Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax,[3] rather than a living animal, in part because of the large numbers thought necessary to maintain a breeding population.[4][5] However some scientists such as Jane Goodall,[6] Jeffrey Meldrum, John Napier (primatologist) and Grover Krantz have expressed interest and belief in the creature. Meldrum expressed the opinion that evidence collected of alleged Bigfoot encounters warrants further evaluation and testing.[7] and Napier, a one-time director of the Smithsonian's Primate Biology Program, conceded the likelihood of Bigfoot as a real creature, personally stating "I am convinced that Sasquatch exists" in his 1973 book, Bigfoot: The Sasquatch and Yeti in Myth and Reality (although he ultimately judged the evidence to be scientifically inconclusive).[8] Bigfoot remains one of the more famous examples of a cryptid within cryptozoology and an enduring legend.
