigfoot saw the girl, he headed towards her. Then she began to scream and men with guns came running, frightening off an unknown monster.

The next time the girl saw a hominid was when she was doing household chores. It was noon. She raised her eyes to the window, then faced the gaze of that same Bigfoot, who was now intently watching her through the glass. This time the girl screamed again. Parents with a gun ran to her aid and drove the creature away with shots.

The last time Bigfoot came to the farm was at night. There he ran into dogs that were barking loudly, causing him to disappear. After that, the hominid did not appear again at the Michelin farm.

History of the frozen bigfoot

One of the most sensational stories related to the meeting of a man and a yeti is the story of an American military pilot Frank Hansen. In 1968, Frank appeared at a well-known touring exhibition. He had an unusual exhibit - a huge refrigerator, inside of which there was a block of ice. Inside this block, one could see the body of a humanoid creature, covered with wool.

A year later, Frank allowed two scientists to study the frozen creature. Over time, the FBI began to show interest in Frank's exhibit. They wanted to get the frozen corpse of Bigfoot, but he mysteriously disappeared for many years.

After Hansen's death in 2012, his family admitted that Frank kept a refrigerator with a frozen corpse in his basement for several decades. The pilot's relatives sold the exhibit to Steve Basti, the owner of the Museum of Oddities.

Professional examination of the exhibit

In 1969, Frank Hansen allowed zoologists Eivelmans and Sandersen to inspect the exhibit. They made a small scientific work describing his observations.

Hansen declined to say where he got the Bigfoot corpse from, so zoologists initially assumed it was a Neanderthal that had been preserved in a block of ice since the Stone Age. Then it was found that the creature died from a bullet wound to the head and was in the ice for no more than 2-3 years.

1. The individual was male, and reached almost 2 m in height. The peculiarity was that the entire body of the hominid was covered with thick, long black hair, which is absolutely not typical for people, even in the presence of diseases of excessive hairline.
2. The proportions of the Bigfoot body are quite close to human, but more reminiscent of the physique of a Neanderthal. Broad shoulders, too short neck, convex chest. The limbs also differed in their prehistoric proportions: the legs are shorter than human, arched, and the arms are too long and almost reach the heels of the hominid.
3. Bigfoot's facial features are also more reminiscent of the appearance of Neanderthals.
4. A small forehead, a large mouth without lips, a large nose with swollen eyebrows that are very close to the eyes.
5. Feet and palms are much larger and wider than human, and fingers are shorter.

Confession of Frank Hansen

There he wrote that one day he went to the mountain forests to hunt. He set off on the trail of a deer, which he had been tracking for some time, and quite unexpectedly saw a picture that shocked him. Three huge hominids, covered with black hair from head to toe, stood around a dead deer with its stomach open and finished eating its insides. One of them noticed Frank and went to the hunter. Frightened, the man shot him directly in the head. Hearing the sound of a shot, the other two Bigfoots ran away.

Bigfoot is a humanoid creature allegedly found in the highlands of the Earth. There is an opinion that this is a relic hominid, that is, a mammal belonging to the order of primates and the genus man, which has survived to this day from the time of human ancestors. Carl Linnaeus designated it as lat. Homo troglodytes (caveman).

Description of Bigfoot

Judging by hypotheses and unconfirmed evidence, Bigfoot differ from us in a denser physique, a pointed skull, longer arms, a short neck and a massive lower jaw, and relatively short hips. They have hair all over their body - black, red or gray. Dark faces. The hair on the head is longer than on the body. The mustache and beard are very sparse and short. They have a strong unpleasant odor. They are good at climbing trees. It is alleged that the mountain populations of Bigfoot live in caves, forest people build nests on tree branches.

Ideas about Bigfoot and his various local counterparts are very interesting from the point of view of ethnography. The image of a huge scary person can reflect natural fears of darkness, the unknown, relationships with mystical forces among different peoples. It is possible that people with unnatural hair or feral people are mistaken for Bigfoot.

