Since, as recently noded,
Bigfoot has been making news of late, I thought I'd share here my
Quora answer to the above question.
Everybody (on Quora) seems to think this easily goes to
Chewbacca, but it would depend in part what the
location and
conditions of the
fight were. If this fight were to take place in Bigfoot’s
territory, and neither
combatant had any
weaponry more advanced than the
Stone Age (a lot of Quora people giving great weight to Chewbacca's
bowcaster), I’d have to give it to Bigfoot. Living in the
wild requires considerable
strength and
skill, both to hunt and to stave off
predators. And look at that thick-ribbed, barrel-chested physique!! (At this point
in my Quora answer I posted the crypto-classic photo of Bigfoot running away into the woods.) I’d guess that Bigfoot easily exceeds Chewbacca’s physical strength, and has all the swiftness and coordination needed to fend off a pack of
wolves,
grizzly bear, or raging
moose.
I additionally wouldn’t lay too much on Chewbacca’s
intelligence (which Quorans seem to think gives Chewie another edge) — not that I’m doubting it, but there are versions of the Bigfoot legend which depict the creature as being
self-aware,
sensitive, and
spiritual.