Long before Europeans arrived in North America, Native people told stories of large hairy men who lived in the woods.

For the last several centuries, periodic reports of such creatures have appeared all over the United States and Canada.

In the late 60s and early 70s, photos and movies started to appear,

which seemed to provide evidence of these creatures.

Seemed.

Learn more about the legend of Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Long before landing a lead role in Harry and the Henderson's, becoming a leading

spokesperson for beef jerky and having a supporting role in the six million dollar man,

stories of Bigfoot or Sasquatch were circulating amongst the peoples of North America.

The legend of what we know today as Bigfoot existed in many different indigenous North American

cultures.

The word Sasquatch is actually an anglicization of the word

Sasquettes which comes from the Haclo-Maelem language of British Columbia.

According to the Shahelish people, Sasquets was a shape-shifting creature who protected the forest.

And the name Sasquets translates to Harry Man.

The Shahelish were far from the only native people who had a similar legend.

There are petroglyphs in the Tul River Reservation of California which depict what appear

to be a family of large hairy creatures.

In parts of the southeastern United States, there are tales of a creature which is known as skunkman.

The Lumi people of the Pacific Northwest talked of a creature known as Samequois.

The Iroquois people of the Northeast United States and Southern Ontario and Quebec

had a legend known as Genoshqua, the Stone Giant. These aren't the only legends told by

Native peoples. There were many different stories that had similarities. A large

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