Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall was born on April 3, 1934, in London, England. As a kid, Jane enjoyed animals and everything to do with them. Including chimps! And we all know that chimps are primates, and some do say that Bigfoot is an unknown primate... One time, she dug up some earthworms and put them under her pillow. She wanted to sleep with them! But, her mother would not allow it, thank goodness. When Jane was over one year old, her father gave her a large, stuffed chimp. Why a chimp? It was 1935. A baby chimp had been born at the London Zoo. Jane's parents were following the news of the baby chimp, because all the zoo's chimps had been born in the wild in Africa before then. And, Jane still has her stuffed chimp today.

What does this have to do with Bigfoot, you ask? Well, for one thing, apes, chimps, and other primates have a part in Bigfoot history. Bigfoots are said to be part man, part ape. Cool thing, too, one Bigfoot theory is that it Bigfoots are an unknown primate Also, we can learn more about Bigfoot by looking at the world's collection of primates! Another thing, if not for Jane Goodall, we wouldn't know a lot about primates today. And, that means we wouldn't know much about Bigfoots, either. My final reason is that in one of my Bigfoot books, Jane Goodall was in it. It said that when the Skookum Body Cast was found, Jane said it was worth studying. She also surprised a lot of people when she told a National Public Radio interviewer she was certain large undiscovered primates like Yeti and Sasquatch could exist. She says that she has talked to Native Americans of the subject, and that she would love them to exist. And, she isn't the only scientist who thinks something like a Bigfoot could exist.

Thank you, Jane Goodall!