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The Arguments 19 Eyewitness Accounts. Thousands
of people in the United States have reported
FOR Bigfoot seeing bigfoot. People in Canada have
sasquatch sightings. In Nepal, people claim
17 Plenty of smart people believe bigfoot is to have seen yetis. In Indonesia, a smaller
alive and well and hiding from humanity. version of a hairy man-like creature that
What makes them so sure there’s a bigfoot walks on two feet is known as the Orang
when others say there’s no such creature? It Pendek. There’s also the Australian yowie.
comes down to four things: Many people who’ve had encounters are
18 Folklore. One of the oldest surviving respected community members, including
works of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, police officers and judges, who have a lot to
describes a hairy wild man named Enkidu. lose by lying. If they’re not lying, what did
Similar tales of a hairy wild man who lives they see?
in the forest are part of many cultures
around the world. Ancient cave paintings in “ Thousands of people in
California depict a hairy man and his family,
and stories that go along with them sound the United States have
very much like bigfoot tales. If no such
animal exists, why would these reported seeing bigfoot. ”
stories be so common?
encounters Encounters are meetings,
especially those that are unplanned.
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