Is Bigfoot Real? Discovery of Strange Footprint Sparks Debate

Part ape, part human, for decades the myths about Bigfoot have been highly controversial and widely debated. However, a large footprint recently discovered in Mississippi raises suggestions that the tracks belong to Bigfoot, and is possible evidence of the creature's existence.

Peyton Lassiter stumbled upon the print in Vicksburg on Aug. 12, just nine months after another local man, David Childers, reportedly saw a large grey figure running through a wooded area nearby.

Lassiter made a cast of the footprint - which trapped white-gray hairs from the animal - measuring nine inches long and almost six inches wide at the toes, The Clarion-Ledger reported.

"That right there isn't human," Lassiter told WLBT, pointing to the print.

Some suggest the footprint could be from a bear; however, not only does the color of the hair fail to match a bear's, but there were also fingerprint-like ridges in the cast - a feature found only on humans and primates, according to Lassiter.

"I have no knowledge of what made it, and I didn't see what made it, but it's very intriguing," he added.

Lots of people have previously claimed to finding evidence of Bigfoot, and even seeing the fabled creature from a distance. That includes Childers, who several months ago sighted a six-foot-tall figure running through the woods while filming for paranormal activity at a local playground.

"It was definitely a shaggy coat to it, like a grayish-brown color," Childers told The Ledger. "When it made the noise that spooked me, I looked over, and it looked like it stood up and just bolted off."

"I know for a fact it wasn't a bear or a deer," he said, according to WLBT.

Childers said he was unable to take a picture, because it happened so quickly.

Childers and Lassiter are now working together to get to the bottom of this mystery. They plan to return to the woods to gather evidence as well as place recording devices in the area where the unknown creature was spotted.

Though for now neither one directly admits that this is proof of Bigfoot's existence, they cannot deny the possibility.

"If you have a piece of physical evidence such as this it's definitely worth not totally ruling out," Lassiter told WJTV.