The Legend of Bigfoot

Bigfoot, Sasquatch, the Yeti.
Everyone knows of those names. A mystical creature that has baffled scientists and people alike. Scientists are skeptical over its existence
All over the world reports of people sighting an "ape-man" type of creature.
There are many reports of Bigfoot in isolated forested areas all over the United States.
Most reports are from the Pacific Northwest in the U.S., but have been reported in nearly every state, including Pennsylvania.
There have been many hoaxes in association with Bigfoot or Sasquatch. In order to gain fame and possibly fortune people have put on a number a schemes claiming to have hard core evidence of such an unknown creature.
Tonight (Nov 20, 2006,) at 8pm EST there is an episode on National Geographic channel's "Is It Real" featuring an ape-like creature in Russia. I hope to catch this episode at a later date, because I won't be able to watch it myself at that time.
Last but not least, my personal opinion. I am quite skeptical. I believe as much knowledge as humans have, they would have found solid evidence of such a creature. There is always that chance the creature has hidden under our noses for all of these centuries as well. There are many many many acres of woodland in isolated area, such as British Columbia that have never been explored by people. I find this quite amazing in the 21st century, thinking all places have seen human contact at some point.
However there is the odd case of Oliver that baffled scientists for many years. Scientist may have speculated that Oliver was the "missing link" between humans and apes. He displayed human like behaviors, such as walking upright. It was later determined that he was in fact a chimpanzee.