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| Subfield of biology concerned with origin of species from a common descent and descent of species, as well as their change, multiplication, and diversity over time. |
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| Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study of any category of natural objects or organisms. |
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| An area of historical study, considered by some to be a social science, that attempts to view historical evidence from the point of view of developing social trends |
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| refers to the search for animals which are considered to be legendary or otherwise nonexistent by mainstream biology. |
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| A memory of a particular case or event that may not surface without context. |
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| A set of tracks found in Washington state that supposedly belonged to a crippled bigfoot who had been sustaining itself by eating out of people's trash cans. The deformity in the right foot served as evidence in support of bigfoot. |
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| Site for the filming of Roger Patterson's "Bigfoot" film. |
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| A term used in scientific literature to describe a walk that features a bent knee and bent hip. |
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| The Minnesota Iceman. Owned by Frank Hansen it was thought to be the first physical evidence of a bigfoot. It was determined to be neither human nor ape. |
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| The Booger is to Bardin Florida's Bigfoot. |
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| Evidence obtained by the application of scientific methods and is susceptible to use in court proceedings; examples include medical evidence such as obtained through DNA testing or pathological examination of a deceased person found in a mass grave. |
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| Authored "Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life", defended existence of bigfoot despite lack of physical evidence. |
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| First serious scientist to devote time and effort to researching bigfoot and its existence. Supported claim that bigfoot was real. |
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| Former meat cutter turned U.S. Forest Service employee who became the worlds most successful bigfoot hunter. |
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| Worked for a construction company in Humbolt County and in 1958 first coined the term "bigfoot" to describe huge footprints a worker of his had found. Later it was revealed that Wallace possessed large wooden feet and that he may have made the prints himself as a hoax. |
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| Ray Wallace's neighbor who had been making fake feet for hoaxing purposed since the 1930's. He admitted to loaning some of his handiwork to Wallace. |
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| A short motion picture of an unidentified subject shot in south dakota on october 20th 1967 claimed to be a female "bigfoot". |
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| Bigfoot as a Mythological Figure/Ken Wylie |
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| Wylie argued that bigfoot is a contemporary mythological figure that is perpetuated through hoaxes. Myth is all about meaning and the reality of the myth should have no bearing on its utility. |
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