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A big foot has been discovered in woods - sparking speculation it could belong to a Bigfoot.

Two boys found the decomposing foot in Massachusetts last month and handed it in to cops who sent it off to be identified.

Medical experts have since tested it but say more examinations are needed to identify the mystery creature.

However, despite having five toes and resembling a large human foot, they have ruled out that possibility.

Local police chief Frank Alvilhiera suggested it might be a bear's paw but admitted: “It will take some time before we hear any official results.".

Bigfoot - also known as Sasquatch or the abominable snowman - is the name given to a creature some people believe inhabit forests of North America.

Most famously, footage was filmed in 1967 in California purporting to show a Bigfoot - but sceptics claim it was a man in a gorilla costume.

Last year a hoaxer trying to start a Bigfoot scare was run over and killed as he stood in the road attempting to terrify drivers.

Randy Lee Tenley, 44, was wearing a ghillie suit – a straggly full-body camouflage outfit resembling the mysterious ape-like ­creature also known as Sasquatch – hoping it would lead to reports of sightings.

But because he was camouflaged he was hit by one car then run over by another as he lay in the road.