Have You encountered a Bigfoot?

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I’ve recently written and published the novel, My Neighbors from the Woods, with a bigfoot theme. In writing the fictional story of Maggie, who discovers she has a family of bigfoot living in the woods adjoining her farm, I spent many hours researching the subject for my book. I’ve learned that in addition to seeing the hairy beast, it often leaves other signs of its presence. Here are the top ten signs that you might have had a close encounter with a bigfoot:
 

1    You find huge barefoot prints in the mud or the snow. These are probably the most publicized signs of bigfoot. To distinguish a bigfoot footprint from a bear’s we are reminded that bears have claws while bigfoot prints do not have claw marks. The bigfoot print looks like a human foot except its much bigger. Some are reported to be up to 24 inches long and 8 inches wide.

2.     You smelled something so awful you can’t describe it. Some try to describe it as skunk-like but way worse. Some say it smells like rotten eggs or decaying meat. The why bigfoot stinks vary in theories from it being a fear response, mating attraction, or simply poor hygiene. It is interesting to note that male gorillas also emit a foul odor at times. But then so do bears.

3.     You heard something walking and you KNEW it was bipetal and it was BIG. This seems to happen when folks are camping or walking in the woods. Some folks have reported hearing something follow or track them while they are walking in the woods; some hear it walking around outside their homes. I think you have to have had a lot of experience to tell if something you hear walking through leaves has two or four legs. If you hear something walking around on two legs, you might have a bigfoot checking you out.

4.     You have heard a variety of sounds that you are positive did not come from any known wild creature or bird – whoops, yowls, growls, chatter, and grunts are some sounds possibly made by bigfoot. Sometimes it is so loud you feel it vibrate right through your body.

5.     Something is throwing rocks at you – big ones or little ones and you KNOW no person did it. What else could it be? It takes hands to grasp and throw a rock, right?

6.     Something left you a gift – rocks, feathers, shells, and other assorted items. Some people who suspect it’s a bigfoot leaving these gifts reciprocate and leave it gifts in exchange. It is reported that bigfoot especially appreciates sweets.

7.     You heard a loud knock like someone hit a tree with a baseball bat. This is apparently a form of communication between two or more bigfoot. It may also be a warning to human intruders.

8.     You’ve found trees that were twisted in two and teepee structures made of limbs and small trees. Again, we don’t know the purpose. It could be the makings of a shelter, trail markers, or again, a form of communication.

9.     It talks. This one is rare. Some say they’ve heard bigfoot talk out loud in its own language. Sometimes bigfoot are talking among themselves. The person hearing this cannot understand what the bigfoot is saying. Still other folks have had a bigfoot communicate directly with them either out loud in a language the person couldn’t identify, or by some sort of mental telepathy. In those cases, the human can sometimes understand what the bigfoot is saying.

10. You saw it. Maybe it ran across the road in front of your vehicle, or you saw it in the woods when you were hiking, or near a body of water while you were fishing. Maybe, you saw it peeking in your window. The most famous bigfoot sighting happened in 1967 in Northern California. The incident was caught on film and you can find it all over the Internet. Just Google Patterson – Gimlin Bigfoot Film.

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