There may be, but here is what I'd say to them: large fauna that goes extinct tends to leave a fossil record. Fauna of the (purported) size of Bigfoot going extinct so recently would leave behind bodies and skeletons which would be even easier to come across than fossils. But there's nothing.
That would be even harder to believe than the existence of Bigfoot itself, considering it is physically impossible for any terrestrial vertebrate -- let alone a large hominid -- to have a cartilaginous skeleton. :)
Huh, cryptids generally seem like pretty innocuous conspiracy theories too...
I wonder if there are any bigfoot believers that think it existed but when extinct within the last 50ish years? That would be an interesting twist.
There may be, but here is what I'd say to them: large fauna that goes extinct tends to leave a fossil record. Fauna of the (purported) size of Bigfoot going extinct so recently would leave behind bodies and skeletons which would be even easier to come across than fossils. But there's nothing.
But... Hear me out... What if Bigfoots have cartilaginous skeletons that decompose quickly and don't fossilize very well?
That's right. Bigfoot's feet are floppy. Checkmate biologists. 🤣
That would be even harder to believe than the existence of Bigfoot itself, considering it is physically impossible for any terrestrial vertebrate -- let alone a large hominid -- to have a cartilaginous skeleton. :)