Is Sasquatch Responsible For The Legends Of Werewolves, Trolls, and Goblins?

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Damian Bravo, a Sasquatch believer. You can join Damian's group Sasquatch Lives? on Facebook and the group's official page at www.sasquatchlives.com.

During my search for answers of the existence of Sasquatch (Homo sapiens hirsutii), I wondered if this creature is responsible for the legends of werewolves, trolls, goblins and giants. We all know that Neanderthal did in fact exist and his demise lead the way for us Homo sapiens. But what if the existence of Sasquatch had already been documented in medieval times and the legends of such monsters are just misidentifications of the hairy creature we all know and love.

Humans still retain certain characteristic of our primal beginnings. For example, Hypertrichosis (also called Ambras Syndrome) is the rare genetic condition which some associated with people believing that Wolfmen existed in medieval times. This gene can sometimes appear in families and usually the males are the ones that exhibit these traits, but some female cases have been recorded.

Petrus Gonzales (1648), is the first recorded case of hypertrichosis.

Within these recorded cases in the last hundreds of years, science has studied and researched many of these strange anomalies which occur at certain points in human development.

Let’s take a look at some stories and legends recorded in books during the middle ages, the period before modern science.

In his essay “Historical Evidence For The Existence Of Relict Hominoids”, cryptozoologist Dmitir Bayanov of Russia explains how countless stories and books had been written in medieval times about the existence of a hairy Wildman. He points out that this evidence should be seen as relevant information for the case and study of Sasquatch existence.

According to one account, Persian scholar Nizami al-Arudi (12th century A.D.), wrote in his book “Chahar maqala”, that the lowest animal is the worm and highest is Nasnas:

"a creature inhabiting the plains of Turkistan... This, after mankind, is the highest animal, in as much as in several respects it resembles man: first in its erect stature, secondly in the breadth of its nails, and thirdly in the hair on its head."

As you can see, he was talking about something not exactly human but closely related to Homo sapiens.
Bayanov also wrote that the Wildman’s presence in medieval Europe is well documented by U.S. scholar Richard Bernheimer (1952) in his book, “Wild Men in the Middle Ages”. The author describes these hairy creatures as if they actually existed at the time. Here is a quote from the book:

“About the wild man’s habitat and manner of life, medieval authorities are articulate and communicative. It was agreed that he shunned human contact, settling, if possible, in the most remote and inaccessible parts of the forest, and making his bed in crevices, caves, or the deep shadow of overhanging branches. In this remote and lonely sylvan home he eked out a living without benefit of metallurgy or even the simplest agricultural lore, reduced to the plain fare of berries and acorns or the raw flesh of animals.”

It’s fascinating to see how similar some points from the author closely resemble certain traits of Sasquatch and its habitat. In some of the stories from medieval times, the Wildman would even be captured and dragged to the local castle. Believing that it was a hairy man, the captors would try to educate the creature, thinking the Wildman would become more like them.

In many cultures, beliefs were based on actual events that became part of their folklore and legends. Other mythical creatures have been described with traits similar to Sasquatch, but the most significant similarity is their ability to walk on two feet, bipedalism.

These are only stories, but how did man get the idea of such creatures? People have been writing about these creatures for centuries, but because of the lack of true scientific understanding at the time, Sasquatch-like creatures were more of a novelty.

Read more: http://www.isu.edu/rhi/pdf/Bayanov.pdf

Read more: www.livestrong.com

Damian Bravo
www.sasquatchlives.com