In the 1950s a lot of people were getting excited about news stories about a Yeti living in the Himalayan mountains. About that time, people started seeing Yeti like monsters in America.
Sightings of Bigfoot.
In 1958 Ray Wallace thought he had found bigfoot footprints in the bush and he told a lot of stories about having seen this monster.
In 1964, there were lots of people who thought they saw a 9 foot tall bigfoot in a place called Cass County. One lady said that she was chased into her house by a bigfoot. Her dog barked at it and this saved her. Two other men said they also saw a bigfoot. They said ‘that thing was no bear!’ And 3 girls were chased by a bigfoot. They were all very scared and one of the girls even fainted. What was strange is that all of the people who were chased did not want to talk about it. They just wanted to forget about it and to be left alone.
In 1967 the most famous film was taken of bigfoot. The film was taken by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlim. In the film, bigfoot is seen clearly walking along near some bush. He turns to look at the camera and then keeps on walking. Some people thought that the film was a hoax and that it was just a man in a gorilla suit. But other people thought that it looked too real to be a suit. And even some film crews thought that they would not be able to make a bigfoot costume look that real.
In 2007 there was a photo taken of a strange animal that some people thought was a young bigfoot.
But is bigfoot really real?
People who think bigfoot is not real say that there has been no proper evidence to prove a bigfoot is really there. There would need to be lots of bigfoots living in the bush for the species to be able to survive. Yet not even one has ever actually been found. Most of the bigfoot sightings happen in the bush near where bears live. It would be easy to see a bear and think that it was a bigfoot.
The film and photos of bigfoot are often thought to be a hoax. The photos are often quite shaky and blurry and it is tough to tell if it is real or not. Sometimes people like to pretend they have seen a bigfoot just to try and get famous or be on tv. So it can be hard to tell if people are telling the truth.
But there is a lot of bush and wild places in America where a bigfoot could still be hiding.
Have a look at more about Bigfoot information by visiting:
http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.co.nz/2011/08/bigfoot-facts-for-kids.html
http://www.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Bigfoot
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