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Article: Bigfoot: part one: dawn of the sasquatch.
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- Skeptic (Altadena, CA)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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Deep in the forests and mountains of the West Coast of North America, giants are said to walk. The "Sasquatch" or "Bigfoot" is among the world's most enduring cryptozoological mysteries. In Part One of our special two-part look at the sasquatch, we'll explore how the mystery began.
People around the world have always told certain types of stories. One of the most common human legends has always been that ogres, giants, or trolls live in the mountains or the deep, dark woods. An eerily similar warning runs through the folklore or Europeans, Native Americans, and many other cultures: "there are giants out there." Legends tell of remote places that are home to ...