Introduction
From the ancient times, throughout the whole history, and even in our contemporary society, people all over the world are still fascinated by the stories about big, giant, shape-shifting animals and mystical creatures, hidden in the mountains or from the light of the day. There are various interpretations of the notion "creature" or "monster" and the reason of its creation, some of them pointing to the fact that the human beings were forced to be afraid of the wild animals if they wanted to survive in the dangerous world. However, the reason for the existence of these stories about believing in monsters after all of this years still remains a great mystery. According to King, people`s intention to believe in unreal and scary
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The description of the creature in the story named big foot is taken from the original story about the creature from the Himalayan mountains, called Yeti.According to the BBC article from 2015, the story about the creature called Yeti is taken from the Sherpa`s mythical culture, a community that lives in eastern Nepal. Yeti - or the magical creature, in Tibetan world, is represented as a mixture of ape and man or "shaggy ape-man with huge feet and aggressive sabre-like teeth" (Jones 1). Besides the scary appearance, the creature with the glimmering eyes was famous for his "enormous feet" (Jones 1). Jones states that the Sherpa people probably have invented the creature because of their natural instinct always to be afraid of "dangerous and wild animals and to stay away from them" (2). Further, Sherpa tales describe the monstrous characteristics of the creatures believing that Yeti possess an unnatural power to "grow taller as the sun rises" (Jones 2). It is believed that, actually, Yeti was tall about 15 feet, he was used to climbing the Mount Everest and kills innocent people or children.
Whether the reason for the invention of the scary stories about Yeti was just a warning or something more fascinating, the interest of the people about the giant creatures got stronger after 1921, when the British expedition saw "large footsteps" (Jones 3) on the way to the Mount Everest. According to King, our necessity to watch and read about such monster or watch horror movies comes from our urge "to show that we can, that we are not afraid" (6). He states that we must be "insane" (6) or "potential lynchers" (7) if we are interested in something that is
In society, there have always been different roles in defining the boundaries between right and wrong; Monsters take a big part of that role. In Jeffrey Cohen’s “Monster Culture,” Cohen explains seven theses which provide a clearer explanation of how monsters take a part in establishing these boundaries. The oldest Anglo-Saxon story written- “Beowulf”- provides three different monsters which all connect to Cohen’s seven theses. In the older version, however, the monsters do not relate to humans in any way, except that they are enemies. The modern version of Beowulf portrays Grendel’s mother to still be evil but also have relations with the humans in the story.
Across different works like Virgil’s Aeneid and Aeschylus’ Eumenides, In these representations of monsters, the initial relationship between gods and monsters is simple: all monsters derived from the gods. However, as soon as distinguishing features set the monsters apart, they prove Clay’s point that monsters are seen as threats who need to be contained and whose powers need to be exploited by the gods. The close reading of both texts reveal the relationship between gods and monsters along with the power structures between
In order to scare us, books, movies, and television shows will take the most ordinary things and make it into a monster. For instance, the movie IT takes a clown and turns it into
One day as I was walking along through the tall blades of grass, I came upon a massive figure. I thought to myself, oh just another one of these uninteresting creatures, but this one, this one was different. This one was clad with long flowing hair, and other features that did not fit my ordinary image of these marvelous creatures. I quickly realized it was going to place itself on the ground, and I was in its way. I quickly sprung to safety as the massive creature collapsed where I was previously stationed. How rude, I thought, It ruined the perfect flow of the grass. But I did not ponder too much on it as it was commonplace for these large creatures to land here. By the tree. Next to the water.
There was a period of time, before the appearance of Europeans on the continent, that the Nephilim did not have this “rule” or “compulsion” to keep their existence hidden from humans. The Bigfoot were known to the Native Americans by many names. Legends and lore sprang up from the Native American’s interaction with the Bigfoot. The Native Americans always considered them to be a “society” or “tribe.” The relationship the Bigfoot tribes had with the Native Americans was precarious at best. Many Native American tribes described the Bigfoot as cannibals, mountain devils, kidnappers, rapist, and thieves.
