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large bare footprints in the dirt.Wh0一

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eerie、 vhistle that raises the hairs on his burning stick frolΥ l the n.re.It swings the
arlms.〞 I、 hen he sees solneone standing next stick over its head,the elnbers streaking
to his n.re.:But this is no I． nan!It has a long like nreworks.Soon it is joined by a second
torSo,Short legs,and a sIrlall head with a ape-like creature.〞I、 he two of theIn walk
:n.at nose and deep-set eyes.It is covered all off together,passing within twenty yards
over with hair,like an ape. of the hunter,who cannot believe his eyes.

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picking just north of Grassy Narrows,in the truck and follow it.
(E)ntario,Canada.〞 I、 hey are driving in their
truck、 vhen they spot a hulking ngure
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tell reporters、 vhat they have seen.
Investigators who return to the site nnd
huge,sixteen-inch-long footprints in
the dirt.
When the report is aired on〞 ΓV later
that night,calls pour into the station.
Many callers also claiIn to have seen giant
footprints or huge,hairy ape-Inen lurking
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I、 he sightings tend to sound very l1luch
there have been llilore than two thousand alike.〕 E:yewitnesses tell of a large,hairy,
sightings of wild ape-rnen reported in ape＿ like creature that stands on two legs.
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A1．nerica.Most have been 1． nade in the I、 he creature is usually seen by itself,in
Inountains and forests of the Northwest. the woods at night.Sorlle people say they
have heard it screal11 0r whistle.C)thers
have slnelled soIIlething that rnakes theIn
Vant to gag.Still others say that they have
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seen only its footprints.Solne have rnade
plaster casts of the footprints.:H:ere is your
proot they say,that Bigfoot really exists.
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thought the footprint、 vas a hoax.After
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joker.“ Why would I pull a hoaxP’ ’
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In 1958,:Ray Wallace was a construction 〞
said.“ Γhis thing is bad for business.Sorlle
boss in Bluff Creek,in N．orthern California. OI rny lm.en Were so scarea tney qult.
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He told of seeing huge footprints on hiS :But real or a hoax,the Bigfoot prints
work site in the woods.Jerry Crew,a man on Ray’ s、 vork Site got lots of people
who worked for hiln,traced one of the interested.〞I、 hey started to collect Bigfoot
footprints on a piece of cardboard and took news stories and〕 Bigfoot footprints.〞 Γhey
it to a local tracker.〞 I、 he tracker showed forIned Bigfoot clubs and went on Bigfoot
him how to take a plaster cast ofit.Jerry Scouting trips.
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thatit was all a hoax.Ray had lnade the
footprints using big wooden feet tied to
his shoes with leather straps.When Ray
died,one newspaper clailrled,“ Bigfoot
With hoaxes like〕 R:ay’ s,it’ s hard for
rl10st of uS to know what to believe about
:Bigfoot.:But scientists need Il10re than
eyewitness reportS or plaSter casts,which
can easily be faked.〞 hey need strong,
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I、 I、 he Salish Indians of British ColuIIlbia
called the I． nythical creature Sasquatch
鬈滅麤堪駐:魂 磁 飆鷈赧 (SAS-quahtch),which means“ wild man of
城9T嘁 破地 好礧Q氰 惢 the woods.” The Hupa Indians of Northern
California called it oh-M【 ah,which“leans
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Scientists believe that there are no apes boss of the、 voods.’ I、 he Salish and the
native to North America,now or ever.So Hupa both believe in this ape… IIlan,and
how could Bigfoot existP they aren’ t the only ones.

Scientists w． ho study native cultures

have always believed that there is a kernel t

of truth to be found in folklore and l1lyths.

