Manlike monsters on trial: early records and modern evidence

Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 9
Preface......Page 14
I: MONSTERS IN THE FORESTS OF THE MIND......Page 16
Investigating the Goblin Universe......Page 18
Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies......Page 44
The Unwanted Possession: The Origin of Monsters from a Psychoanalytic Point of View......Page 54
Medieval Monsters......Page 64
The Concept of L\'Homme Sauvage......Page 90
Sasquatch-like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage......Page 108
The Cultural Role of Monsters in Canada......Page 122
II: MANLIKE MONSTERS OF THE NATIVE NEW WORLD......Page 134
In Myth The Witiko: Algonkian Knowledge and Whiteman Knowledge......Page 136
Windigo Goes South: Stoneclad among the Cherokees......Page 157
Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California......Page 177
Monsters and the Anthropologist\'s Reality......Page 201
In Art The Familiar and the Grotesque: The Roots of Monster-Making in a Mexican Indian Village......Page 216
Man, Beast, and Transformation in Canadian Inuit Art and Culture......Page 226
The Tsimshian Monkey Mask and the Sasquatch......Page 244
Carved Stone Heads of the Columbia River and the Sasquatch......Page 262
III: CONTEMPORARY SASQUATCH INVESTIGATION......Page 272
What is the Sasquatch?......Page 274
Sasquatch: The Testimony of Tradition......Page 282
Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus......Page 292
Population Clines of the North American Sasquatch as Evidenced by Track Lengths and Estimated Statures......Page 302
Estimates of Pitch and Vocal Tract Length from Recorded Vocalizations of Purported Bigfoot......Page 311
Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to be of Sasquatch Origin......Page 328
Epilogue to Manlike Monsters on Trial......Page 338
Bibliography: Published Materials Concerning the \"Abominable Snowman,\" the Yeti, the Sasquatch, and Related Hominidae......Page 353