History Main / BigfootSasquatchAndYeti

* Paleontologists have discovered species of extinct [[GentleGiant giant, herbivorous hominids]] that bear a striking resemblance to Yeti. This may be the source of the legend.

Common characteristics are said to include a extreme [[GentleGiant shyness towards humans]], horrible odors and unearthly noises, and of course scattering large footprints around as they frolic in out-of-focus areas. Most scientific authorities regard these creatures as either [[UrbanLegends entirely imaginary]] or the fabrications of human pranksters, but like [[StockNessMonster lake monsters]] and the {{Chupacabra}} and ''unlike'' "out-and-out" fictional species such as the {{Wendigo}}, BS&Y have devout believers in their existence. Often speculated to be akin to [[GentleGiant large, herbivorous]] hominids such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot#Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus]]. More information on Bigfoot can be found at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot Other Wiki]].

* There is a non-canon Star Wars/Indiana Jones crossover comic which features Indy and Shortround tracking Sasquatch in the north-west coast of North America. They come across a massive metal structure that had been there for hundreds of years, and Indy goes inside and sees the remains of a human: Han Solo. Han and Chewie had flown the Falcon into a wormhole and crash landed on Earth. Han was killed by Native Americans while Chewie survived and raged at them, creating legends of a massive furry ape-man. Indy notes that Han looks familiar ([[FridgeLogic despite being a skeleton]]) and he decides to stop the hunt for Sasquatch.

* ''TheMummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' includes a sequence with Yetis. They look more like humanoid cats.

* ''Eerie Indiana'': Marshall Teller often spots Bigfoot rooting around in his trash.

** Interestingly, the word "gorilla" first time appears in the writings of Carthaginian explorer Hanno, in an area that doesn't seem to have ever had any great apes. Some historians believe that Hanno and his men mistakenly [[Squick killed and skinned some pygmies]] they thought to match the description.

* ''LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff'' features a Yeti who is the LastOfHisKind.

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] encounter Yeti like creatures in ''Proven Gulity'' after stoming Arctis Tor.

* ''The Long Walk'' (the one where Slavomir Ravisz escapes from a Gulag), which lies somewhere between autobiography and VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory, [[YourMileageMayVary depending who you ask]], contains an encounter with a Yeti. In fact, that's why he got in contact with a publisher in the first place.

* The Yetis of the Harry Potter universe are given an entry in ''Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them''. They're said to grow close to fifteen feet tall, have snow white fur, eat anything it comes across, live in Tibet, fear fire and possibly be related to Trolls (though no one has gotten close enough to one to actually study it).

* In ''DoctorWho'', the second Doctor has dealing with robots disguised as Yeti. (As well as, briefly, a real Yeti.)

* In ''TheMightyBoosh'', there is a tribe of female yeti that live in the woods in England. IIRC, the episodes plotline was just a GenderReversed version of the original yeti myth.

* Bigfoot and other north american fuzzy walkers appear in several episodes of LostTapes.
* "Big Guy" of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Sanctuary Sanctuary]] is of the Bigfoot abnormal classification.
* ''TheGoodies'' did an episode spoofing ArthurCClarke's ''Mysterious World'', in which Tim Brooke-Taylor & Co go into the mountains in search of mysterious creatures, only to find that Graham Garden is faking their existence (including the inevitable spoof on the Patterson-Gimlin Film, which is given away by its zipper -- that Graham has to undo to take a piss). Eventually one of Tim's feet swells up to enormous size due to him constantly walking around steep slopes, and he has to flee into the wild (wearing a furry coat to keep himself warm) to prevent everyone who sees him laughing themselves to death over the sight of his Big Foot.

* TheStanFrebergShow's abominable snowman interviews. His trade is terrorizing the mountain climbers & he wears size 23 sneakers.

* Some version of the ''DungeonsAndDragons'' Monster Manual include Yeti as potential encounters.

** More like it features ''Sasquatch'', a Bigfoot that has attacks more like a Yeti.
* ''FinalFantasyVI'' has Umaro, a Yeti who can be used as a ''airship pilot''.

* ''TheBackyardigans'' had two Yetis in different episodes: Pablo in the appropriatedly-named episode "The Yeti" (althought he looked more like himself wearing white winter gear) and Tyrone in "Fly Girl" (which looks more like a Yeti than Pablo did).
* ''TheAngryBeavers''' Daggett was taught in the art of stealth by "Big Buttocks". [[spoiler: He was really a big hairy Canadian]].

* The now-defunct Seattle Supersonics basketball team had a Sasquatch mascot. (Yes, a guy in a suit.)

