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The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy , a 501 (c)(3) non-profit scientific research organization, exists to validate what we believe to be an undocumented species of bipedal primate, an animal commonly referred to as the Sasquatch or Bigfoot. If successful, this effort would effectively move the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon from the realm of cryptozoology into mainstream science.
Contrary to popular opinion, these animals are not exclusive to the Pacific Northwest, although that region may indeed contain the largest numbers. These animals actually have a long history in Texas and neighboring states; most Texas reports originate in the eastern third of the state.
Although a growing minority of scientists publicly allow for the existence of the species, thousands of credible witnesses, with nothing to gain, have reported encounters with enigmatic animals falling within the physical and behavioral profiles for Bigfoot or Sasquatch. As indicated above, such reports have accumulated for hundreds of years in Texas and neighboring states. We continue to receive compelling sighting reports to this day.
Many widely regional names have emerged over the centuries with reference to these creatures, including Wildman, booger, bush ape, skunk ape, and others. In addition, several rural communities in Texas have their own local Bigfoot legends. Waterways frequented by these fabled creatures often form the basis for their names. In the far East Texas communities of Jefferson and Marshall, for instance, one hears of the "Big Cypress Swamp Monster." The "Chambers Creek Monster" is known from near Corsicana, and the "Turkey Creek Monster†was the nickname given to a Bigfoot-like creature seen near Sulphur Springs.
Regardless of the name, we are convinced that the species is the subject of several common misconceptions and misplaced fears. For example, as indicated by a few of the common names, some people consider it to be a monster. It is not. We are dealing with a primate, an elusive primate, to be sure, but not a monster, the "missing link," a shape-shifter from another dimension, or an extra-terrestrial being.
A small but continuously growing body of physical evidence now exists, in addition to documented visual encounters. This evidence includes: photographs and casts of footprints and handprints, with some of the casts determined by dermal ridge experts to be of unknown primate origin; hair samples found in association with encounters that scientists have determined to be of unknown primate origin; and recorded vocalizations that expert bioacoustics analysts have determined to be of unknown primate origin.
Native American cultures are also rich with related anecdotes pertaining to encounters extending back hundreds of years. Indeed, anthropologists have determined that tribes throughout the continent had names for these creatures such as Nalusa Falaya (Choctaw), Tsiatko (Puyallup/Nisqually), Skookum (Chinook), Windigo (Ojibway), Omah (Yurok), Bukwas (Kwakwaka'wakw), and many others.
Regardless of the credence accorded the myths and legends of Native Americans, the Texas Bigfoot Research Center maintains that the body of contemporary sighting reports, ecological patterns and relationships arising from the study of those reports, along with the physical evidence that has accumulated during the last fifty years, and our own personal observations while in the field, all serve to indicate the existence of a living species that has yet to be documented.
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