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To date, eyewitness accounts provide the only description, which can vary to some degree.  The majority state that it is large and bipedal, standing between 6 and 9 feet tall, and covered completely with course, dark-reddish or brown hair.  The ape-like head is said to sit directly upon the shoulders, with no neck visible, and is sometimes crowned with a sagittal crest.  An extremely-foul odor has also been described by witnesses, giving the sasquatch the derisive name of ''skunk ape''.
 
To date, eyewitness accounts provide the only description, which can vary to some degree.  The majority state that it is large and bipedal, standing between 6 and 9 feet tall, and covered completely with course, dark-reddish or brown hair.  The ape-like head is said to sit directly upon the shoulders, with no neck visible, and is sometimes crowned with a sagittal crest.  An extremely-foul odor has also been described by witnesses, giving the sasquatch the derisive name of ''skunk ape''.
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''Gigantopithecus blacki'' an  anthropoid ape, believed to be extinct and known only from a few molars and the frontal part of a lower mandible found in southern China, is the closest animal fitting eyewitness descriptions. Many scientists, most notably the late anthropologist Dr. Grover Krantz<ref>http://www.bfro.net/news/krantz.asp</ref>, accept the existence of the sasquatch. Dr. Krantz has stated that despite the lack of a pelvis as evidence, the width of the ''Gigantopithecus'' jawbone widened considerably from front to rear, similar to humans and unlike modern apes, creates room for the windpipe to sit within the space of the jaw itself and thus indicating a bipedal stance.
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''Gigantopithecus blacki''<ref>http://www.wynja.com/arch/gigantopithecus.html</ref> an  anthropoid ape, believed to be extinct and known only from a few molars and the frontal part of a lower mandible found in southern China, is the closest animal fitting eyewitness descriptions. Many scientists, most notably the late anthropologist Dr. Grover Krantz<ref>http://www.bfro.net/news/krantz.asp</ref>, accept the existence of the sasquatch. Dr. Krantz has stated that despite the lack of a pelvis as evidence, the width of the ''Gigantopithecus'' jawbone widened considerably from front to rear, similar to humans and unlike modern apes, creates room for the windpipe to sit within the space of the jaw itself and thus indicating a bipedal stance.
    
==Physical evidence==
 
==Physical evidence==
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