could werewolves be misidentified bigfoots or some form of surviving giant lemur that evolved a bipedal locomotion? both lemurs and sasquach are known to howl.. and to uneducated ears, they'd sound like wolves and that being hairy like an animal, whoever seen the creature upclose in the moonlight would think it's part man-part wolf, especiall a giant lemur, where the facial feature is more wolf-like than a sasquach. .... just a thought.

I don't believe a werewolf would be a misidentification between a bigfoot or a giant mutant lemure. Though the human brain does have the tendancy to conjure up just about anything, especially when you are frightened. That's just my take on it.

Well... I'm kinda not sure... Cuz I do believe in werewolves, but you'd be amazed what the human mind is like when it's afraid. The imagination is like over 10x more active at night, cuz your senses are perked to the max. I used to have a post here somewhere called the "History of Werewolves".... Funny, I'll bring it back one day... Haha...

Since shapeshifters are common in many cultures across the world, I would still have to say no on the bigfoot/lemure angle. Examples of shapeshifters are as follows from around the world.

Japanese have Kitsune or the fox people that can take on the form of a human.
Were-tigers in other parts of china.
Were-wolves in much of Europe since the wolf was the predominant predator to fear.
Berserkers (taken from bearserkers of the norse) or were-bears.
American Indians have several shapeshifter traditions. Not many are actually the vial man killing variety. The one exception right off hand is a navajo skinwalker tale about coyotes tricking men to take the form of the human body to do ill will while the helpless human is laying about curled up in a ball with his nose stuffed up his own backside much like a sleeping dog.

This is not to say that in the dark of night, when your mind is working a million miles an hour that you couldn't confuse some strange sound, (like bigfoot, or the lemur) into believing that it could be a blood thirsty man beast coming to eat your face off. But I am willing to chalk that one up as just scaring the crap out of yourself.

So in some instances I would definitely agree in mistaken identity. hmmm just talked myself into a full circle. I hope this made some sense.

I think it is very possible.
Good, now we have only one cryptid instead of two, so its easier!

Well, to a blind person a well grown rabbit may look exactly like John F. Kennedy, and the sound they make while cheving carrots is also remarkably similar.
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Seriously, I don't think so... As far as I know, Lemurs only exist and existed on Madagascar, so them being the base for the European/Native American/etc. myth is highly improbable.

I thought werewolves were huge horny hairy men?

No, because I don't think that werewolves were ever known to walk on two feet. But I know that werewolves are not real.

As far as I have read, there is many sub-species of the Sasquatch. I don't understand how there couldn't be one that happens to be skinny, ornery, and have a head similar to a dog. But heck I think that just about anything is possible. I guess I am just to open-minded. But I like it that way.
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