
In 2019, for example, a YouTube video of mysterious howls and screams in a forest in northwestern Ontario, Canada went viral, driving Bigfoot speculation.

Strange noise recordings associated with Bigfoot occasionally attract media attention but the noises can often be attributed to known animals, such as foxes or coyotes.Įxperts can't always identify the exact animal in strange recordings that cryptozoologists, people who search for creatures rumored to exist, point to as Bigfoot evidence. The creatures are also associated with other noises, such as wood-knocking, according to Scientific American. Some people claim to have heard Bigfoot shrieks, howls, growls, screams or other vocalizations. (Image credit: MICHAEL MACOR/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) Related: Real or not? The science behind 12 unusual sightings Bigfoot video and photographsĪ bigfoot-hunter attempts to record calls from the elusive creature. When it comes to cryptids like Bigfoot, the human brain is capable of making up explanations for events it can't immediately interpret, and many people simply want to believe they exist, Live Science previously reported. In the same vein, people also often overestimate their ability to remember things. In crime cases, for example, witnesses can be influenced by their emotions and may miss or distort important details. Unfortunately, these are based on human memories, and memories are not reliable, Live Science previously reported. In these accounts, Bigfoot is usually described as being about 8 to 10 feet (2.4 to 3 meters) tall and covered in hair.Įyewitness reports, or sightings, are the most common evidence put forward for the existence of Bigfoot.

in the last 50 years, Live Science reported in 2019. There have been more than 10,000 eyewitness accounts of Bigfoot in the continental U.S. (Image credit: RichVintage via Getty Images) Blurry image of a supposed Bigfoot sighting.
