I notice that there is a ape cryptid in almost every country, we got bigfoot and the shunk ape in the U.S.A, the yeti in mongolia and china, who knows how many in south east asia ( I have heard of dozen or so different ape cryptids in that area), neadthral(sp)man in germany and surronding places, somthing called the wild man in that same area. it just got me wondoring if there are so many different ape cryptids, then theres a good chance at least one of them is real, right?

They're pretty similar, and are almost definately related if they exist.

I never belived there could just be three (not counting humans) great apes, so I think bigfoot and maybe yeti are alive

Could it be that the human mind doesn't want us to be the only one that exists, that our minds are constantly searching for something like us?

I don't know, maybe people just aren't very imaginative?



Not necessarily.

I doubt it, most humans like to think that humans are the smartest animals in existence

I'd like to think that the Yowie is a real creature that on ocassion, is spotted by a unwary bushwalker.

I read a article last week about the Wollemi National Park, where they were conducting an search for Aboriginal rock/wall paintings. There were a lot of art examples of unidentified animals.

The park is 500,000 hectares of virtual wilderness. It's bordered by the unbroken bushland of the Blue Mountains National Park and Yengo National Park. All up, about 1 million hectares of wilderness.

The Wollemi Pine was undiscovered until 1994. It doesn't move and has no intelligence.

well, it could mean that they were bad artists.

This is why I think bigfoot and the like exist.

You seem to think you're talking about an animal. The Wollemi Pine is a tree.




Okay, so a tree was discovered in one of the largest wilderness in Australia (~5000km²) 14 years ago, and that makes you think Bigfoot exists?

That makes no sense at all, if anything it just serves to show that Bigfoot does not exist, seeing as this tree was discovered so long ago, and despite the fact it's in such an unoccupied area.

Yet still, no sign of bigfoot...

A tree is quite incapable of hiding itself.

As far as other species of greater apes existing...not only do I think it's quite likely, but from an anthropological standpoint, they really should exist. I don't believe that all of the proported creatures are...the evidence for some of them is slightly less than sketchy...but I certainly do believe there's a greater ape in North America, and goodness knows how many in Asia.

It's the insistance that these creatures are a 'missing link' or something supernatural that causes so much stigma around belief in them. It's far more plausible to believe they're simply a species of ape that has yet to be discovered and documented by science.

While I'm not going to try and convince anyone here that 'Ol Footy does or does not exist, I only wish to point-out ONE THING......does it make more sense to "assume"(and let's face it, that's what's going on here) that there are various species of previously undiscovered hominoids roaming North America(and various other countries) and procreating, ranging in size from 6-9ft tall and for some reason has been clever enough to avoid capture or definite video verification for almost 100 years.......................or that all you had were a few misidentifications of wild animals by people not familiar with those animals, and rumor combined with word of mouth(which were really the only means of long-range communication when the "hairy wild-man" stories first arose) started a bit of a "craze" and from there, "The Sky Started Falling"(for all of you Chicken Little fans)?

How long do you suppose 'civilized' man was in Africa for before gorrillas were discovered and catalogued? Even today, with known greater apes, the only specimens we're ever likely to actually encounter are those living in nature reserves...a confined space, which we know they are to be found in.

Native Americans have had stories about sasquatch long, long before any of the more recent settlers saw them...I suppose they're crazy too? It's the same situation as the gorrilla...despite generations worth of legends about the animal among local tribes in Africa, they were dismissed as a myth for centuries "A huge, hairy, man like creature? Don't be absurd!"

Sound familiar?

So, when are we going to see one...or capture one.....or get a nonlaughable pic or video of one.....maybe we should be staking-out an Indian Reservation.

A myth is one thing, but if your going to try and convince me that a gorilla exists then produce one...oh, wait one's been produced....I guess it's not a myth anymore.......so I suppose that all were waiting on now is.........time.