According to my research there are actually numerous Bigfoot/Yeti "Camps", each with much internal dissonance within them. I count seven (7) with their own individual arguments for who he really is.
Camp 1) He's an as-yet-undiscovered species.
Camp 2) He's actually a shape-shifting super-shaman who has been known all along to native peoples.
Camp 3) He's an interdimensional creature that can materialize and dematerialize (i.e. "go astral").
Camp 4) He's an extra-terrestrial.
Camp 5) He's just being manipulated by extra-terrestials.
Camp 6) He's a robotic android that serves as a companion to extra-terrestrials.
Camp 7) He's less a robot to the aliens, and more of a trained pet.
All camps agree he's a "wisdom keeper", someone who could teach us humans much, if only we could just listen.