Are Bigfoot and ETs Connected?

[F2d5thCav]

One of the curious aspects of entity encounters that has been noted for decades is that, in many cases, the entities seen resembled an archetype already known to the observer.

It was, I believe, Vallée who advanced the idea that whatever the UFO phenomenon is, it is capable of "reading" one's mind and using one's internal imagery to provide "visuals" for what one sees during an encounter.

Thus, in the Middle Ages, people didn't typically see spacecraft and aliens; they encountered faeries and the like.

So what about Bigfoot?  Well, one thing that seems consistent is that BF is always seen in the outdoors.  Typically in forests or other wilderness areas.  What is the archetype connection here?

The Boogeyman.

Present, AFAIK, in all cultures.  An instinctual fear of large, bidpedal creatures that prey upon humans.

There is a guy in Australia who has advanced his notion that this common fear of all people is rooted in ancient history, and that the "Boogeymen" were the Neanderthal competitors of H. Sapiens.  He points out, accurately IMO, that we are treated to a Disney version of Neanderthals -- they look like beefy white people, and often depicted as gentle giants who spent a lot of time playing with their children, etc.  He also notes that we have no idea what their exterior looked like -- we don't KNOW they were hairless and of pale skin.  He thinks the situation was rather different -- that they were covered with fur and were fierce nocturnal predators whose confrontation with humanity was so ruthless that it meant only one group would survive.  He has some interesting ideas -- like that conflict was why modern humans domesticated dogs -- because their sense of smell and barking were of tremendous assistance in detecting a night attack before it was too late to respond effectively.

Our ancestors prevailed back then, but the terrible fear of the "Boogeyman" was remembered and dutifully passed from generation to generation.  Thus, we possess the archetype today, and whatever the UFO phenomenon is, it is capable of perceiving that archetype and manifesting it for its own purposes.

So, did they look like this --



Or this:



FWIW.

Cheers