Argumentative Essay On Bigfoot

Unless one has spent a greater portion of their life living under a rock, the name Bigfoot is nothing new to today’s society. Bigfoot is arguably one of the most legendary and mysterious creatures to ever step foot on our planet. For hundreds of years, these large cryptid hominids have quietly roamed our world, undocumented and unconfronted. These gentle beasts have lived right in front of our very eyes since the early fifteenth century yet for some reason the human race has yet to recognize their existence. There are two types of people in this world today: Bigfoot believers and those who think the believers belong in a mental institution. I am Sam Barbee and I am a proud believer. I truly believe that Bigfoot is, in fact, a real living species

and this belief of the existence of Bigfoot can be proven through multiple pieces of evidence including photos, videos, audio recordings, and physical evidence left behind by Bigfoot. This great species has been bashed on by skeptics for years all because of their unique low-key manner.

However, recently scientists have taken a more active approach in these astonishing human-like beasts to discover if this great species is, in fact, more than mere legend, but a remarkably elusive reality. Though the idea is still very controversial, many groups and organizations worldwide have dedicated their efforts to discover the truth. Over the past twenty-two years, the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, or the BFRO, has worked diligently on helping to prove Bigfoot’s existence. Through field research, interviewing witnesses, and genetically testing evidence, the BFRO has helped to shed some light on the existence of Bigfoot and to prove skeptics wrong. Bigfoot has often been joked as a “myth” or “a large bear on two legs,” far too long. Bigfoot is, in fact, a real living creature who has captivated the beliefs and minds of millions of human beings

worldwide.
The legend of Bigfoot reaches back farther than many people have ever imagined. Cave paintings in Northwest America show detailed graphics of a large man like “Skunk Ape” wandering throughout the forest. Bigfoot advocates believe that the primate is the offspring of an ape from somewhere in Asia that wandered to North America during the Ice Age. Today, it is believed there are at least 2,000 ape men walking upright in North America's woods today. The first handwritten records of Sasquatch encounters date back well before the fifteenth century by Northern Pacific Indians who wrote terrifying discoveries of large beast attacking Moose and Elk for food. The key idea that makes the controversy of Bigfoot so compelling is the massive amount of credible eyewitnesses across the world. Throughout the past century, thousands of witnesses have came forward and spoken of their interactions with Bigfoot There are, in fact, way too many eyewitnesses for this phenomenon to be purely imaginary. According to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, in eleven different countries and across all fifty states, reports of a Bigfoot sighting have sprung into the light. All five thousand and counting witness reports show similarities, depending on the region each sighting was recorded in, in appearance and behavior(Moneymaker). Some scientists believe these witness reports to be a hoax, while others are less confident about that theory. How is it possible that a young woman in Maine identifies details in a Bigfoot encounter that are the exact same as a similar encounter by a truck driver in Southern California? If the two have never met, it is impossible that they could describe the same details unless they saw the same creature. Neither argument can be proven, but solid evidence does support the existence of Bigfoot through multiple witness reports.
Along with the several thousand witness reports, multiple people have been fortunate enough to take pictures and videos of their Bigfoot encounter. Although most pictures and videos taken of the large primate are often blurry, due to the location they are taken in as well as the creature’s size and speed, all visual evidence shows a similar man-like creature with hair covering its body, demonstrating the behavior that Bigfoot’s are known to have(Dolak). Some photos and videos have been analyzed and are proven to be a hoax, such as a man in a gorilla suit, yet others still raise controversy. The human body is not known to grow to lengths in the double digits, but Bigfoots are. The Patterson-Gimlin film is widely regarded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the existence of sasquatches. This film was taken in a remote mountainous area in northern California in 1967. The film shows a large man like primate, never seen to man before, walking through the forest. The footage has been repeatedly analyzed by scientists over the last forty years, yet it has never been proven to be a hoax. Seeing has often been told to be believing and one of the main reasons that today I believe in Bigfoot is because I have never seen anything like what I have seen in these pictures before and Bigfoot is the only logical solution that comes to my mind.
Along with the hundreds of pictures and videos, a few lucky residents have been able to extract clear vocal recordings. Much like all mammals, Bigfoots have their own collection of sounds that they make to represent bigger meanings and to communicate with other Bigfoots. Bigfoots are said to make loud howls and screams at night, as well as wood knocking sounds or rock clacking sounds. Very few people have managed to record a Bigfoot cry, but all known audio recordings have been tested to other known mammal recordings and the same results have come up: inconclusive, meaning that if it is, in fact, a mammal of some type that made the tested noise, it is unknown to man(Lovgren). These eerie screeches are one of the many conclusive forms of evidence that help researchers prove the existence of this great species. These photos, videos, and audio recordings help scientists learn more about this elusive creature and bring us one step closer to proving the existence of Bigfoot.
Many skeptics have abjured Bigfoot’s existence and have fired back to the reports of Bigfoot with, “There is zero concrete evidence to prove his existence”(Moneymaker).

There is also zero tangible evidence to prove that Bigfoot does not exist. Researchers have found many forms of physical evidence to support the existence of Bigfoot. Evidence such as hair, teeth marks, and foot casts come in abundance. All known Bigfoot evidence has been tested against other large mammals that could have possibly left behind these prints and all evidence has come back inconclusive, whatever creature leaves these pieces of evidence behind is not known to man today(Lovgren). The most thought provoking evidence of all though is not evidence from the body of Bigfoot, but the disturbance of an area left by Bigfoot. What separates Bigfoot from all other primates and mammals in the world is the sheer strength, power, and ability the creature has compared to its similar counterparts(Dolak). Trees have been uprooted, logs thrown great distances, boulders moved, and deer and elk chased down by foot. No humans or bears on two feet are capable of doing this, only the hands of a Bigfoot are to blame. Fresno County, California was home to a large deer population. One calm summer night, a farmer claimed he saw a family of three Bigfoots running through a field and one had a deer hanging over its shoulder. This was the first Bigfoot sighting ever recorded in Fresno County. A month later County Officials

sent out a warning to all residents that the deer population had a drastic population drop. Along with the sudden decrease in population, the wild deer began migrating out of the area for some unknown reason. While all this took place, four separate families who all lived within a three-mile radius also reported seeing and hearing larger beast in the night. The disturbance of an area left by Bigfoot is the most crucial evidence in proving the existence of Bigfoot.
We live in an era of logical skepticism. Gone are the golden years of the handshake trust, that ability to look a man in the eye and truly believe what he is saying is the truth. Many people believe and incorporate into their lives stranger ideas than the existence of Bigfoot. Take the ideology behind global warming, for example, a ridiculous concept that many people not only believe but alter their lives around. There is far more evidence of Bigfoot than for “global warming.” People today just don’t want to believe in Bigfoot because it means that humans are not as smart as they thought they were. Plato famously said, “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” We are afraid of the light of Bigfoot.