you guys are being very cynical about this but the real explanation is that bears and Bigfoot are buddies. They like to hang out and do stuff together
the Mountain Goats
One of the greatest pop songwriters to ever live, and for someone who was extremely lucky to not lose someone close from covid, Adam gets to be the reason when folks deny it ever happens I just gotta go off. In a just world he'd have his egot and still be writing georgous songs.
Study finds bigfoot sightings correlate with black bear populations arstechnica.com?p=1997521
arstechnica.com
The big conclusion: "If bigfoot is there, it could be a bear."