This is a pretty legendary Bigfoot movie from the early 1970's that tried initially to pass itself and based completely on a true story. I thought since this was the second Bigfoot movie today, I'd look into the variations on these creatures worldwide. Surprisingly, they don't vary much, except by name, divided naturally by different languages. This suggests there may really be something to these creatures afterall. But first...
Weird Cryptic Number 6: Gambo (The Gambia, Africa)
The above photo is without a doubt the most famous photo of "bigfoot"--though some still believe it to be authentic, it has been pretty well discredited as an elaborate hoax, with at least one person involved confessing. Still, the world over, there are unexplained creatures that all bear a striking resemblance to each other; the only difference for many of them simply being their local names.
WORLDWIDE BIGFOOT:
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| Carved Agogwe statue |
These are the only hominids that I can find from Africa that fit into the loose category of upright walking creatures. They don't really fit the "Bigfoot" description thought, because they are pygmy creatures, although they are described by some to have big feet for their size. I had to include them, because Africa has so many proven primates, these are the only ones reputed to walk like humans. All the siightings come from East Africa.
This one is from central Asia, and the name translates from Mongolia as "wild man." They are said inhabit the Asia mountains in and around Mongolia and Outer Mongolia and the Caucasus. It's description is almost identical to Bigfoot.
This is one of the only primates on the list that have a photograph attacted to it, and though it hasn't be completely discredited, it is thought to probably be a hoax rather than the real deal. Some think is a spider monkey arranged to look bigger and different from it's everyday appearance. This was a creature that a Swiss oil geologist Francois De Loys claims to have encountered in the wilds of Colombia in 1920. There are not native claims about such a creature, which makes it highly suspicious.
Speaking of the Philippines, this is their very own Bigfoot. The name roughly translates from the Hiliganynon language of the Negros islands in the archipelago as "gorilla"--which could provide a clue as to what it might be: an undiscovered great ape. Afterall the orangutan comes from Indonesia and New Guinea and Malaysia.
This is the Pakistani Bigfoot. The name is used in several languages from Afghanistan to India. This creatures range corresponds as being in between that of the Almas above and the very famous Yeti of the Himalayas, leading to speculation that they may be all the same creature, with different names.
The name commonly used for this Asian cryptid above is not the only name that it is known by. Though it has an Austronesian name from Borneo, it is also known as Ujit or more commonly as Ngu'ori Ru'ng in Vietnamese. This creature actually has a lot interesting stuff attached to it's name. First, two scientist got into an open argument as to what it might be--that doesn't happen all that often surrounding creatures that answer the description of Bigfoot. Probably it's location is what made them want to take it more seriously than other creatures reported in non-jungle settings. One thought it fell into the category of Meganthropus, thinking it was completely indigenous to the islands of "Indo China." Another actually thought they were a surviving population of Neanderthals. They are actually primarily found in the forests of Vietnam and their Vietnamese name translates to "forest people." This creature was reportedly spotted by American servicemen during the Vietnam war. My thoughts are they seem much like the Almas and the Barmanou above and the Yeti. There range is right for it, lying south and east to that of the Barmanou.
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| Photo supposedly showing the Beaman in Kansas City |
Also known as the Kansas City Bigfoot, some have stated a belief that the creature is some sort escapee from an exotic animal collection. The problem with that theory, is a that sightings of the Beaman Monster have been around for over 100 years. Has Bigfoot gone urban??
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Although a lot has been made out of the creature locally, as can be seen from the links below, in most cases it's just treated as a "local bigfoot" that happens to be in and around Murphysboro Illinois. Apparently this bigfoot prefers bogs, swamps and ponds.
This is one of the only "pygmy" monkey people reported and is located in Singapore, either reported as being wholly part of local mythology or folklore, or, on the other end of the spectrum, from actual monkey behaving in ways that outsiders did not understand. Invading Japanese soldiers during World War II had a spate of reported sightings; however, today in the Buit Timah preserve upright behavior from more than one species of known primates can easily be observed. So...mystery solved??
Really....???!! I actually am fascinated by cryptozoology aside from horror movies on the subject, and I really can't understand why this thing gets put on any list. It wasn't supposed to be anything other than a really giant man--not some other species of human. Nevermind that it's clearly a one specimen fake--no doubts here. My reason for including it lie in my irritation that it keeps showing up on list of giant unknown primates, and that just keeps me scratching my head--so yes, I'm "protest complaining." It's a famous case of hoaxing from here in the US--and it quickly became is curiosity in some business man's "rumpus room" in the 1940's. How anyone could have been taken in by it stumps me! Bones petrify, flesh does not. He's just a big fake granite HUMAN! Take "him" off cryptid lists!
Although someone thought it would be funny to write am article on the "Chaska Creature" Wikipedia entitled "Chas-quatch" which got pulled, turns out, there is a local bigfoot and people have to investigating it for some time now.
More little people here. In this case in a isolated community in Flores, Indonesia. It turns out they may have been part of another human species that actually lived on the island at least 13,000 years ago.
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Sasquatch in Scotland?? Well apparently so. This creature has been described as purely a paranormal boogeyman by some...but far more people insist it's some sort of primate upright hominid. Of course, there are little trees in Scotland; so it begs the question: what does it eat, and where does it hide?? Also it doesn't help that it's associated with a very high summit of Ben Macdui, which is rocky beyond belief.
Of course, this is the beast that the movie is based on. Just sounds like another regional American bigfoot to me....
Bigfoot in Ohio. Scientists have jumped all over this particular case citing all kinds of improbabilities to argue against a sustainable population. So why not go after other local, non-Pacific Northwest citing of an American Bigfoot.
OK, this creature's basic description is almost identical to that of the Bigfoot or Sasquatch, so I decided to put an Japanese anime of him instead. They just do this stuff from their own culture so well...and how many blurred bigfoot pictures can I do here anyway. Suffice that these creature's actual description is almost identical to any of the creatures on this list like: Alamus, the Batutut, even the grey dude from Scotland; this time it's just in Japan.
Viking mistaken for Bigfoot!
Creature with almost identical Bigfoot characteristics from Bangladesh.
These are human beings! Despite some "explorers" claiming armed haired creatures, there are even still now a few uncontacted tribes in South America....and they are not hairy.
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| Photo of an uncontacted tribe reacting to an helicopter |
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| Crude cartoon of a Maricoxi once thought to be surviving Neanderthals |
OK TO BE CONTINUED..
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