Intro to Major writing assignment

I chose the piece, Bigfoot: The most elusive prey of all, which I wrote on our last major writing assignment. The reason I decided to choose Bigfoot as the subject was simply to convince people that the Sasquatch is real. I found it to be subject of interest because what is life without mystery in the world. Bigfoot has been a tantalizing creature to me since I first started hiking the hills, forests, and mountains because you never know what is out there in the lush forests of Washington. The hardest part about writing this essay was trying to find semi-reliable resources considering that some school research sites were required and most of which had nothing to do with Bigfoot, but after the long tedious hours of researching I had somehow managed to find the information I needed to make this creature of legend sound tangible. My strengths in this essay were presenting sound statistics that helped to support my thesis along with the descriptive reasoning of why people haven’t captured Bigfoot. The best story I used to help explain why Bigfoot is so elusive is my example on Colton Harris-Moore who is a young man that has long been evading the law in the wilderness of Washington. Much of my research had lead me to either eyewitness accounts or old newspaper articles that could be dated back to the late 1800’s. My favorite piece of evidence was the old article which stated In the Memphis Enquirer “Date: May 9th , 1851, An animal bearing an unmistakable likeness of humanity, he was gigantic in stature, the body being covered with hair and the head with long locks that fairly enveloped the neck and shoulders. This singular creature has been long known traditionally in St. Francis, Green, and Poinsette Counties, Arkansas sportsmen and hunters describing him so long as seventeen years since.” The reason I liked this piece is that it is such an old article that it proves there have been sightings of Bigfoot since the United States infancy. I hope all readers can find enjoyment and a sense of curiosity about my presentation of Bigfoot.