Bigfoot also known popularly as the Sasquatch, Momo, Skunk Ape, the list goes on and on, is without a doubt, the most famous of all hairy man-like creatures. The following will make you a believer in this overseen creature, it made me one. Bigfoot is seen in every possible location throughout the North American Continent, mountains, swamps, forests, crossing desolate and some not so desolate roadways and on open farmland. While its demeanor varies from docile to curios to almost threatening, its general appearance varies. Bigfoot is a massive animal, its average height is seven and a half feet tall, its weight is said be between 400-500 pounds. It is covered almost completely in fur, and its fur ranges in color from the moist widespread dark red-brown to brown, black, red, gray and even white. It leaves its footprints behind as a calling card, almost taunting the researchers that reverently research this undiscovered animal. While its prints resemble mans, they are characteristically large in comparison, and instead of the weight distribution being concentrated under the heel and ball as in the arched human foot, the weight distribution is more evenly distributed over the flat, yielding Bigfoot foot. Most often the prints have five toes, occasionally however the tracks are apparently three toed. The three toed tracks can be theorized several ways; that there is a unique variety of Bigfoot in existence, while resembling the five toed Bigfoot closely, it retains a few distinguishing characteristics; another theory is that some soil conditions can cause the toes of Bigfoot to 'clump' together. The proportion of three toed tracks in comparison to the five toed tracks seems to indicate that three toes is the exception to the norm, and that it is the result of some environmental peculiarity. The main physical characteristics attributed to Bigfoot, other than size and foot shape, are that it is bipedal and upright, has wide shoulders and a heavy brow ridge. Its eyes are sometimes said to appear to be red in color, but are mainly reported as yellow. Although no discernible language has ever been placed with Bigfoot creatures, they are very vocal. Witnesses have reported high pitched wails and low, growling roars, either before and/or after visually spotting a Sasquatch. On some occasions the sounds have been heard from two or more locations at the same time, apparently in communication with one another.
Today, there are some commonly known traits that are associated with Bigfoot and others that only Bigfoot enthusiasts or alleged witnesses would know. As mentioned previously, some Native American tribes came across gentle Bigfoots while others ran into more mean ones. It is still thought today that there are kind Bigfoots and unkind ones, these traits now paired with geographic locations. It is said that the less dangerous Bigfoots live in the Northwest while those that are more dangerous live in the south (Petterson, 2014). The most common characteristics of Bigfoots are that they walk on two legs, standing between six and eight feet tall and weighing between six hundred and eight hundred pounds (“Bigfoot Profile,” 2011). Another source gives the height as being between seven and ten feet and having a weight of five hundred or more pounds (“Bigfoot.,"2016). Yet another source states that
The concept of the beast creates fear amongst the children. With their imagination children fear that the beast is out to get them, when in reality the beast is non-existent. This fear of the unknown
Asma, Stephen. On Monsters :An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Print.
Jeffery Cohen's first thesis states “the monster's body is a cultural body”. Monsters give meaning to culture. A monsters characteristics come from a culture's most deep-seated fears and fantasies. Monsters are metaphors and pure representative allegories. What a society chooses to make monstrous says a lot about that society’s people. Monsters help us express and find our darkest places, deepest fears, or creepiest thoughts. Monsters that scare us,vampires, zombies, witches, help us cope with what we dread most in life. Fear of the monstrous has brought communities and cultures together. Society is made up of different beliefs, ideas, and cultural actions. Within society there are always outcasts, people that do not fit into the norm or do not follow the status quo. Those people that do not fit in become monsters that are feared almost unanimously by the people who stick to the status quo.
times we have been fascinated with all sorts of tales about monsters and intrigued by myths and
The theory of there being an ape like beast that walks through our wilderness all started with a 16mm film in Bluff Creek, California by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin in 1967. The video displayed a tall, hairy human like figure trolling along a timber clearing walking briskly away from Patterson and Gimlin. The film ignited a craze amongst scientist and viewers to go on a conquest to prove Bigfoots existence. The 1967 film was never proven to be a hoax or real evidence and still today is a toss up.
Man has always been driven to create. We constantly shape the world around us by inventing stories of heroes and monsters, by crafting complex but passionate ideals about good and evil. Some relish in the power that this manipulation of reality wields; others are more innocent in that they are simply yielding to a universal longing for something in which to believe.
Abnormally Large footprints were found in the woods of Geneva so what can be confirmed is that the suspect is six to eight feet tall , since the footprints are so large. An eyewitness claimed that a monster of a large stature was attacking his daughter and shot at the monster , so we can assume that the potential suspect is injured. Eyewitness recounts recall seeing an abnormal , hideous and large creature roaming the streets and cities of Europe , it can be surmised that the creature is the potential suspect since the creature is large
We live in a world where creatures have abilities that can blow our minds, however we are ignorant of this. We live in a world where a constant power struggle is occurring between these secret species, a struggle that most human beings have no inclination to. We live in a world where people who know the truth are sworn to secrecy, and those who proclaim this truth are considered crazy and locked away; to be sane is to be ignorant. Well, that is what I would love to be true. In actuality, I am fascinated with the topic of monsters; I love them all: lycanthropes, Frankenstein’s monster, witches, fae, necromancers, zombies, demons, mummies, and my favorite: vampires.