...of owl, the Spot-Bellied Eagle Owl, the sea serpent of Eastern North American and Western European coasts was recently found out to be the oarfish, and tales of large ape-men in East Africa had been based upon the rare, nearly extinct species of ape, the Mountain Gorilla (Animal Planet, 2014). These scenarios of cryptids being proven real are what keep Sasquatch researchers going, and are what is keeping them looking towards ancient folklore for clues. Cultures throughout the world tell tales of a large, hairy, and often cannibalistic creature that surprisingly resemble each other, even though these cultures have had zero contact of any form. One such creature believed to have described a sasquatch creature is the Wendigo, Weetigo, Windigo, or many other forms of the name. The Wendigo is described as a gigantic, hairy, man-beast who tended towards eating the men, women, and children of Indian tribes. While like descriptions of the beast had been scattered throughout America, author Loren Coleman wrote, “The cannibalism attributed to the Wendigo is specific to the Eastern hairy hominids” (Coleman, 2009, p. 24.2). Other western cultures described sasquatch without the cannibalistic mannerisms, like the Tsaiko, often known as the Stick Indians. The Tsaiko have legends of a beast believed to be gigantic in stature, exhibiting coarse, thick hair, who leaves extremely large eighteen-inch-long footprints in it’s wake. Similar legends of “wildmen” are scattered throughout the world...
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