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.....is the smell omitted from the article. People has smelled it, and it smells like shit, rotten eggs, dead animals, etc. ? 216.247.72.142 (talk) 23:19, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As is always the case on Wikipedia, if there are any reliable, secondary sources (see WP:RS and WP:FRINGE) that report on "the smell," that content just might make it into the article. Until then... JoJo Anthrax (talk) 12:29, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The page states that Theodore Roosevelt wrote about a Bigfoot encounter in his 1893 book, The Wilderness Hunter. This is incorrect, and the misinformation is widespread. The story of the "Batman Incident" appears in a different book by President Roosevelt: Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches. This can be verified by examining the texts for both books on Project Gutenberg. The story appears in chapter 9 of the above stated volume. ~2026-48911-6 (talk) 06:23, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: If you view the copy of The Wilderness Hunter on the Internet Archive, you'll see that the Bauman story appears in Part 2, in the section titled "In Cowboy Land". Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches appears to be a separate collection where the "In Cowboy Land" is also reproduced, but evidently (and according to every source I can find) it originally appeared in The Wilderness Hunter. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 21:16, 23 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

within the opening section of this article it says the following;

'However, the evidence is a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax, and the creature is not a real living animal.[3][7][10][11'

I believe that the final part of this is not based on fact or evidence.

I believe there is no proven or undisputed evidence that bigfoot exists but to make the claim that it doesn't is not based on fact.

there are multiple genuine scientists that believe in the possibility including Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University in Pocatello.

where he said within national geographic magazine the following in 2003

"Given the scientific evidence that I have examined, I'm convinced there's a creature out there that is yet to be identified,"

he is not alone with his view and the assertion of the creature not existing undermines the thousands of witnesses who report sightings each year in north America alone.

I search reveals more scientists across the world believe that the possibility of it's existence remains, and even some who don't believe like the below person can only state 'its likely not to exist'

Mark Wilson, a geology and natural sciences professor at the College of Wooster, led the presentation, titled "A Scientific Perspective on Bigfoot," to explain scientists do not believe it's likely the creature truly exists.

this is because despite his credentials he can't evidentially state it doesn't exist,.no one can.

I think consideration should be given to state that bigfoot

'is not known to science at this time' or 'no verified evidence to it's existence has been made public'

or words to that effect ~2026-75217-6 (talk) 19:38, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The brantopatimus doesn't exist because I just made it up. There is no evidence it doesn't exist because you can not find evidence to prove a negative. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 19:58, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]