I feel another reason for our modern obsession with Sasquatch is that it symbolizes the rampaging loss of the natural world, consumed by an ever increasing encroachment of human civilization over what was once pristine habitat. Even the famous P-G film itself was shot over a terrain where the trees were all logged clear (which may have been the reason the creature was seen so clearly).
So there's perhaps this collective preoccupation that Sasquatch might go extinct before even being 'discovered' —that is, assuming we're dealing with an actual flesh and blood creature, which seems more and more doubtful each decade that passes without ever finding a damn body!
That's a fascinating observation I hadn't considered! I think you might be spot on, too. I've long wondered if one of the reasons people, at least in America, are acting more and more irrational is due to climate change. Our natural senses know something is wrong and it's driving people mad, like when someone's knee hurts before a storm, except this is 24/7. Not saying belief in Sasquatch is necessarily irrational, but idolizing a nature symbol like Sasquatch makes total sense in the face of it all.
Really interesting!
I feel another reason for our modern obsession with Sasquatch is that it symbolizes the rampaging loss of the natural world, consumed by an ever increasing encroachment of human civilization over what was once pristine habitat. Even the famous P-G film itself was shot over a terrain where the trees were all logged clear (which may have been the reason the creature was seen so clearly).
So there's perhaps this collective preoccupation that Sasquatch might go extinct before even being 'discovered' —that is, assuming we're dealing with an actual flesh and blood creature, which seems more and more doubtful each decade that passes without ever finding a damn body!
That's a fascinating observation I hadn't considered! I think you might be spot on, too. I've long wondered if one of the reasons people, at least in America, are acting more and more irrational is due to climate change. Our natural senses know something is wrong and it's driving people mad, like when someone's knee hurts before a storm, except this is 24/7. Not saying belief in Sasquatch is necessarily irrational, but idolizing a nature symbol like Sasquatch makes total sense in the face of it all.