An expert on the legendary Bigfoot has hit out at "reckless" claims suggesting that elusive sightings have just been of bears.

Thomas Marcum, a long-standing expert on urban legends and the phenom of the forest, has since hit out at those sceptical of the beastly Bigfoot's existence.

Recent reports comparing Bigfoot sightings to that of black bears on their hind legs have been rubbished by the Crypto Crew expert, who said those who believed such a claim were "ignorant".

Expert Marcum speaks from experience and has slammed a recent research study from Floe Foxon on whether Bigfoot sightings are just "black bear populations" in the area.

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