Persuasive Essay On Bigfoot

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There are many remote areas around the world, I believe that there is a high chance that there are ape like creatures roaming in remote forests and mountains. Since around 4th grade I have been fascinated by stories of a huge hairy man inhabiting the forests, and I am not the only one. Over hundreds of years all over the world people have had encounters with a strange hairy man like creatures called different names around the world, Yeti, Yuren, Man de Barung, Alama, Yowie, and in North America it is called Bigfoot or Sasquatch. Thousands of people claim to have seen the hairy hominoid, but the evidence of its existence is fuzzy. There are few clear photographs of the oversized beast. No bones have ever been found. Countless pranksters have admitted to faking footprints.
Yet a small but vociferous number of scientists remain undeterred. Risking ridicule from other academics, they propose that there's enough forensic evidence to warrant something that has never been done: a comprehensive, scientific study to determine if the legendary primate actually exists."Given the scientific evidence that I have examined, I'm convinced there's a creature out there that is
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The cast was made in September 2000 from an impression of a large animal that had apparently lain down on its side to retrieve some fruit next to a mud hole in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Washington State. Meldrum says the cast contains recognizable impressions of a forearm, a thigh, buttocks, an Achilles tendon and heel. (Meldrum) "It's 40 to 50 percent bigger than a normal human," he said. "The anatomy doesn't jive with any known animal. “Renowned chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall last year surprised an interviewer from National Public Radio when she said she was sure that large, undiscovered primates, such as the Yeti or Sasquatch, exist.