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N
ative American and Canadian Indian tribes
have
passed down stories going back
thousands of years about giant ape-men
living in the forests of the western United States and
Canada. They called these creatures Sasquatch, Yerin,
or Mountain Devils.
Regardless of the name, the
descriptions of these animals are usually the same. The
Bigfoot is usually described as being very tall, well over
two meters. It is covered in thick, dark hair and usually gives off a bad odor.
The Bigfoot’s body is usually very muscular and ape-like, yet it walks upright
and has a face more similar to that of humans than of apes. For the most part,
these creatures appear not to be violent or aggressive. Bigfoot sightings are
usually of lone, or single, creatures, but there have been reports of people seeing
groups, or families, of Bigfoot.
People in other countries also tell stories of similar ape-men. In the
Himalayas, a mountain range in Nepal, people call these creatures Yeti, or
