num_pages: 372
description: Sasquatch Bigfoot Yeti and other manlike creatures have been reported in many cultures throughout history and around the world. But is there conclusive proof of their physical reality or is all such evidence a hoax? Are eyewitness sightings believable or is mans perception of the world around him in doubt? Why are manlike monsters a persistent part of myth and legend?Now for the first time international experts attempt to answer these questions by inquiring into the Bigfoot phenomenon. Bigfoot on Trial explores arguments about the nature of Bigfoot's existence as well as the psychological and mythological influences that affect our perceptions of manlike monsters.This inquiry draws together the opinions of experts from fields as diverse as anthropology engineering psychotherapy ethnology ecology and sociology and looks at our European and Native American Wild Man traditions as expressed in myth and art contemporary reports and linguistic and physical evidence.In its quest for truth this fascinating book attempts to reconcile the conflicting sometimes acrimonious views of experts in the field.
language: English
title: Bigfoot on Trial: Early Records and Modern Evidence of Manlike Monsters
publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform