[mouse_8b]

I like to think that Bigfoot did exist at some point. There is fossil evidence of large upright walking apes in Asia (gigantopithecus) contemporary with early homo sapiens. Those creatures could have come to North America the same way humans did. When Europeans showed up, the indigenous humans were ravaged by Old World disease. It seems logical that any contact between humans and Bigfoot would have similar consequences. I could believe that some small populations survived long enough to inspire stories. If there are any left, I imagine they would be spread pretty thin. In any case, there are no verified bodies to study, so we are left with our imaginations.

[rbosinger]

There are older indigenous people on Vancouver Island who basically say that growing up there was definitely a bigfoot of sorts. Their parents would see them even more often. They don't seem to doubt it at all. I do recall a CBC video of an elder saying that they were around but that even he's beginning to think that might have been the last of them. If you think about how much North America has changed in only 150 years it sure seems plausible. Maybe it was just a particular group of extra large bears or something but I believe they're not making things up and did encounter some type of special animals at some point.

[gus_massa]

The migration of H. sapiens sapiens from Africa to America left a trail with a lot of fossil and artifacts, and they have the correct chronological order.

A similar story for the migration to Australia.

As far as we know, other big apes and hominids never crossed some big water barriers and never reached America or Australia. There are no bones. There are no footprints, ...

So your idea is possible, but it's very unlikely.

[lo_fye]

Check out “Discovering Bigfoot” On Netflix. It’s actually worth a watch.

[lo_fye]

Or listen to 1 of the over 450 episodes of the podcast “Sasquatch Chronicles”, each of which contains 1 or more eye witness reports.

http://sasquatchchronicles.com