i myself do beleive that there is a ape-like creature in the forests of north america that has not yet been found. there is one question though. surly there are many of these animals, due to all of the "sightings". what is to happen when one dies?. some have said that the breed eat there deceased, or some even go out on a limb and says the government picks up the bodies. just like to hear some people's takes on it.

Much like that of a bear, I think that when a bigfoot dies it's carcass is eaten by the animals of the forest. It is very rare to find a dead bear in the woods. If one gets hit by a car or something that's a different story. But I believe the animals in the forest whether it be bears, coyotes, wolves, whatever eat the carcass.

That is purely my opinion and I guess whether you believe in bigfoot or not would steer your opinion.

Yeah, I gotta agree with the previous post. You almost never see a dead animal in the woods. Even if you spend an awful amount of time out there. What ever is left after the animals get thier cut is up to the flies and ants. Then the bones are quickly covered by falling leaves and the such. At the right time of year, a rather large animal like a deer can completely vanish in less than a month. Add to that the fact thatthe woods can be a large place!

Highly doubtful they would eat their own dead, if they are more intelligent than the average simian then they would form very close emiotional attachments. Also pretty ludicrous that the government goes out collecting the dead bodies...

I don't subscribe tothe eat thier own dead theory either but, we did. In some of the more remote areas eating of the dead only stopped a few decades ago. For the moment, we are the most intelligent ape around.

Other forest scavengers might eat their carcasses, dont like the government theory though.

I watched a documentary when that exact question came up. They sent some park rangers / biologists to track down and try to find bones of a bear. After a few days of searching, they never found one. I would assume finding the bone of a bear would be much easier then finding one of an endangered species if it actually lives. Also, if these are intelligent primates of some type, a very early form of cro-magnon man, they might infact bury their dead in a sloppy manner. Burying the dead has been a tradition that has been around for many many years.

Wow I never thought that maybe animals would eat big foot, weather it's true or not, it was a good thought.

The difference is.. YOU SEE BEARS WHEN THEY ARE ALIVE.
Haha, I didn't post in another recent thread, but people were actually debating on whether or not a skiier was a bigfoot. It was pretty funny, but I didn't feel like stirring things up.

Oh well, I just think a lot of people like to believe they saw things they didn't. And others just want to pretend they did (completely make it up), so that they can help reinforce their beliefs..


The best thing is that bigfoot and such are seen all over. Not just in one forest. Are you telling me that there is like one or two bigfoots in all of these places?

And what other endagered animals are spread out so widely? I doubt that an animal that is spread all throughout could become endangered in all of these different, unconnected forests and (habitats in general), simultaneously..

Actually, considering how many "sightings" there have been, the animals can't be quite as rare as people say it is. It's quite a shock that no one is able to get proof of such a common seen "crypto." (and no, footprints or pictures of footprints are not proof.. I could easily make fake T-Rex foot prints if I wanted to..)

Scavengers would eat the carcass. There's no indication that Bigfoot hunts actively, except for maybe catching fish in streams. Cannibalism is a stretch.

The old way my tribe buried their dead was sitting upright. Then covered with leaves and logs. Then buried in a mound. We still bury the traditionalists that way. Due to the tannic acid in the leaves the remains disinegrate.
The same goes with animals. The vultures and coyotes pick and scatter the carcass and crack up the bones for marrow. What bones the mice do not eat the tannin from the leaf duff and the pine straw dissolve. It is rare I find a skeleton in the woods, it is usually from poachers and is a few weeks old.

Lapi'che

Thats what I think as well. Elephants bury their dead, so why wouldn't a bigfoot, especially since it probably has a higher intelligence than other animals.

You'd think you see bones of all sorts of animals when you go hiking, but i have yet to see anything. Ive only seen a bit of deer bones. It's doubtful that even if Bigfoot existed, that we will see any remains as of yet.

wouldn't it be funny if bigfoot was one of them 'furlings' from the 1950's alien beings, that went around and abducted people and visited people.

I don't think that animals would eat bigfoot. I donno.

That is one of my theories. If they cover the bodies with leaf duff and pine straw the tannin and bacteria would just literally "mulch" the body.

Lapi'che

Should we make a bumpersticker of "I accelerate for big foot"...

I'm guessing that the bones would stay around for a while in spite of the elements etc, but they might go off to isolated/hard to reach places to die. Only know about cats doing that, but who knows. I do recall an old cow carcass on the farm where I grew up that was there for at least a couple of years, so I don't think the bones would have all that short an amount of time to find them in.

and why would scavangers not eat bigfoot? what is your reasoning that they would pass up such a bountiful feast

Hey, tehre's a few billion people here in the world, but you don't see dead ones lying around every five feet, do you? IF Bigfoot is real, then perhaps they bury their dead, like another highly developed monkey we all know and love.

Have you ever tasted a bigfoot? They could be very tasty for all we know. Fried bigfoot, bigfoot jerky, bigfoot steaks, baked bigfoot, etc... Mmmmm bigfoot!

Excuse me waitress, I'll have the barbeque bigfoot, to go please. I'm kinda in a hurry!

I think the wide distribution of sightings is best explained my a nomatic migratory creature.

I don't think that any serious cryptozoologist would say that there are only a handful of creatures making "personal appearences" in all of these various locations. There would have to be a sparce, yet diverse population of the animals for them to remain genetically viable.

As for simultaneous endangerment as an issue, this happens all the time to many different kinds of species, all over the world. The worst thing that can happen to any population of animals is to have their natural environment and migratory routes seporated by encroachment. This is even more true for a nomatic population that depends on chance meeting during migration for their exchange of genetic diverse codes which are needed to ensure healthy young.

Additionally, I think it is more than likely that if bigfoot exists that groups do engage in cannibalism. We know that both early Homo Sapiens and Homo Heidelbergensis have a history of this kind of behavior. Farther more, I think that these creatures head to higher, mountainous, iscolated regions to die. It should be noted that the only remains of Gigantopithecus which have ever been recovered were found in a group in just such a location in Asia.

Anyway, there are just some passing thoughts.

Well, I still can't imagine a giant ape who lives in the wild being smart enough to.. outsmart humans. Or be a master in the art of stealth.

And about them all going up into the mountains to die.. maybe. But you don't always know when you're going to die (a lot of animals DO have dieng rituals, but i'm sure there has to be some unnatural deaths..)

Animals do it all the time!!! Big animals at that. The mountain lions of Nepal have only ever been sighted in the wild (at distance) twice in recorded history, yet we find their tracks in the snow and they are a recorded species.

Mountain Gorillas were thought to be folk lore of the region until they were officially discovered at the turn of the last century. These animals hide. They are the ultimate masters of stealth in their environment. That is how they survive.

Would it surprize you to know that even the hunters who are native to the regions where jungle elephants roam will be the first to tell you that it is possible to walk within five feet of a full sized elephant without seeing it if it does not wish to be seen? It is true!!!