ExTheist

SASQUACH FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND...........and bigfoot said "thats where I carried you".....

Mageth

The stories range farther than that. Northeast Texas/Arkansas/Louisiana has its own Bigfoot legend, for example.

And "legend" is what it is, IMO.

Corwin

I'm not familiar with the stories from the south... but the idea of the 'wild man' is a reasonably common one, mythologically speaking. The main difference is that in the northwest US and in southeast asia there's evidence of an organism that matches the description that might still be extant... (they're supposed to have become extinct about 35K years ago, which isn't all that long... all things considered.)

As I said... it could be just another wildman legend. Or it could be another 'oops maybe it's not quite extinct after all' incident.

Radcliffe Emerson

I think if the Yowie did indeed exist down under, Steve Irwin could find it!

Corwin

And most likely proceed to immediately be bitten by it.

(Snakes he takes precautions with.... but with the mammals he ain't nearly so careful... )

Xeluan

I'd actually watch his show, even pay for a movie, to see that. I can see Irwin now poking a Yowie with a stick saying "Crikey, this bloke is getting quite upset. I'd better be careful....."

Xeluan

Blinn

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Radcliffe Emerson

That's priceless!

Godless Dave

It's a lot easier to hide in the depths of the ocean than in the mountains. An animal as big as Gigantopithicus would be at the top of the food chain, competing with bears (in North America, anyway). It would have to eat a lot of food and cover a wide territory. I would be very surprised if a land organism that large could go undetected for so long.

Corwin

Um.... Giganto would be the only animal in its class. Everything we've discovered about them suggests that they lived/live entirely on foliage that no other animal eats in any significant quantity. (Branches/leaves etc.) From the wear pattern on the teeth we've found, their diet would have consisted mostly of leaves and tree branches. (Much like gorillas.) The advantage to this is that you don't have a whole lot of competition for your food, since most animals don't eat sticks. The disadvantage is that you have to spend most of your time eating just to get enough calories and nutrient to surivive.