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like how babies IIlight go rnissing or how
hunting carl1ps get wrecked.Allnost all
tribes native to the Pacinc Northwest tell
the tale of a wild 1． nan living in the woods.
 The Tsinlshian(CHIhlshe-un)people
have lived in the Pacin.c North、vest since
before ColurIlbus.〞 I、 hey tell the tale of
ba’ 00sh(bah-oOSH),which means“ ape”
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or“ monkey。 Ancient carvings made from
stones from the Columbia River show what
sOIne people consider the head of ba’ oosh.
It looks like that of an ape.
If there were no apes living nearby,if
there were no〞 ΓV． s or rnagazines like there
are today,how did the〞 ΓsiInshian people
know what apes looked likeP And if there
were apes in North America,how did they
get there?And where are their bones or
fossilsP To answer these questions厂 We
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Koenigswald began searching Chinese an orangutan looks so1． 1lething like a yeti
llledicine shops for“ dragon bones.’ ’ Dr. (YEH-tee).What’ s thatP
von Koenigswald、 vas a paleontologist,a
person、 vho studies fossils.:He kne、 v these
dragon bones、 vere really the teeth of
ancient mammals.In Hong Kong,he found
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IIlountains of〞 Γibet.R.eports go back
hundreds of years.:But people in the West
Shipton’ s photographs and stories
were sent to ne、 w． sroorIls around the world.
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didn’ tknow 1． 1luch about the yeti until 1951. bnoWlΥ lan.l nere were Inagazlne artlcles,
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I、 stuffed toys,and even a】 :Iollywood Inovle.
Everest,British Inountaineer Eric Shipton
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in the snow.〞 I、 he footprints were crisp,
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believe it existed.〞I、 hey said the footprints 、
looked a lot like the Bigfoot footprints
Were 1． nade by a〞 I、 ibetan blue bear and
that had been found in North AIIlerica.
that the sun had lnelted thelll and lnade 〞
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they are both fronl the salΥ le continent of North AInerica were connected by a land
Asia.But Bigfootis in North America. bridge that stretched fronl Siberia to
How did it get allthe way from Asia to Alaska.Bigfoot researchers believe that
North AmericaP The answer is,perhaps, G(iga羽 步op9多力θε勿S CroSSed the land bridge
justthe way mankind did:on foot. and traveled south to whatis no、 v the
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and wel1.
She took the dead nsh back to the
In 1938,in East London,South Africa,
lnuseuIIl with her in a taxi.〞 I、 here she
museum worker Marjorie Latimer found a
looked in her books for a picture to 1． natch
beautiful purple＿ blue n.sh on the deck of a
the n.sh.she could not believe what she
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vas seeing.〞 I、 he n.sh on her desk Inatched
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the Inountains of TibetP and exciting.C:ryptozoologists also
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cryptozoologists(krip-tuh＿ zoh＿ AIIL＿ uh＿ op,物 θ
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jists)ask.Cryptozoologists are people of Bigfoot or the yeti.
vho study anil1lals that 1． nay or rnay not
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exist and are kno、 vn only frol1l eyewitness
accounts.Cryptozoologists seek scientinc
proof that such“ rnythic’ ’anilnals do,in
fact,exist.

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2000,:Bigfoot researchers on an expedition
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I、 here 9s soIne evidence to suggest that
an alnazing discovery.〞 hey found a print
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:Bigfoot is rea1.Out of the hundreds of
of a creature that had reclined in the
casts taken of footprints,sor1le are clearer
Illud to reach soI1le fruit they had left out
than others.A few even show the texture
oVernight.〞 I、 he next rnorning,researchers
of the skin on the bottolγl of the foot.
used two hundred pounds of plaster to
Modern apes have ridges on the soles
get notjust a footprint but also casts of
of their feet.Dr.Grover Krantz found
the heel,thigh,buttocks,and arIIl of the
siInilar ridges in】 Bigfoot prints collected
creature.〞 I、 here were also hairs taken frol11
in southeastern Washington.At least one
the site that tests later sho、 ved cal〕 :le frorl1
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vhy has no one ever found a body,either don’ t always have their caIneraS handy
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shot by a hunter or dead of natural when a:Bigfoot walks across their path.
causesP There is no good answ． er to this Many witnesses have also reported that
question other than that the、 voods are vast they were too scared or too astonished to
enough to hide a:Bigfoot,dead or alive. reach for their calneras in tiIIle.
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Suddenly both lm.en see what has spooked

one day in October 1967,two lnen set the horses.:E)irectly across the streaII1

out on horseback into the、 vilds of Bluff stands a real,live Bigfoot!

Creek,California.〞 I、 heir nalmles are R.oger
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actually found a Bigfoot.After they calm
looks like a ferllale because it has breasts. their horses,Roger and Bob take plaster
She pauses and turns to look into the castS of the footprints the creature has left
ca1． Ilera.〞 I、 hen she walks upstreal1l and in the soft,da1．11p sand by the streal〕 :1.

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 Scientists frol1l all over the、 vorld have
pored over this one short nllΥ 1.soIne say it
isjust a hoax.It’ sa1． nan in a gorilla suit,

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they say.others say it is rea1.How else can
you explain the 1． nuscles rippling beneath

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A Hollywood speciareffects man who

is an expert in gorilla suits looks at the
nlm.He swears that it can’ tposs‘ ;t〞 be a
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costur1le.〞 I、 he people at I)isney:Pictures
叫 say the filIn would be nearly iInpossible
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expert on gorillas,sayS on〞 ΓV that she

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believes that the Patterson nllm,along、 vith

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other evidence,calls for a major scientinc
study of the giant ape-Inan.
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NHⅡ
Perhaps sorlleday,0ne of the rllany
scientinc expeditions now scouring the
forests of the Great Northwest will dig L

up solme bones or fossils,or Inaybe even

colme face to face with a living,breathing
Bigfoot.
I:Jntil that day coIΥ les,we will keep
our l1linds open and our eyes on the deep
woods.And、 ve、 vil1．w′ onder....