If relict hominids exist, then they live in small groups, probably married couples. They can move on their hind limbs. Growth should range from 1 to 2.5 m; in most cases 1.5-2 m; it was reported about the meeting with the largest individuals in the mountains (Yeti) and in (Sasquatch). In Sumatra, Kalimantan, and in most cases, growth did not exceed 1.5 m. There are suggestions that the observed relict hominids belong to several different types to at least three.

Bigfoot Existence

Most modern scientists believe Bigfoot is a myth.

Currently, there is not a single representative of the species living in captivity, not a single skeleton or skin. However, there are allegedly hair, footprints and dozens of photographs, videos (poor quality) and audio recordings. The reliability of this evidence is in doubt. For a long time, one of the most compelling pieces of evidence has been a short film directed by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967 in Northern California. The footage was said to be of a female Bigfoot.

However, in 2002, after the death of Ray Wallace, for whom this shooting was made, there were testimonies of his relatives and acquaintances who said (however, without presenting any physical evidence) that the whole story with the "American Yeti" was from the beginning to the end is rigged; forty-centimeter "Yeti footprints" were made by artificial forms, and the filming was a staged episode with a man in a specially tailored monkey suit. This was a serious blow to enthusiasts trying to find Bigfoot.

Publications about Bigfoot have long moved from the category of world sensations to the category of entertaining reading matter. Back in the 1970s famous journalist Yaroslav Golovanov noted that yeti worth the "stigma of a smile." And in recent years, almost not a single journalistic investigation on this topic can do without a certain amount of scoffing.

Representatives of "big" science call the researchers of the problem amateurs, arrogantly rejecting their discoveries. Nevertheless, research in this area continues and is replenished with more and more new evidence. DISCOVERY magazine begins a series of articles about Bigfoot and other unknown, controversial and extinct creatures.

It is generally accepted that in Russia the study of Bigfoot began a century ago. Back in 1914, the zoologist Vitaly Khakhlov, who since 1907 had been searching for the “wild man” and surveying the local population on the territory of Kazakhstan, sent a letter to the leadership of the Academy of Sciences, in which he substantiated the existence of human-like creatures.

Khakhlov gave them the species name Primihomo asiaticus (the first man of Asia) and insisted on organizing an expedition to find viable individuals. But the letter fell into the category of "not having scientific value”, and the events that followed, including the first World War, and completely postponed the solution of this problem for many decades.

Bigfoot (aka Bigfoot, Yeti and Sasquatch) first attracted the attention of the general public in the 1950s, when climbers from many countries began to "explore" the highest peaks on the planet. A little more than half a century ago, in 1954, the first special expedition to search for the yeti in the Himalayas took place.

It was organized by the British tabloid Daily Mail on the initiative and under the direction of the newspaper's employee, journalist Ralph Izzard. The impetus for the preparation of the expedition was photographs of the traces of a mysterious bipedal creature in the snow, taken by the Englishman Eric Shipton during the climb to Everest in 1951.

Evidence has been found in high-altitude monasteries proving that the Himalayas are inhabited (or at least lived) by huge humanoid creatures covered with wool.

Izzard very thoughtfully approached the preparations of the expedition, which took almost three years. During this time, he got acquainted with all the publications on the topic in the libraries different countries, carefully selected specialists for the main part of the expedition, agreed on the assistance of Sherpas - the indigenous inhabitants of the high mountains of the Himalayas.

And although Izzard did not catch Bigfoot (and such a task was also set), many reports of meetings with him were recorded, and evidence was found in high-mountain monasteries proving that huge humanoid creatures live (or at least lived) in the Himalayas covered with wool. According to the descriptions of local residents, an English anthropologist, the son of emigrants of the first wave, Vladimir Chernetsky recreated the appearance of the Yeti.

A unique photograph taken during an expedition in the forest near Vyatka (Orichevsky district) in 200B: a shaggy creature moving on two legs was filmed from a distance of about 200 meters, after which it ran away, leaving giant footprints.

In 1958, the USSR Academy of Sciences created a "Commission for the Study of Bigfoot" and sent an expensive expedition to search for the Yeti in the Pamir highlands, but, unlike Izzard, did not bother with any serious preparation. The mission was headed by the botanist Kirill Stanyukovich, and among his colleagues there was not a single specialist in large mammals.

Needless to say, the result turned out to be depressing: considerable funds were spent, as they would say today, on “non-targeted expenses”. It cannot be argued that Stanyukovich did not justify the hopes of high officials at all. Based on the data obtained, he created a geobotanical atlas of the Pamir highlands, but after his expedition, the Academy of Sciences officially closed the topic of studying Bigfoot. Since then, all searches for the Yeti in our country have been carried out exclusively by enthusiasts.

YETI ON FILM

Nevertheless, in the short period of its existence, the commission managed to collect a large number of eyewitness reports about meetings with "inhabitants of the mountains". Several editions of information materials have been published. All work was carried out under the guidance of Professor Boris Porshnev, who founded a new direction in the science of man and his origin - hominology.

In 1963, marked "For official use" with a circulation of only 180 copies, his voluminous monograph " Current state question of relict hominids, in which Porshnev outlined the available data and the theory based on them.

These ideas in subsequent years were developed by the professor in articles in popular science publications and summarized by him in the book "On the Beginning of Human History" (1974), which was published after the death of the author. Boris Porshnev died of a heart attack when the publication of this work was canceled at the last moment, and the set of the book was scattered.

In his writings, Porshnev expressed the idea that "snow people" are Neanderthals who have survived to this day, adapted to natural conditions without tools, clothes, fire and, most importantly, speech as a means of communication. Speech, according to the scientist, is the most important distinctive quality of a person, distinguishing him from the rest of the animal world.

In the 1960s, expeditionary work moved mainly to the Caucasus. The main merit in this belongs to the doctor of biological sciences Alexander Mashkovtsev, who traveled along and reproached several regions of the Caucasus and collected rich material.

The expeditionary work was headed and led by Maria-Zhanna Kofman for many years. Participants of the search exchanged information about the results obtained at the meetings of the seminar on the problem of relic hominids, founded in 1960 at the State Darwin Museum in Moscow by the famous naturalist Pyotr Smolin. After Smolin's death, the seminar is headed by Dmitry Bayanov to this day.

While in the USSR the Bigfoot problem was discussed from a theoretical position, in America and Canada there was a serious breakthrough in the field of field searches.

On October 20, 1967, American Roger Patterson managed to film a female hominid in a forest in Northern California and make several plaster casts of her footprints. The film was coldly received by the scientific community, without any study was rejected by the Smithsonian Center and declared a fake. Patterson died five years later from brain cancer, but materials still appear in the press trying to accuse him of falsification.

But back in 1971, Russian hominologists, among whom was your obedient servant, as a result of painstaking research, recognized the film as genuine. Our study of the film is still the most important testament to its truth. American specialists have only recently begun a serious study of it and are already confirming the conclusions made in the USSR almost 40 years ago.

EXAMINATION STUDYING THE PATTERSON FILM, RUSSIAN (THEN SOVIET) SCIENTISTS CONCLUDED THAT IT IS GENUINE. THEY BASED THEIR CONCLUSIONS ON THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENTS:

The exceptional flexibility of the ankle joint of the creature depicted on the film is unattainable for a person.
Greater, compared with a person, the flexibility of the foot itself is in the back direction. Dmitry Bayanov was the first to draw attention to this. Later, the American anthropologist Jeff Meldrum also confirmed this, which he described in his publications.

The Bigfoot's heel protrudes more backwards than a human's. This corresponds to the typical structure of the Neanderthal foot. For a creature of great weight, this is justified from the point of view of the rational application of muscle strength.

