Mike,
This is what I said: "My theory, and this is only a theory, is that perhaps centuries or more into the past, persons with genetic abnormalities such as mentioned above (hypertrichosis, acromegaly, giantism, or others we do not even know about) were shunned by society at large and abandoned."
This was hardly an attempt to produce a "solid explanation," as you put it. I was only theorizing a scenario which would explain how bigfoot may have come into existence.
I mentioned those conditions as examples, and included "others we do not even know about." Our present-day examples of giantism may not be the only way this condition has occurred. There are numerous accounts and legends from many civilizations of giants, and these were not sickly, weak, or short-lived. Some even speculate they built the large stone structures around the world that so many wonder about. I do not know.
The Bible even speaks of them, and I personally find that adds a lot of weight to these accounts. It speaks of a man born covered with red hair, as well, and this man was not sickly, but rather, a very healthy outdoorsman and hunter (see Genesis 25).
As far as speculation by some that they are of supernatural origin, that is not my interest, since such could never be proven, nor injured, I would suppose.
Posted on May 13, 2002, 3:21 PM from IP address 65.69.21.105