Cowboy-hat-wearing cryptozoologist Ken Gerhard explains why we can't find Bigfoot's body

Ken Gerhard

Ken Gerhard is a cryptozoologist who has been featured on numerous television shows, including Monster Quest and The Real Wolfman. He is also author of three books and several articles on cryptozoology. You'll recognize him for his trademark leather cowboy hat, but you'll probably recognize him even more after you watch the video clip of him below.

Cryptozoologists Ken Gerhard and Ron Coffey were speakers during the first Shooting Star Paranormal Convention November 4-5. They pretty much told people what they understood about Bigfoot. One of the main things they tried to explain was why, after all these years, hasn't there been a body discovered yet? According to DL-Online, this was Gerhard's explanation:

Gerhard said even though there is potentially thousands of such creatures in the U.S. region, that still makes them very rare and enough to put them on the endangered species list.

“Secondly, they choose to live in remote areas and they sense humans are their biggest threat,” Gerhard said. “Much like a bear, they have very keen senses and can pick up people early and flee to a more remote area.”

Another reason why sightings are so rare is they are nocturnal and nomadic.

Even the question of why no carcass of a Bigfoot has ever been found can be explained, Gerhard said.

“You very rarely find animal carcasses in the wild, because Mother Nature disposes of them very quickly by fast decay and scavengers spreading their bones about,” he added. “I’ve talked to hunters who have hunted for many years and they say they don’t come about many carcasses.

“There also is the theory they bury their own dead like the Neanderthals did. That also decreases the odds of stumbling across one of (Big-foot’s) body.”

With 10,000 species discovered yearly — with most being insects or mollusks — Gerhard does believe the discovery of a Bigfoot species is close.

That alone could advance the thought of human evolution.

But there is plenty of area to cover and for Big-foot to hide, making the ultimate goal of proving the existence of one of the most sought after cryptids in the world a most difficult one.

If that time ever does come, it will be a mile-stone for the ages.

“It would be one of the greatest discoveries of the century,” Gerhard concluded.

You can read the full article at www.dl-online.com.