I've heard that Native Americans had their own version of "bigfoot" sightings in the Americas, which is to say a lage human-like ape creature. What do you know about this?
I've heard that Native Americans had their own version of "bigfoot" sightings in the Americas, which is to say a lage human-like ape creature. What do you know about this?
user
In the United States, the best known sightings were in the Pacific Northwest.  But the idea has been reported in North, Central and South America and seems to have originated in the Caribbean.
assistant
That's in modern times. I'm talking about before we colonized the Americas. Apparently native Americans have a history of sighting similar creatures (or similar myths).
user
Mmm, I see, that's tricky.  A great deal of what we know about indigenous American folklore is actually based on mythic narratives from people that were brought to the New World by the Spanish and the British.  Because of that, it's unclear how much of that is based on a real oral tradition, and how much was created by Spanish and British missionaries as a story for the local indigenous people.
assistant
This came from accounts of the natives themselves. I'm wondering what you know about it.
user