Abernethy Forest, Scotland is the largest part of what remains of the Old Caledonian forest, located in Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. In August 2012, it was the location of an alleged British Bigfoot encounter made by two brothers, whilst on their annual camping holiday.
One of the most compelling aspects of this particular
sighting, is that one of the brothers, had spent 37 years working as a primate
keeper in zoos around the UK; making his description of this creature, fascinating.
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| "...it was like a bonobo, but with a much flatter muzzle.” |
The 2 brothers had arrived at their campsite the evening
before and woke early the following morning, to hunt in a nearby field that had
a rabbit warren.
One of the brothers, said: “I usually hunt alone because my brother has a heavy footfall, but
after a few steps, I couldn't hear him behind me, so I looked back to see if he
was still there. Both his mouth and eyes were wide open and he was looking
straight past me. There was a dark figure crouching down with its back to us. It
looked like it was eating berries from the bush. It stood up and turned and to
look straight at me. It must have stood seven to eight feet tall! It was covered in jet black hair all over its
body, except for the upper chest and face and its skin was very dark, except
for its bottom lip, which looked pink. It had a wide nose and large eyes and looked
to be around four feet across its shoulders, with longer hair on its forearms
and on its chin. Its features reminded me of an older bonobo chimpanzee, but
the face was much flatter, especially around the mouth. It was going bald on
top and to my eyes, it was like a bonobo, but with a much flatter muzzle.”
He added: “I have
never been so scared in my life, although it never once took a step towards me
or made any threatening movement, it was just the fact that it should not have
been there. It then turned and walked off into the treeline, looking back one
more time, to see if we were following it. Then it was gone. “
Scotland is a vast and pristine nation that boasts a tiny 1.9% of its landmass devoted to urban sprawl. If a Bigfoot-like creature were to survive undetected somewhere here in the UK, I can think of no more remote a habitat in our beautiful isles, than here!
Many legends exist that allude to the possible existence of
a bipedal, ape-like creature, living undetected in some of the most remote and
isolated regions of our planet.
Over the last 50 years, trace evidence of these animals;
like footprints, hair samples, film and photos have been captured, catalogued
and studied with an almost microscopic zeal, by the obsessive devotees of this
particular zoological fetish!
However, what many students of this genre do not realise is that
Britain and Europe too, have tales of tall, hairy, wild men; called Wodewose;
whose images can be found carved upon our ancient cathedrals and woven into the
medieval tapestries of our Noble heraldry.
There are, amazingly, modern day accounts of these
mysterious ape-men, and those few who do encounter this unknown animal, often
struggle to understand what it is that they have seen. In this case, our
witness, a primate keeper and experienced outdoorsman, was expertly qualified
to judge what type of animal it was that he and his brother encountered; yet
still shocked by the zoological implications that such an animal could be living
undetected here in Britain.
How could it be possible that a type of 'Wildman' could be
roaming our countryside, avoiding the detection of our teeming millions and
managing to live sustainably off of the available resources in the British countryside?
Scotland is a vast and pristine nation that boasts a
trifling 1.9% of its landmass devoted to urban sprawl. If a Bigfoot-like creature
were to endure here in the UK and resist our best attempts to capture and
catalogue it, I can think of no more remote a realm in our beautiful isles,
than there!
It is no surprise then, taking in to consideration the
provident conditions present and the sparsity of human habitation, that from
time, some of the locals and visitors this pristine area of the UK claim to
have had encounters with strange, bipedal, 'ape-men', that resemble in
appearance, the North American Sasquatch.
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