Bigfoot / Yeti / Abominable Snowman thread

[Laird]

A thread for general discussion and sharing of resources about the alleged entities going by those names. It's probably best if we keep reported sightings to the Cryptozoological accounts thread though, unless there's something particularly revealing about the nature of these creatures in the account.

Here's a resource to kick things off: When Bigfoot Gets Artistic – Or Doesn’t by Nick Redfern at Mysterious Universe. It's a somewhat ambivalent article which seems to want to present a possibility that might not really be true, but it's interesting at any rate: the possibility that "striking and consistent stick and tree structures in the forest, especially in areas with a long history of Sasquatch encounters", are "signs of Sasquatch habitation" and that whereas some researchers "assume they are markers of territory or acts of aggression", according to some Native American Elders and First Nation Tribes of Canada they might also be "mark[ings] and commemorat[ations] [of] the birth of a new member of a Sasquatch Family or a Marker of a colony".

[Laird]

Here's an account retold on the Phantoms and Monsters blog that is particularly revealing about the nature of these creatures:

Bigfoot / Cryptids: The Flesh & Blood vs. Supernatural Paradox

I did contact a "Bigfoot team" that showed up within 72 hours of this. No evidence was found. No footprints, hair, nothing.

Lon then asks of the account - by "a retired special forces sniper" in Maud, Oklahoma on 15 April 2010 - that he has just retold:

Could this have been (what I refer to) an interdimensional Sasquatch? Here are links for those who have not read it - Interdimensional Sasquatch and The Bigfoot Paradox. I've maintained, for over a decade, that Sasquatch and other cryptids may be something other than just a flesh and blood terrestrial beings. There have been countless sightings (including myself) of these creatures as compared to the amount of physical evidence retrieved. This fact has forced me to question the true nature of these beasts. Is Sasquatch a multidimensional entity? Is it possible that Sasquatch has the ability to move in and out of this plane of existence into an alternative universe? Perhaps this creature and other cryptids are simply not an earthbound entity because it is actually extraterrestrial or of alien origin. Or maybe it has traveled back from the future earth and is a creature that will one day inhabit our planet. Then again, is it possible that those alien beings and strange entities that are witnessed everyday in our present world are simply our descendants from the earth's future who are just paying us a visit?

[Ninshub]

Multiple Bigfoot Sightings Reported at Oklahoma Urban Wilderness Area

Mar 31, 2020

Several people visiting a hiking destination in Oklahoma over the weekend claim to have spotted what they believe may have been Bigfoot. The weird spate of sightings occurred at the Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area, which is a spacious piece of undeveloped land in Tulsa that has become a particularly popular outdoor escape for residents who have been exercising self-isolation at home in response to the coronavirus crisis.

However, it would seem that those who recently ventured to the site got more than merely a breath of fresh air. According to a social media post from the administrators of the wilderness area on Monday afternoon, "over the weekend, we received dozens of calls and messages reporting a 'sighting.'" Attached to the statement were a series of visitors' photographs, of varying quality, that appeared to show a hairy bipedal creature lurking in the wilderness.

Multiple Bigfoot Sightings Reported at Oklahoma Urban Wilderness Area

Mar 31, 2020

I'm not too good at this topic (of trying to identify creatures in the woods from a distance), Steve001 will vouch for that. I can see it's not a wild boar (I lost all credibility last time with that stab at it)

It looks to me like a bloke in a big foot costume heading into the trees to relive himself.

I should add that I've never seen any evidence that I personally find compelling around Big Foot, but that's just my opinion.

I should add that I've never seen any evidence that I personally find compelling around Big Foot, but that's just my opinion.

It has seemed to me that people like a good story, it may be true, it may not, but it is the story itself which excites (some) people, hence it gets shared, acquires legendary status.

On the other hand, in the few instances where there has been something solid and substantial to investigate, it turns out to be a boar bear or something quite ordinary.

[Laird]

According to Rob Schwarz of Stranger Dimensions, those sightings are not legit.

Recent ‘Bigfoot Sightings’ Turn Out to Be Social Distancing PSA

Some Bigfoot evidence is just too good to be true.

A seemingly great batch appeared in Oklahoma on March 30, 2020, when the Tulsa River Parks Authority shared a group of images on their Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area Facebook page.

Unfortunately, it just turned out to be some guy — that is, Ryan Howell, who wore a Bigfoot costume as part of a Tulsa River Parks viral campaign to remind everyone to practice social distancing while out on the trails.

[Laird]

Could we, though, going forward please keep sighting reports like this to the Cryptozoological accounts thread unless they shed light on the nature of these alleged creatures?

Edit: I've renamed that thread to "Cryptozoological accounts and sightings" for clarity.

[Ninshub]

Sorry about that, Laird. Will try to be careful.