London's Bigfoot?

Reports continue to pour in from Epping Forest, where people claim to have seen a "Bigfoot-like creature."

Earlier in November, a fitness instructor claimed to have seen a Bigfoot-like creature emerging from the wood near the Hollows Pond area of Epping Forest. On the 17^th, a local paper ran an article in which a pensioner from a neighboring area claimed to have come face-to-face with a hairy creature in the middle of the street! The eyewitness was quoted as having told reporters she was "absolutely convinced" it was neither a man nor any known species of animal.

She described it as being about 4' tall with really big feet, which it used to clear a wall "with no problem" and evade her. She said it had "animal eyes."

The first witness, on a fishing trip with his father and brother, claimed to have seen a creature "about the size of a bear... with a very hairy back." He confirmed the 4' height of the unknown beast, but said it scampered off before he could get a good look at it. He remains convinced what he saw was a bear.

Park officials, of course, scoffed at the notion of anything bigger than deer or foxes.

© C Harris Lynn, 2008