Bigfoot (n. Big-foot) Also known as "Sasquatch." Bigfoot has a long, furry history as the cryptid which has confounded scientists and evaded hunters in North America for hundreds of years. Said to roam the Pacific Northwest, evidence to support the existence of this ape-like creature includes plaster footprint casts, slightly fuzzy films (most famously the Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967), feces and hair samples, and first-hand accounts of encounters with the animal.

Recent sightings are generally concentrated in the woodlands of California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The sightings generally describe a few consistent characteristics: the creatures are large, have unkempt hair over their entire body, and walk upright. Their humanoid footprints suggest some connection to man.

A number of theories attempt to explain where Bigfoot originated. One such theory describes Bigfoot as a "relic humanoid," a link in man's evolutionary chain which has somehow survived into the present. Another theory suggests Bigfoot is remnant of a lost species of giant ape, while others believe the creature to be a "wild child" abandoned in the woods (a la The Jungle Book.)