GTA: San Andreas’ Bigfoot myth made video games more mysterious |
There is a Bigfoot in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas — at least, that's what I and many others believed. Some time after the game had been released, the rumour about the new Rockstar game featuring the legendary creature spread across the internet. I remember learning about this "secret monster" from an older guy. Then I told some boys from my classroom the cool rumor I had heard about in that game our parents didn't want us to play. Word of mouth and low-resolution images shared through dial-up internet connections made GTA: San Andreas an exciting mystery.
It's been 22 years since the game was released, and now we know that was only an urban legend. There's no Bigfoot in San Andreas (unfortunately). But we couldn't figure out that by ourselves when the rumor started. The year was 2004, and information about games was scarce compared to nowadays. There was no way for us to confirm the authenticity of the allegedly real photo of Bigfoot posted by user "xDaRkAnGel_2000x" on a gaming forum.
The lack of........