Is the mythical Bigfoot actually Cain?

I'll keep it short and sweet I was reading a book on the old west and it was talking about legends and it had some Mormon legends and this one is a doosy. Here is the following story

Apostle David W. Patten described an encounter he had with Cain in 1835:

As I was riding along the road on my mule I suddenly noticed a very strange person walking beside me. . . . His head was about even with my shoulders as I sat in my saddle. He wore no clothing, but was covered with hair. His skin was very dark. I asked him where he dwelt and he replied that he had no home, that he was a wanderer in the earth and traveled to and fro. He said he was a very miserable creature, . . . and his mission was to destroy the souls of men.

Just thought I'd share this strange story with everyone I even looked it up to see if it was real quite a few Mormon sites discussing it!

I heard a caller talk about the bigfoot as Cain subject on coast to coast a few months ago. What book did you read?

If I remember it rightly, the Book of Jasher describes the killing of Cain by a hunter who mistook him for an animal.

Now Bigfoot talks? Get scarier all the time. Apparently he was not interested in the horse riders soul. 😁




a reply to: misterE12

a reply to: misterE12

East of Eden, in the land of Nod, there is the city Enoch. It's inhabitants in that vile, desert place... THE SASQUATCH!

Isn't bigfoot portrayed as less than intelligence enough to build cities, let alone anything needed for city making? Even the stories that involve grays, the bigfoot is like a servant.

The question does suggest the interesting possibility that the story of Cain & Abel is an allegory for evolution’s game of dominance between Homosapien and Neanderthal.

a reply to: misterE12

All the indian tribes spoke of big foot, that he was a spirit, from early man, thats why you can't catch it. they said usually the people that see this spirit are troubled souls

a reply to: Lazarus Short

Many think it was Cain's great great grandson Lamech who killed him and it was in Gen 4.
Lamech was blind and his son Tubal-Cain would go hunting with him and help him aim. They supposedly killed him when they saw (many say his mark was a horn) in bushes.

Another thing is, only the line of Seth survived the flood. So it couldn't be any of Cain's decedents.

I heard this same story/theory
on a POD cast recently.

Did you hear it there too
or were you the dood
on the PodCast?

No, the Biblical story of Cain is an allegory of some Semitic tribes that tattoos their faces, usually smiths, they are the low castes of their culture but harming them is frowned upon, that's what the myth of Cain refers to, he is a man of that low caste, has a mark and his descendants works with metals and makes weapons.

Pretty sure the story of Cain and Able is all about teaching morals…Many mythical stories from ancient antiquity played a similar role in shaping the conduct of a society…

Anyway…I don’t think God would Punish Cain by turning him into Chewbacca, and forcing him to roam the Earth for all eternity…

Plus, it’s not much of a punishment (from our perspectives) if he’s aloud to devour men’s souls whenever he pleases…

Craziest theory I’ve ever heard…and I’ve heard a Lot!

- JC