In researching the film, Dmitry Donskoy, Ph.D., then head of the Department of Biomechanics at the Institute of Physical Education, came to the conclusion that the creature's gait is completely atypical for Homo sapiens and practically cannot be reproduced.

In the film, the play of muscles on the body and limbs is clearly visible, which rejects the assumptions about the costume. The whole anatomy of the body and especially the low head set distinguishes this creature from modern man.

Measurements of the frequency of vibrations of the hands and comparison with the speed at which the film was shot testify to the high growth of the creature (about 220 cm) and, given the complexion, big weight(exceeding 200 kg).

BIGFOOT CLAN IN TENNESSEE

In December 1968, two world-famous cryptozoologists, Ivan Sanderson (USA) and Bernard Euvelmans (France), examine the frozen corpse of a hairy humanoid creature. Later they publish the report in the scientific press. Euvelmans identified the deceased as a "modern Neanderthal", declaring that Porshnev was right.

Meanwhile, the search for Bigfoot continued in the USSR. The most significant results were given by the work of Maria-Jeanne Kofman in the North Caucasus, the search for Alexandra Burtseva in Kamchatka and Chukotka; very large-scale and fruitful expeditions took place in Tajikistan and the Pamir-Alai under the leadership of Igor Tatsl and Igor Burtsev from Kiev, and in Western Siberia and on Lovozero ( Murmansk region) led the search for Maya Bykova, not in vain, Vladimir Pushkarev collected a lot of information in Komi and Yakutia.

Pushkarev's expedition ended tragically: in September 1978, he went on an expedition alone to the Khanty-Mansiysk District and went missing.

In 1990, search expeditions practically ceased due to a sharp change in the socio-political situation in the territory former USSR. After some time, thanks to the development of the Internet, Russian researchers were able to establish strong contacts with European and overseas colleagues.

In recent years, interest in the Yeti has intensified, and new regions of discovery of hominids have appeared. In 2002, Janice Carter, a farm owner in Tennessee, said in an interview that a whole clan of Bigfoot has been living near her property for more than half a century. According to the woman, the elder of the “snowy” family was about 60 years old, and “acquaintance” with him took place when Janice was only seven years old.

In the next issue, we will take a closer look at this amazing case and the main characters in the story. You will find a story about unique finds and incredible discoveries.

The mysterious creature from Burganef really looks like a Neanderthal

Janice Carter meets Bigfoot. The drawing was made from the words of a woman and accurately shows the proportions of the creature and demonstrates how their communication took place.

Some time ago, Russian hominologists accidentally stumbled upon information that in 1997 in France, at a provincial fair in the town of Bourganef, a frozen body of a “Neanderthal” was shown, allegedly found in the mountains of Tibet and smuggled from China.

There are many unknowns in this story. The owner of the trailer carrying the Neanderthal cold store vanished without a trace shortly after images of the dead Bigfoot's body were leaked to the French press.

The trailer itself has also disappeared with its priceless contents, all attempts to find it for 11 years have been in vain. Photos of the frozen body showed Janice Carter, who with a high degree of probability confirmed that this was not a falsification, but really the corpse of a Bigfoot.

Despite serious difficulties, mainly of a financial nature, research on the Bigfoot problem continues. The recognition of such anthropoid beings as official science will lead to serious changes in many branches of knowledge related to the study of man, will allow one to penetrate the secret of his origin, and will have a serious impact on the development of culture, religion, and medicine. Using the terminology of Porshnev, this will lead to a scientific revolution and to a fundamental revolution in the question of defining a person as such and separating him from the animal world.

An unusual structure made from tree trunks and branches, discovered in Tennessee. Such structures are often found in difficult forests. Their purpose is still unknown, but, apparently, this is how the yetis somehow mark their territory. Igor Burtsev (pictured) is convinced that a huge Bigfoot family lives in Tennessee.

HUMAN AND ANIMAL HYBRID

Even Michel Nostradamus warned about the appearance of a hybrid of man and animal. Vivisection experiments, that is surgical intervention into a living organism in order to create another creature, in particular a person (or similar to him), were carried out back in the 19th century, but they did not lead to anything.

