Argumentative Essay On Sasquatch

Many people believe that giant, man-like creatures called Bigfoots or Sasquatches exist in the dense forests and mountains of North America. However, these people could not be more wrong. For several years, many people who make regular trips through North American forests have claimed that they have had some form of encounter with a larger, hairy creature called Bigfoot. No specific scientific evidence, however, has proven that these creatures exist, so the only proof of a Sasquatch ever living is the word of an everyday person. Although many people claim they have had face-to-face encounters with a Bigfoot/Yeti, Sasquatches could not exist because they leave no solid scientific evidence to prove their existence and because nobody has been

able to successfully capture a creature that has been proven through science to be a real Sasquatch.
The legend of Bigfoot first came about after an apparent sighting of one occurred in Canada in 1811 (Krystek).

Ever since this first sighting, multiple reported Bigfoot sightings have occurred all over North America and even in parts of Europe. The most common description of a Sasquatch, another name for Bigfoot, is that Bigfoot is a hairy ape-like biped that stands nearly nine feet tall and weighs over six hundred pounds (Krystek). The name Bigfoot came about due to the creatures’ large feet. A Sasquatch’s foot can be anywhere from sixteen to eighteen inches long and seven inches wide, whereas the foot of a large adult male is an average of eleven inches long and four inches wide (Krystek). Sasquatches are most commonly sighted in wooded areas throughout the United States and Canada. The creatures are supposedly very elusive since they are not a common sight among woodland travelers. Seeing a Bigfoot is not going to be an everyday

occurrence.
There are many different theories regarding Bigfoot’s existence. Many people have claimed that at some point in their lifetimes they have had encounters with larger, hairy beasts in the woods that resemble Sasquatches. These people make the claim that Bigfoots do exist and are just very elusive creatures, and they disregard the lack of any kind of real Bigfoot DNA or skeletal structure. Some people also make the assertion that once a Sasquatch dies its bones and body decompose into the soil. Other eye witnesses claim that they have had even closer encounters with a Sasquatch other than visually seeing one. Some say that they have heard the massive creatures lurking outside of their campsites at night. One man has even stated that he was captured by a family of Sasquatches and was forced to live with them for a period of time (Krystek). It is the opinion of multiple people that Sasquatches are actual living creatures that survive and thrive in several regions in North America.
Although it is a popular opinion throughout the world, Sasquatches do not exist for many different reasons. The first major reason is that an actual Bigfoot has never been scientifically proven to have ever existed. It has been reported that creatures similar to Bigfoots have been captured, but it was proven that these creatures were actually just altered apes and chimpanzees because they lacked the massive size that characterizes a Sasquatch (Krystek). There are several documentaries of teams of supposed Bigfoot experts that try to find Sasquatches in the wild and photograph or capture them, but none of these teams have ever successfully been able to find a Sasquatch. Also, many of these Bigfoot hunters use photographs and firsthand accounts from eye witnesses to support their expeditions into the wilderness. Most photographs of Sasquatches are Photoshoped and/or have such a terrible quality that none of them can prove that the creature depicted in them is in fact a Bigfoot and not just a man in a costume or a bear standing upright. Additionally, eyewitnesses can stretch the truth and/or even tell lies making them an unreliable source for Sasquatch evidence (Radford). The creatures that people believe are Bigfoots may be similar in some ways to the description of a Bigfoot due to their appearance in many photographs and the capturing of a few similar creatures, but most of these creatures were scientifically proven to be relatives of other mammals and not real Sasquatches.
Another reason why Sasquatches do not exist is because scientists cannot find and identify any Bigfoot remains including bones, flesh, hair, and even feces from recent times. All creatures that inhabit the Earth leave clues to their existence left behind. For example, once an animal dies its carcass decomposes into the ground and its bones are left behind to be dug up and analyzed. No recent bones of a Bigfoot have been dug up and analyzed by scientists. There have been bones dug up of creatures that resemble Bigfoot, but these creatures lived thousands of years ago and are no longer alive today. Additionally, the most persuasive argument for the existence of Bigfoot is the abundance of larger footprints that they leave behind. These footprints cannot be trusted however, since people have admitted to making fake Bigfoot footprints to prove a point (Radford). Any supposed Sasquatch evidence that has been brought to scientist was analyzed recently, and the results show that the samples are originally from common creatures that we know exist today (“What’s The True”). These animals include bears, porcupine, deer, sheep, and even humans (“What’s The True”). If Sasquatches were to exist, they would have to maintain a breeding population, and they would leave a lot of evidence behind just like all other animals on Earth (Crossan). The chance that people would have encounters with Sasquatches during their everyday lives would be much greater as well, however, these creatures do not exist and therefore cannot leave evidence behind.
Sasquatches are just figments of people’s imaginations due to the lack of actual, solid, scientific evidence proving they exist.

All of the supposed Bigfoot sightings and seizures of Sasquatches have been proven to be false with the use of DNA evidence and the analyzation of the photographs that claim they exist. Also, remains such as bones, hair, or flesh that were claimed to have originated from a Bigfoot have been scientifically proven to have actually come from regular, everyday animals (Crossan). The legend of the Bigfoot has been around for decades and is still believed in today. The creatures are characterized by their massive size as well as overall strength. Some people believe that nine foot beasts can actually exist in the wild for thousands of years without any kind of scientific evidence to prove it (Radford). The serious lack of hard scientific evidence including remains and an actual capturing of a live Sasquatch are why these creatures could not exist in today’s world. Nine foot, nine hundred pound, hairy, bipedal creatures would have, if they existed, been scientifically proven at this point in time, but since Sasquatches do not exist, no evidence could be found to do

that.