"A strange urban legend that continues to captivate some religious communities has connected the Bible's first murderer to the mythical creature Bigfoot. Over the years, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as the Mormons, have shared an unsubstantiated story linking Bigfoot to Cain, the eldest son of Adam and Eve. The decades-old theory has claimed Bigfoot is actually Cain, who was doomed to roam the earth forever as a hairy, mysterious creature after receiving a biblical curse."
"In the Bible, Cain murdered his brother Abel after attacking him in a field, driven by jealousy because God favored Abel's offering of animal sacrifices over Cain's offering of crops. The legend traces back to 1835, when Mormon leader David W. Patten described meeting a dark, hairy figure who called himself a wandering outcast, later identified as Cain. Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch, is said to be a large, ape-like creature inhabiting North American forests, though no definitive proof of its existence has ever been found."
The legend connects Cain, the Bible's first murderer, with Bigfoot, claiming Cain was cursed to roam the earth as a hairy, mysterious creature. The story traces back to an 1835 account from Mormon leader David W. Patten describing a dark, hairy figure who called himself a wandering outcast, later identified as Cain. Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is described as a large, ape-like creature in North American forests, with no definitive proof of existence. Skeptics point to other religious texts that suggest Cain did not survive Noah's flood and that God's mark did not confer immortality. The story is not official Mormon doctrine and grew after alleged sightings in the 1980s and online social media circulation. A historian traced the folklore's origins and linked its popularity to local sightings in South Weber, Utah.
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