wildmen 1: The Wildmen of North America

American Sasquatch/Bigfoot (USA):  






The most iconic image of the American Sasquatch



The American Sasquatch is the "wildman" that started it all.

The American Sasquatch first came too the worlds attention when Rodger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed the world famous Patterson-Gimlin footage.

Witnesses describe the American Sasquatch as a hairy Ape-like animal that is bipedal (walks on two legs). Its reportedly 6-10 feet (2-3 meters) tall with dark brown or reddish hair, the American Sasquatch is said too have large eyes and a pronounced brow ridge. Its forehead is large and low-set and the top off its head is supposed to be round like the sagittal crest of a Gorilla and early hominids (Humans). It's also reported that the American Sasquatch has a very strong and incredibly unpleasant smell that accompanies it. The American Sasquatch is supposed weigh 500 pounds (230 kilos) the average man ways 145 - 200 lbs (60 -70 kg), so there's a big difference.  It is also mainly Nocturnal and either a Carnivore or an Omnivore although Cryptozoologysts are still unsure on which of these it is.

In modern times the American Saquatch has become more agressive and experts predict that will kill someone within the next three years.

Canadian Sasquatch:                                                

Known as Bigfoots Canadian sibling , this creature shows similarity's to the American Sasquatch but also has slight differences.  Its Reported to be 8 feet tall with long muscular arms. Its Hair is supposed to be much thicker than the American Sasquatch but has a similar "foul" smell. However there have been reports of an a semi clothed man height creature. The first sighting was in 1811.

Windigo/Rake/Slenderman:

The Windigo has many names, Wendigo, Weendigo, Windago, Waindigo, Windiga, Witiko, Wihtikow to name but  a few it was part of the Algonquian peoples culture but became part of the Native American culture and eventually the world would include it in its many cultures.

The original Windigo was only seen in Quebec and North America, but now sightings are reported all over the world. The creature is said to have taken people into the forest and have eaten them, it is however supposed to be terrified of fire or any source of light.

Eventually the descriptions of the creature changed, it lost its fur but remained tall, this creature would become known as the Rake in Middle Ages Europe.

In  Algonquian legend its mentioned that The Windigo was gaunt to the point of emaciation, its desiccated skin pulled tautly over its bones. With its bones pushing out against its skin, its complexion the ash Gray of death, and its eyes pushed back deep into their sockets, the Weendigo looked like a gaunt skeleton recently disinterred from the grave. What lips it had were tattered and bloody  Unclean and suffering from suppuration's of the flesh, the Windigo gave off a strange and eerie odour of decay and decomposition, of death and corruption. Humans could also become Windigos because in Algonquian legend Windigos where men and women who'd turned to cannibalism and slowly transformed into an insane creature, who was no longer Human.
This was known as Windigo Psychosis an is an actual mental illness, suffered by those who eat Human Flesh.

Slowly the Windigos description changed again, and like all predators the modern day Windigo not known as the Rake but a creature who preys on those who live alone, children and the elderly. And most people who come into contact with it either go insane or commit suicide within six months of seeing it, but most just disappear because the Windigo never gives up the Chase as it is a predator with a Humans brain. It said that this new version of the Windigio called "Slenderman" wheres a suit and stalks its victims for months, even years, but only when their alone. It often takes whole family's one at a time. but unlike its predecessors it has multiple arms and can change its shape. however one aspect of the original Windigo endures to this day, it cannot stand light, light will deter any Windigo from a Hunt, but it will use light to track you down.

 The Florida Skunk Ape:

 The Florida Skunk Ape is different too the American and Canadian Sasquatches, its stooped over like an Orangutan but it isn't an Orangutan, because Orangutans cannot walk on two legs for great periods of time, and when they do Orangutans tend to waddle.

The face, the dark red fur all suggest one thing, this creature is a descendant of Orangutans, and perhaps a relative of the world famous Yeti, also believed to be a descendant of orangutans. in fact Asia and Russia's versions of Bigfoot are more Orangutan-like than Gorilla-like.

The Florida Skunk Ape is called that because of its apalling smell that some witnesses claim is worse than the American and Canadian Sasquatches, the smell is supposed to resemble rotting flesh. The Florida Skunk Ape is described as seven foot tall, with dark red - orange hair, sightings have increased since the 1960s when the first modern sightings where reported. The Native American Tribes who live in Floridas swampes say the Florida Skunk Ape is very real and very dangerous.

The Florida Skunk Ape is known for its violence towards Humans, in fact in the 1800s people claimed to have been attacked by this strange creature known. many hunting parties went in search of this creature, not many came back. those who did told of how it took twenty shots to kill one, and that the "demons" as they were called would work together to rip men in half, whether these stories are true or if they were an exaggeration i don't know.