A post submitted by CGI member, PhantomsMonsters.

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Does the Mormon Church consider Bigfoot to be the embodiment of the Biblical character Cain? Is this LDS doctrine? I'd like your opinions.

"I'll preface this by stating I'm not LDS, Christian or religious by any means. These beliefs don't apply to me, but I also don't want to disparage those with whom it may apply. That being said, here's a very shortened telling of Mormon Bigfoot or as I like to call it 'Latter-Day Sasquatch."

NOTE: I've heard several versions of this story before. If any LDS member or someone with knowledge of these account wants to elaborate, feel free to do so.

So, is the creature known as Bigfoot really a religious icon doomed to walk the Earth for his sins? What could possibly doom one man to such a hell?

This theory, from what I've been told, comes according to a 2008 paper by then-Mormon blogger Matt Bowman. He bases his theory on a 1835 letter describing a meeting between David Patten and Cain.

This is further corroborated by a 1919 manuscript which included a reference to an attack by a hairy, talking humanoid described as Cain.

I'm just putting it out there. No disparagement intended. Lon