Sasquatch

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The sasquatch could be thought of as the most dangerous of the apes, the Y monsters. Not only does the sasquatch attack like the ape, but it lashes out with a strong kick, to deal extra damage. The sasquatch is also faster than the apes, though unlike the carnivorous ape it will not grab the player.

Origin

The sasquatch is a cryptozoological animal not recognized by science. It is beater known as "bigfoot". Hence the bonus with kicking.

Encyclopedia entry

The name _Sasquatch_ doesn't really become important in Canada
until the 1930s, when it appeared in the works of J. W. Burns,
a British Columbian writer who used a great deal of Indian
lore in his stories. Burn's Sasquatch was a giant Indian who
lived in the wilderness. He was hairy only in the sense that
he had long hair on his head, and while this Sasquatch lived a
wild and primitive life, he was fully human.
Burns's character proved to be quite popular. There was a
Sasquatch Inn near the town of Harrison, British Columbia, and
Harrison even had a local celebration called "Sasquatch Days."
The celebration which had been dormant for years was revived
as part of British Columbia's centennial, and one of the
events was to be a Sasquatch hunt. The hunt never took place,
perhaps it was never supposed to, but the publicity about it
did bring out a number of people who said they had encountered
a Sasquatch -- not Burns's giant Indian, but the hairy apelike
creature that we have all come to know.

[ The Encyclopedia of Monsters, by Daniel Cohen ]