Is Bigfoot Really Real?

So on the (recurring) subject of Bigfoot/feet, here's my theory:

The doubters amongst us say there can be no Bigfoot/feet because we've yet to find an example of one.  A living or dead example of the species to investigate is what they demand.  A bones and skin and fur Bigfoot.  And since we don't have one, ergo, no Bigfoot.    

I can certainly dig the thinking here, as a scientist myself, but there have been numerous examples of species turn up of late that we've thought long gone.  The Giant Squid, as an example.  It's been extinct for a million years, we were told.  Except they just found one.  And the Coelacanth, for another.  That fish went extinct more than One Million Years ago, the paleontologists tell us, yet there've been three of them caught lately.  And the Tasmanian Tiger.  Extinct for more than 100 years.  They just found it again.  Wandering around, wondering, no doubt, what all the fuss was about.  Yeah, like that.

So I have a particular theory on why we continue to see these giant cryptids (as yet unproven animals), and to record the sounds they make, and to see and make casts of their footprints, yet we just can't seem to gather one up to look at.*  Well, fellow Patriot, I'd like to suffer you through my particular theory...

There was a time Way Back When when there were at least a half-dozen bipedal hominids populating the Earth and warring with each other for dominance, and all at the same time.  The Bible even tells us so.  Nefilim and all that.   You've heard of the Neanderthals, and the Troglodytes, and the Cro Magnon, of course.  But Homo Sapiens (not Homo Sapiens Sapiens, the resultant, modern species), who we call Early Man, lived and fought for dominance right along side of them.  

This "war" went on for millions of years.  One by one each competing species lost and died out to those more adapted to their environment.  Sort of like that game where you grab for the chair when the music stops.  

This left only the "Denisovans."  They were apparently the last to lose against humans in the war for dominance.  These dudes were only discovered a few years ago, and trust me, they were quite something.  We can assume from their fossil records that they were at least 8 feet tall and weighed 500 pounds.  

Yeah, big.

As they began to lose this "contest for life," these competitors reverted to ever higher and higher ground, and further away from homo sapiens, making it easier to defend themselves.  Thus, they became the master of high mountains and passes.  On all the continents.  They were there, we were here.  They had innumerable caves for shelter, and plenty of game for food.    

And they still do.

So in order to live, these animals had to learn how to avoid humans.  The new dominant species.  Homo Sapiens Sapiens had evolved to become "us" by this time, and I believe the Denisovans had perhaps evolved into  "Bigfoot/feet."  I could be wrong.  I don't think I am.  

The Bottom Line, per The Chuckmeister:  They are masters at avoiding us.  That's how they continue to exist.  That's their "existential priority."  Not global warming, avoiding us.  So don't expect that to change any time soon.  My prediction?  The Big News on this front is the invention of the drone.  These babies are now being flown all day every day by the millions.  And they're equipped with amazing cameras, including infrared which can see in the dark, which will no doubt capture indelible proof of their existence.  One day soon.  

Good theory, yes?

(*  You should know that even after more than 100 years of searching, not a single chimpanzee or gorilla or orangutan bone has been found in the wild.  Not a one.  Do they bury their dead?  Cogitate on that for awhile...)