A Pop Cultural History of Bigfoot

Aka Sasquatch, and his Tibetan cousin Yeti

Of all the cryptids (un)known to humankind, the mysterious forest ape that lurks in the background of almost every society seems to have the firmest grasp on the popular imagination. Whether or not you accept that humans descended from ape-like creatures (hint: we did), we see the similarity between us and our alleged furry cousins…