Instructions: Go to the Skeptical Inquirer website and read the article entitled: Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating a
Half-Century of Bigfoot Evidence.
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/bigfoot_at_50_evaluating_a_half-century_of_bigfoot_evidence
Write a ONE-page essay (typed, single-spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman font) that
addresses the following questions:
- What are the four types of evidence commonly used to argue for the existence of Bigfoot, and
what are some of the problems inherent in these types of evidence? - How have hoaxes played a role in confusing the purported evidence for Bigfoot?
- Based on what you have learned about the scientific method, why might most scientists argue
that the research into the existence of Bigfoot not been scientific? You might answer this
question by stating which element(s) of the scientific method are not satisfied.