Bigfoot

bigfoot English thumb|A costume of Bigfoot Alternative forms en Big Foot bigfoot Etymology August/September 1958, originally Big Foot, en big foot, relating to the large size of its supposed footprints relative to human footprints. Pronunciation en /ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bigfoot.wav Southern England en en-us-Bigfoot.ogg US en Big foot Proper noun en cryptozoology folklore A very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest. en 1958-10-06 Andrew Genzoli Huge Foot Prints Hold Mystery Of Friendly Bluff Creek Giant w:Humboldt Times https://web.archive.org/web/20100611030959/https://press.uchicago.edu/Images/Chicago/Buhs_fig12.jpeg June 11, 2010 320776427 This imprint was made either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning by "Big Foot". on en 1961-07-01 Big deal Boot and Shoe Recorder https://archive.org/details/sim_boot-and-shoe-recorder_1961-07-01_160_3/ 160 3 Philadelphia, Pa. w:Chilton Company 1536821 68 https://archive.org/details/sim_boot-and-shoe-recorder_1961-07-01_160_3/page/n69/ 3 The Last Word Stories of “Bigfoot,” an eight-foot denizen of the forest in Northern California’s wild Trinity County, are among the main topics of conversation in that area. He is supposedly an Indian or half-breed who has reverted to an animal existence. A footprint believed to be his was measured by a Redding shoe store owner and found to be size 24! en Sun Bear (author) Sun Bear; Wabun Wind; Shawnodese A Dream Language of the Earth Dreaming with the Wheel: How to Interpret and Work with your Dreams Using the Medicine Wheel Fireside 1994 145 0-671-78416-1 Some Earth people believe Bigfoot lives in underground caves; others believe Bigfoot is connected with extraterrestrials; still others believe Bigfoot is a spirit that can sometimes manifest in form. en Sindya N. Bhanoo Cave Enthusiasts Find an 8-Legged Outlier w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/science/trogloraptor-spider-with-long-claws-is-found-in-oregon.html 2012-08-20 The Bigfoot of spiders has been discovered in the caves of southwestern Oregon. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126165408/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/science/trogloraptor-spider-with-long-claws-is-found-in-oregon.html en w:Bryan Sykes The Guru Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A Geneticist’s Search for Modern Apemen Disinformation Books 2016 part II 173 https://archive.org/details/bigfootyetilastn0000syke/page/173/mode/1up 978-1-938875-15-1 Then there are the sharp divisions of opinion about whether Bigfoot is a Gigantopithecus or a Neanderthal or some other hominid. en Christopher D. Bader; Joseph O. Baker Bigfoot: Undiscovered Primate or Interdimensional Spirit? Deviance Management: Insiders, Outsiders, Hiders, and Drifters w:University of California Press 2019 77 9780520304482 Many enthusiasts believe that Bigfoot is not some sort of undiscovered hominid, but rather a mystical being that moves between dimensions. Synonyms en sasquatch Sasquatch en North American wood ape North American Wood Ape Derived terms en Bigfootologist en Bigfootology Translations unidentified yeti-like animal individual creature Arabic: ar بيغ فوت bīg fut Basque: eu Oin Handi Catalan: ca Peus grans m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大脚野人 dàjiǎo yěrén Danish: da Bigfoot c Dutch: nl Bigfoot m Finnish: fi Isojalka French: fr Bigfoot German: de Bigfoot m Hungarian: hu Nagylábú Italian: it Bigfoot Japanese: ja ビッグフット Biggufutto, ja ヒバゴン Korean: ko 빅풋 Norwegian: no Bigfoot Polish: pl Wielka Stopa f Portuguese: pt Pé-Grande m Spanish: es Pie Grande m Swedish: sv Storfot c, sv Bigfoot c Thai: th บิ๊กฟุต bíkfút Turkish: tr Kocaayak calque Welsh: cy Troedfawr m Noun * Bigfeet s en cryptozoology folklore An individual creature of this type. en 2007 Matthew Scott Hansen The Shadowkiller: A Novel 434 My answer to those who believe that all Bigfoot are just huge cuddly Ewoks is to remind them that there is plenty of evidence that every member of the great apes family has exhibited hostility . en 2010-10-15 Bigfoot sighted on Taibai Mountain zh:叶欣 https://web.archive.org/web/20150523142113/http://en.people.cn/90001/90782/7167531.html 23 May 2015 w:People's Daily The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi ProvniceProvince recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot?Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain?Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied. Translations unidentified yeti-like animal Esperanto: eo saskvaĉo Irish: ga gruagach m Macedonian: mk би́гфут m Polish: pl Wielka Stopa f Portuguese: pt pé-grande m Russian: ru бигфу́т m Turkish: tr yeti, tr karakoncolos, tr germakoçi literally 'mountainman' in laz language See also en abominable snowman menk skunk ape swamp ape yeti yowie Verb en bigfoot. References Further reading pn en Mythological creatures