Bigfoot is a large, elusive, bipedal locomotive, hairy creature. As the name suggests, it is commonly known for being large and extremely tall, and there are many reports about its size and height. The beast is very elusive, only being seen by a few people, and it is said to be extremely difficult to capture an image of it. Most describe Bigfoot as extremely hairy and primate-like. Large, elusive, bipedal movement, and hairy are just a few of the many characteristics traits of Bigfoot.

Many journals, books, reports, and other educational research articles state that Bigfoot is an enormous beast. Bigfoot was also massive when it came to weight, weighing “upwards of 500 pounds,” stated Organ Wild(Organ Wild). From this research, we can conclude that in most sightings of this creature, he is extremely tall and tremendous in weight.

Due to the lack of any physical evidence, Bigfoot is either extremely elusive or simply not real, which would explain the very few sightings of this beast. Patric and Benjamin state, “There's scant physical evidence to suggest Bigfoot is actually out there”(Pester and Radford). But all the sightings of the elusive creature say otherwise. The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, founded by Matt Moneymaker in the mid-1990s, includes 500 people who review reported sasquatch sightings throughout North America. Michael Bartiromo stated, “Moneymaker said the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) has received nearly 75,000 reports of bigfoot sightings over the years, but only considers between 5,000 and 6,000 of those to be “credible”(Bartiromo). To back that up even further, The BFRO stated, “A large forest animal does not need to be super intelligent to know the routes used by other animals, especially humans. If a bear or mountain lion travels along a trail frequented by humans, it will normally use the trail at night when it is less likely to have a surprise encounter. In those rare instances where a surprise encounter occurs along a trail, the animal will slip back into the woods within a few seconds, usually before a backpacker can get a camera ready to shoot a single frame”(The BFRO). This also explains the poor picture quality of all the Bigfoot sightings. So Bigfoot is simply unseen or just not real.

Bigfoot is often seen in most of the citing walking on his hind legs, also called bipedal locomotion. Humans also walk on their hind legs and few other animals that walk on their hind legs are often perceived as relatives of mankind. T.A. Wilson Bigfoot Research states, “It may not be a direct link to the Homo family or Homo sapiens and may be an offshoot species, like one of the robust australopithecines, but it shared a common ancestor with Homo at some point in the distant past from which it derived the ability to walk upright”(T. A. Wilson). In most descriptions of Bigfoot, he is seen as almost human, all his physical traits and appearance make him seem human-like so Bigfoot could be a descendant of mankind. The AAAS stated “Jeff Meldrum, professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University at Pocatello, specializes in primate bipedalism. He has spent his life researching the evolution of human movement on two feet and has long been fascinated by the possibility that we have an evolutionary relative who shares this trait”(American Association for the Advancement of Science).

Bigfoot is often seen as extremely hairy and said to give off a foul smell. Linda Newton-Perry a Bigfoot believer said “Oftentimes, it smells like skunk. It's very filthy smelling" (Gatton). Alex Cnossen also supports this by saying, “In 2010, a family hiking near Lake Cushman encountered a horrible odor they describe as “a cross between skunk and ammonia...The odor was so heavy we could taste it and our eyes even began to water a bit,” their report reads”(Cnossen).

Those few traits are quite common in most if not all Bigfoot sightings. There are many other traits to describe Bigfoot, but his bipedal movements, stench, hair, elusiveness, and size are some of Bigfoot's most important and well-known traits.