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Bigfoot: man or beast? Most of you probably don't remember the 2 hour Six Million Dollar Man episode involving Bigfoot, aliens, and cybernauts. Regardless, teenagers of the 70s were riveted for two Sundays straight as Steve Austin (not the "Stone Cold" wrestler but rather the fictitious asronaut of the TV series) went into a forest Native Americans still claimed held the legendary "Sasquatch." While Bigfoot in the famous series turned out to be a cybernetic creature built by aliens to ward off curious humans, the real world has no real answer to Bigfoot's actual lineage. For that matter, many still question whether or not Bigfoot truly exists. As far as this article goes, we'll just toss aside talk that our large furry friend doesn't exist and dig into fun speculation as to what might be his true origins. Sasquatch This doesn't mean that Bigfoot was necessarily considered a nice guy. The eastern Algonkian tribes call Bigfoot, "Windigo: the human who is transformed into a cannibalistic monster by tasting human flesh in time of starvation." Yeti Gigantopithecus blacki Whether Bigfoot exists in the real world or only in our imaginations, perhaps an old Sherpa of the Himalayas put it best: "There is a yeti in the back of everyone's mind; only the blessed are not haunted by it." --chupa | |||||
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