Bigfood a.k.a. Sasquatch

Called by another name, he’ll stink just the same!

Like everybody else, I enjoy a good mystery, and when the mystery is also a part of folklore, you’ve really got my attention. In Scotland they’ve got the Loch Ness Monster. In the Congo they’ve got Mokele-mbembe, and here in the U.S. we’ve got Bigfoot, also know as Sasquatch.

The study of these creatures belongs to a branch of science known as cryptozoology which isn’t really considered a science by scientists who don’t believe in them, but it is considered a science by those who do. I don’t think that I need to tell you which of these groups of scientists is considered serious, and which one isn’t. (Refer to my entry titled: Follow the Science if you need a refresher.)

Anyway, I started to watch documentaries about Bigfoot on YouTube and was really quite puzzled. It didn’t seem possible that all of these “eyewitnesses” were either lying just to get on TV, or that they had actually just seen a bear or some other common creature. The “experts” consulted were divided in their interpretations of the testimonies and, surprisingly, all of them seemed serious to me.

As I continued to watch one documentary after another, I noticed that the general description of Bigfoot did seem very consistent. The description being: “It’s big, it’s hairy, and it stinks.” OK, when we are startled, we tend to remember things as bigger than they really were, so BIG doesn’t help much. HAIRY got me to thinking about the people who live in the Mediterranean countries, you know, Italy, Greece, and so on. Is it possible that Bigfoot originated there?

Then came the clincher, the eureka moment, - IT STINKS! That’s it! There’s no mystery at all! I usedto work with some of those things! In fact, one of them had a locker right next to mine, so I know all about the stench. His name is Erik, and he’s a really nice guy. He’s big, hairy and he just has a terrible body odor that all of the soap in the world can’t remove. Of course, some of his family members are the same way so there must be a stinky DNA molecule that shows up now and then.

This is what I think is happening: Erik, like many of us and others like him, likes to go camping, and in the evenings he likes to enjoy a few beers at the campfire. Well, because he’s getting away from it all, he often has a few too many and decides to go skinny dipping. Well, I can guarantee you that the sight (and smell) of him running past you naked in the woods at night would scare the (you know what) out of anybody, especially if you’ve never encountered the likes of him before. You might call it a close encounter of some sort.

Of course, I also believe that some of the stuff we’ve been told and shown has been embellished (especially the footprints) in order to improve the ratings. I mean, telling people that Bigfoot is really a big, hairy, and stinky nice guy who may live not too far away won’t captivate the public for long.

As far as the Abominable Snowman a.k.a. the Yeti is concerned, like I said earlier, it can easily be explained by a rare and, as of yet, unidentified DNA molecule that resides in all of humanity. This cryptozoological mystery seems to have a very mundane explanation.

I intend to continue watching documentaries about the strange and unexplained, and if you enjoy them you should too. My concern is that some of us become obsessed with it, and it can actually become detrimental to one’s life and way of thinking. So, if you know someone like that, show them this piece, and tell them:

It’s something to think about.