The Churston Woods Ape

 

It was the summer of 1996 when people in the Torbay village of Churston, Devon started to report seeing a Bigfoot-like beast in the dense, creepy woodland. What were these people experiencing? Was it a Bigfoot? Was it all a hoax? Was it mass-hallucination? We here at British Bigfoot Research hoped to find out when we visited the area last year. 
   The sightings of the creature lasted for around six weeks. Up to fifteen witnesses came forward with their sightings. The ‘Bigfoot’ was described as being around five foot tall, had brown hair covering its’ body and was described as having a green face. The witnesses stated that the hominid didn’t have a tail. The height of around five foot rules out that this was an escaped pet monkey. 
On two occasions the being was seen swinging from tree branches. 
   So, what was this being? Could Churston Woods really be hiding the British Bigfoot? We have no reason to suspect that the witnesses were lying and also rule out that they were seeing things. Why would random people all of a sudden start seeing man-size hairy hominids? But if there is a Bigfoot in Churston Woods, why had there been no sightings before 1996? Were there witnesses before 1996 who did not come forward out of fear of ridicule? Because of the size of the Bigfoot (five foot tall) some have speculated that this was an infant Sasquatch. But as we have found during our research, a lot of sightings of British Bigfoot show that the animal isn’t as big as its’ US cousin. Could the British Bigfoot in fact being relict populations of ancient Homo species, such as Neanderthals, Homo Erectus or Homo Heidelbergensis? Erectus were around five foot tall and in our opinion, may have a direct descendant of the Sasquatch. Is it unfeasible to think that relict groups of a Homo species could still be surviving in densely forested and remote areas of Britain?
   Last year we visited Churston to see if anything could be forth-coming. Our search in the area brought up nothing of interest unfortunately. We found no evidence of tree structures, branch snapping or footprint evidence. Churston isn't a very large area of woodland. Is it large enough to hold even a small population of hominids? The most likely answer is no but the fact is that many sane, rational people saw something there and these sightings cannot be ignored. 
   While no more sightings of the 'Bigfoot' have been reported (as far as we know) there was a strange encounter in 2006, when three friends camping experienced something that tormented them. They were camping at nearby Seven Quarry. All through the evening the friends felt like they were being watched and felt very uneasy. Then, in the early hours of the morning, they heard heavy footsteps outside the tent and something hit or kicked the tent, pressing heavily against it. It was only when they pushed it back that the thing outside walked away. This is very interesting as this sort of activity has been reported by many campers in the USA, in areas where Sasquatch have been reported. Is this the same sort of behaviour? These are questions that still need answering. We hope to make more progress in our research into the Churston sightings and will bring more info as it comes.