Neanderthals were a species of human that are believed to have gone extinct roughly 40,000 years ago. Some people have suggested that their continued existence may explain sightings of sasquatch and bigfoot - I beg to differ on this matter, but I have an interesting case to present to you!
The Incident & Aftermath[]
An 83-year-old resident of the Portuguese mountain range by the name of Serra da Estrela recently told the website ‘http://cryptozoologynews.com’ that she witnessed a group of primitive humanoids when she was 5 years old in 1939. She and her sister (8 at the time) were in a remote area of the mountains when they saw two naked men with yellowish skin speaking a bizarre language. They then saw the men entering a cave. The following day, they decided to take their sheepdog to check out the cave, but the dog refused to go in, and kept growling at the cave. The witness’s sister wanted to go back, and they could smell smoke that was apparently coming from inside the cave. Later that day, the witness said that they told their father about the incident, and he became angry due to apparently possessing prior knowledge about the existence of ‘original peoples’ in the area. According to the father, these people survived in small numbers and were still living in a primitive state. The father said that there were only around half a dozen individuals left.
Source[]
http://cryptozoologynews.com/portugal-woman-encounters-neanderthal-bigfoot/