Bigfoot

The Bigfoot is a large primate of questionable legitimacy, supposed to inhabit the wilderness of the US Pacific Northwest. Also called Sasquatch by Native Americans who have stories of such a creature.

Despite no rigorous scientific evidence, there are volumes of eyewitness sightings, as well as questionable home videos and photographs. Bigfoot has been a staple of Television shows and tabloid newspapers covering other topics like UFOs, conspiracy theories and dead celebrity sightings.

There are dubious large primates in other locales, for example in Nepal. Compare Yeti and Abominable snowman. See also cryptozoology.