There is no such data about earlier "studies". At least, the doctors and alchemists of the Middle Ages did not resort to such experiments (it was the way to the fire of the Inquisition), being content with attempts to grow homunculi in test tubes.

Experiments on breeding humanoid creatures became widespread (in certain circles) in the early 1920s. A student of academician Ivan Pavlov, biologist Ilya Ivanov, began to conduct experiments on crossing humans and chimpanzees by artificial insemination. The experiments were carried out on volunteers and lasted more than 10 years, until Ivanov's death in 1932, which followed under very mysterious circumstances.

Why were these experiments carried out? The reason is simple at first glance - the possibility of creating some hybrids for working in difficult and harmful conditions and, possibly, for organ donation. However, the results of the experiments are unknown. True, there is unverified evidence that somewhere in the mines, Gulag prisoners met hairy ape-like people.

But is it possible to create such creatures and other humanoid monsters? Geneticists answer this question in the negative, since humans have 46 chromosomes, and chimpanzees have 48, which means that artificial (as well as natural) fertilization is simply impossible. But Ivanov, when exposed to the egg, could well use chemical substances, drugs, radiation and any other potent methods. After all, what is sometimes impossible in nature is quite possible in the laboratory.

JAPANESE VERSION

Japanese climber claims to have uncovered the mystery of Bigfoot, and now with this problem that has been disturbing the minds of seekers for decades mysterious phenomena, finished. After 12 years of research, Ma-koto Nebuka concluded that the legendary yeti from the Himalayas is nothing but Himalayan bear(Ursus thibetanus).

“Reality is rarely as terrifying as the imagination,” says a smiling Nebuka, one of the leading members of the Alpine Club of Japan, at a press conference in Tokyo for the release of his book, summarizing years of research into the Bigfoot problem.

In addition to unique photographs. Nebuka was also engaged in linguistic research. In particular, an analysis of interviews with residents of Nepal, Tibet and Bhutan showed that the notorious "Yeti" is a distorted "Meti", that is, "bear" in the local dialect. And the myth almost became a reality due to the fact that the Tibetans consider the yeti honey to be an omnipotent and terrible creature with supernatural powers.

These concepts combined and became Bigfoot, explains Nebuka. As proof of his position, he shows a photograph of a yeti bear, whose head and paws are kept by one of the Sherpas as a talisman.

DO YOU KNOW THAT...

The name "snowman" is a tracing paper from the Tibetan "metoh kangmi", as this creature is called there.
. Scientists studying Bigfoot agree that the life span of this creature is 250-300 years.
. Cryptozoologists have not only casts of footprints, hair and yeti excrement, but also fragments of his dwelling, built on the ground and on trees. Scientists are convinced that it takes a lot of strength and intelligence to build a structure out of twigs and seal the walls with grass, foliage, earth and excrement.
. Finnish scientists tried to offer the most incredible version of the appearance of Bigfoot. They claimed that the yetis are aliens, and when they disappear, they are transported to their planet.
. In Malaysia, the yeti is considered a deity, they call it "Hantu Yarang Jiji" (in literal translation - "spirit with widely spaced teeth"), and in national park Endow Rompin, there is even a small chapel with a sculpture of a bigfoot, to which believers come to pray.
. The American Society of Cryptozoologists and in Tucson, Arizona, announced a reward of $100,000 to anyone who finds and delivers the corpse of Bigfoot to scientists, and $1 million to those who manage to catch him alive.

Igor Burtsev
Magazine "Discovery" No. 5 2009.

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 whose appearance is something between a man of great stature 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 snow people 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 similar experiments were carried out by the Third Reich, but documentary evidence has not 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 huge growth, completely covered with hair. 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 the town of 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 Bigfoot Yeti also took place in Kazakhstan, where they even have a name kiik-adam - “ wild man", and in Azerbaijan, 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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