* A brand of iced coffee used Bigfoot for advertisements on TV and radio. One such add mentioned that most witnesses saw Bigfoot between the hours of midnight to 3 am -- either because Bigfoot was raiding store fridges at night looking for iced coffee, or because most of the witnesses were pissed.

** Interestingly, the word "gorilla" first time appears in the writings of Carthaginian explorer Hanno, in an area that doesn't seem to have ever had any great apes. Some historians believe that Hanno and his men mistakingly killed and skinned some pygmies they thought to match the description.

* In {{Tenacious D}}'s The Pick Of Destiny, Jables eats psychotropic mushrooms, and imagines he's Sasquatch's baby Sass.

* ''[=SkiFree=]'' is a Windows 3.1 game which at the higher skill levels inevitably ends with your skier being eaten by a Yeti.
** [[http://xkcd.com/667/ Not if you hit the F key.]]

* ''[[{{Tintin}} Tintin In Tibet]]'' features a Yeti. He [[ABoyAndhisX befriends Tintin's friend Chan]] after a tragic airplane accident prompts Tintin to SendInTheSearchTeam.

* ''TinTin In Tibet'' features a Yeti.

Common characteristics are said to include a extreme [[GentleGiant shyness towards humans]], horrible odors and unearthly noises, and of course scattering large footprints around as they frolic in out-of-focus areas. Most scientific authorities regard these creatures as either [[UrbanLegends entirely imaginary]] or the fabrications of human pranksters, but like [[StockNessMonster lake monsters]] and the {{Chupacabra}} and ''unlike'' "out-and-out" fictional species such as the {{Wendigo}}, BS&Y have devout believers in their existence. Often speculated to be akin to large, herbivorous hominids such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot#Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus]]. More information on Bigfoot can be found at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot Other Wiki]].

Common characteristics are said to include a extreme [[GentleGiant shyness towards humans]], horrible odors and unearthly noises, and of course scattering large footprints around as they frolic in out-of-focus areas. Most scientific authorities regard these creatures as either [[UrbanLegends entirely imaginary]] or the fabrications of human pranksters, but like [[StockNessMonster lake monsters]] and the {{Chupacabra}} and ''unlike'' "out-and-out" fictional species such as the {{Wendigo}}, BS&Y have devout believers in their existence. Often speculated to be akin to large, herbivorous hominids such as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot#Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus]]. More Real Life information can be found at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot Other Wiki]].

** It is speculated that ancient humans may have discovered or encountered such remains, just like the ancient Greeks misinterpreted elephant skulls for Cyclops. (Northern European [[OurTrollsAreAllDifferent Troll]] legends may be based on similar prehistoric encounters, which didn't end well for the [[AllCavemenAreNeanderthals Neanderthals]]).

Common characteristics are said to include a extreme [[GentleGiant shyness towards humans]], horrible odors and unearthly noises, and of course scattering large footprints around as they frolic in out-of-focus areas. Most scientific authorities regard these creatures as either [[UrbanLegends entirely imaginary]] or the fabrications of human pranksters, but like [[StockNessMonster lake monsters]] and the {{Chupacabra}} and ''unlike'' "out-and-out" fictional species such as the {{Wendigo}}, BS&Y have devout believers in their existence. More Real Life information can be found at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot Other Wiki]].

* Comediam Mitch Hedberg {{lampshaded}} the fact that photographers always seem to end up having blurry photographs of Bigfoot.

* ''The Aquiliad'' by S.P. Somtow is a '''''wacky''''' AlternateHistory in which TheRomanEmpire has [[Schizo Tech developed steamships]] and is now exploring and settling Terra Nova (i.e., North America). Where the narrator finds the Sasquatii, or, as the scholars put it in proper Greek, the Megapodes -- who greet the Romans with, "Shalom." Yes, the Sasquatii are descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, kidnapped and mutated by a {{Time Travel}}ing MadScientist ... and it goes on to get even weirder.

** That's British-pissed, not American-pissed (over on this side of the pond it means "furious", not "drunk").

** Interestingly, the word "gorilla" first time appears in the writings of Carthagean explorer Hanno, in an area that doesn't seem to have ever had any great apes. Some historians believe that Hanno and his men mistakingly killed and skinned some pygmies they thought to match the description.

* Also from the 70's is the classically bad film 'Snowbeast', about a Bigfoot/Yeti/whatever eating [[MonsterMysogyny pretty young women]] at a Colorado ski resort until he gets stabbed to death with a ski pole by Bo Svenson. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowbeast

* Some apes, such as gorillas, were known only as legends of "hairy wild men" until properly discovered. This is one of the reasons people believe Sasquatch could be real.