The number one doubt of skeptics in my opinion is "well, where can that beasty hide?" This question can be addressed rather well.

Bigfoot--The "American" version of this creature has less room to roam undetected. In my opinion, the only logical way for a creature to survive in the US without getting hounded by us is to live in the upper elevation areas(mountains) of the western portion of the country. In order to get food, the creature must venture down to lower elevation forests for a short peiod of time. During the winter, the beasts travel by way of mountain chains and passes to secluded lower elevation regions. If Bigfoot can stay hidden in the alpine 80% of the time, the chances of a sighting in even moderately populated regions is low. Finally, I think that the creatures are solitary and claim large territories, meeting up in the winter to mate.

Sasquatch--The "Canadien" version has a much easier time hiding than its American counterpart. Think about all the unsettled land in the north country. Yea, thats a lot of land. It's probably easier to hide today than in earlier times, because there are less nomadic natives or prospectors roaming the bush. I genuinly believe that there is a Sasquatch.

Swamp Beast--Probably the creature with the toughest time hiding is the Swamp Beast. The only way I think a creature can survive in the swamps of the southeast is if it was in the Everglades or the remote Louisiana Bayous. A carcass would deteriorate fast in the swamp, so the possibility that a creature can survive here unnoticed is possible.

Yeti--It's obvious this creature has much remote and inhospitable land to roam, so my theory for this beast is about the same as the Sasquatch.

[edit on 22-1-2008 by Jaysrule5]

[edit on 22-1-2008 by Jaysrule5]

Your theory is plausible. However, why do you think no remains of a sasquatch have ever been recovered?

Originally posted by William One Sac
Your theory is plausible. However, why do you think no remains of a sasquatch have ever been recovered?

If we think of these beasties as somewhere along the primate evolutionary chain, it's very natural to think that they may have some social structure that includes reverence for their dead which might include corpse disposal of some sort

How would you explain the intercontinential similarity between the species? Im thinking Yeti here..They being the same species, or at least very related?

Edit: Did some googling on the DeRidder Beast... No luck there. Never heard of it either.

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Have you ever read Chuck Palahniuk's book Haunted? In the short story Dissertation, he offers what I thought to be quite a unique theory on the topic.

Was anyone able to navigate the link to the other pictures of this Deridder thing?

As for the "where's the body" theory, on monster quest they did a test to see how long a deer carcass would rot away and I believe it was pretty unrecognisable after 2 weeks.
So what's to say that when a bigfoot dies, he simply rots away without anyone finding a body.

[edit on 23-1-2008 by Jaysrule5]

I like your theory for the most part although I don't believe they live in solitary and only meet up to mate in the winter. What would lead you to that conclusion? Many witnesses have reported seeing many of these creatures together.


Also, has anyone ever seen a Bigfoot?

Okay - Just happened to see this thread. I have never seen a Bigfoot myself however my grandfather did when he was a boy. It happened somewhere near Ritzville, WA and close to a canyon area when he was riding his horse to school. He was only about eleven years old and on the road that led to his school when his horse started acting funny and he began to smell a very bad odor. So, as he told me he turned to look around and could see a very large hairy man (about 7-8 ft tall) walking directly behind him. Now you would have to have known my grandfather to realize that he was a very sincere person. In fact I never once even heard him tell a joke. Thus, I believed him and asked well weren't you really frightened of that creature - He said he did not have time to be frightened because it all happened so quickly. And he corrected me about referring to the Bigfoot as a creature - He said it was a man not a creature. I asked my grandfather why he thought that and he said he could see his body through the hair (reddish brown) because it was kind of wispy not like fur and his face had features like a man. He kept pace with the horse for a couple of minutes and then stepped over a barbed wire fence, into the tree-line and was gone. All together it was only about three minutes for this encounter however my grandfather never forgot what happened. I agree with the author of this thread that Canada is probably well populated with these big primitive people.