Word of the day 2

Lycanthrope
-A werewolf or an alien spirit.

We were hunting a lycanthrope in the woods.

Word of the day 1

Mattock
-A tool used to loosen soil while digging, it is shaped like a pickaxe.

He used the mattock before he started digging.

Bigfoot-A world wide topic

We all know about the Sasquatch aka Bigfoot. A large hairy mythical creature about 7 feet tall weighing 300 pounds and somehow has escaped the human race from knowing they exist. But what you might not know is that in 1840 a missionary named Elkanah Walker wrote a letter depicting a race of giants who have lived in the mountains. He said that the creatures work and hunt at night and would often steal fish from nearby nets and eat them raw. When people awake, the creatures would know when they were coming using their acute sense of smell. Years later in 1884 near Yale, BC a creature was captured which many have been calling a young Bigfoot. The creature weighed about 127 pounds and stood at 4 feet 7 inches at height. But very mysteriously the creature escaped during transport.

An avid hunter and also president of the US Teddy Roosevelt believed the mythical creature. But it was in 1958 that the Sasquatch got popular. Road workers had found strange human like footprints several times and theorized that whatever made them were about 300 pounds heavy. This is when a news report on the footprints received a great amount of controversy. A creature hiding in the mountains that has avoided nearly all contact with the human race.
In 1967 the famous Patterson-Gimlim video was filmed. The video not only gave more evidence for the existence of Bigfoot but also popularized the topic more. This is how we ended up with movies, jokes, drawings, and stories about a race of creatures roaming the mountains, invisible to the human race.

Sources:
"Bigfoot." Narr. Leonard Nimoy. Ancient Mysteries. A&E Television. 15 May. 1997. Video

Bigfoot- Patterson and Gimlins video

Bigfoot is one of the most talked about myths. Believed to be a creature weighing at 500 pounds, stands at an average of 7 feet and it's entire body coated with hair. Although with very little evidence proving it's existence, it is still been a very popular topic. In 1972, one of the most unbelievable evidence of Bigfoot was filmed. Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin were On an expedition in North California, on the search for evidence of Bigfoot. The two men were on horseback and were on the hunt for evidence. When they saw it, a tall hairy creature, they were exited. Not their horses though. The men were thrown off their horses and when on the ground, Patterson took out his camera and filmed 952 frames of what appears to be a tall ape-like animal walking away from their direction. This came to be one of the most controversial evidence ever documented in the history of Bigfoot.

It appeared to be a large animal that was walking in the same manner as humans. It's entire body was covered with black hair. When the two arrived at the creek, the creature was still but immediately turned around and started walking away at the sight of the two. This is the most significant evidence of the existence of the Sasquatch, better known as Bigfoot. The video has been up for debate whether it's evidence or a complete hoax. One part of the video shows the creature turning around. The animal has looked back and it's upper body turned around together with it's head. This is a behavior similar to apes. A regular person can turn it's neck around and not have to worry whether it would hit their shoulder. With an ape however, it's shoulders are higher than a humans' so if it were to turn around it's head, it would hit it's shoulders along the way. So the creature would've needed to turn it's body in order to look farther back. This video has been a huge controversy and will probably be one of the best evidence for the Sasquatch.

Sources:
Bigfoot. Narr. Leonard Nimoy. Ancient Mysteries. A&E Television. 15 May. 1997. Video