Bigfoot and Cryptids: A Scientific Exploration

What is a cryptid?

• A creature from Greek mythology

• A type of dinosaur

• A creature whose existence is suggested by folklore

• A newly discovered species

Which of the following animals was discovered with the help of folklore?

• The saber-toothed tiger

• The dodo

• The giant panda

• The Tasmanian tiger

What event in 1957 helped to popularize the Bigfoot legend?

• A Sasquatch hunt announcement

• A documentary film release

• A book publication

• A scientific expedition

What did Ray Wallace's family reveal after his death?

• He had discovered Bigfoot

• He had faked Bigfoot footprints

• He had filmed Bigfoot

• He had written a book about Bigfoot

What does Occam's razor suggest when evaluating multiple hypotheses?

• Choose the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions

• Choose the hypothesis that is easiest to understand

• Choose the hypothesis with the most evidence

• Choose the hypothesis that is most popular

What did scientists find when they analyzed supposed Bigfoot hair samples?

• They matched an unknown species

• They matched known mammals

• They were inconclusive

• They were contaminated

What is the main point of Carl Sagan's pink dragon example?

• To demonstrate the power of imagination

• To illustrate that untestable claims are weak

• To show that dragons are real

• To prove the existence of interdimensional creatures

According to Karl Popper, what is pseudoscience?

• Claims that cannot be proven false

• Claims that are based on anecdotes

• Claims that are widely accepted

• Claims that can be proven true

Why can scientific claims never be completely proven true?

• Because they rely on eyewitness accounts

• Because they can only continue to not be proven false

• Because they are always changing

• Because they are based on assumptions

What would it take to disprove the theory that Bigfoot does not exist?

• Proving all sightings are false

• Analyzing more hair samples

• Conducting more expeditions

• Finding a Bigfoot