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7/10
Really well done
BandSAboutMovies28 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
From the earliest known reports of apelike creatures in the 1800s to the modern day, this series takes you through a journey of all things Bigfoot. Director, writer, producer, narrator and star Breedlove was out in the woods of America seeking evidence and came away thinking that there just may be something out there in those woods. That's because as he created this six-episode series, he experienced several incidents - even as he struggled to stay objective and not become part of the story - as he met both skeptics and believers.

This series offers some evidence, like the traditional footprint casts and hair samples. But there's also recorded sound and video, as well as an entire museum in Portland that shows the start of the recorded incidents of wildmen, forest giants and forest devils. There's plenty of places to look for Bigfoot: the forests of the Pacific Northwest's Olympic Peninsula, the hills of our home state of Pennsylvania, deep southern swamps ala Arkansas' Fouke monster as seen in The Legend of Boggy Creek, the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma, southeastern Oklahoma, the Carolinas, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio.

In particular, the second episode really shines as it breaks down the four major personalities of Bigfoot tracking (Rene Dahinden, John Green, Dr. Grover Krantz, Peter Byrne), their egos and how their relationships broke down as they chased the creature over their lifetimes. Instead of finding evidence, most of their time was spent arguing, according to Peter von Puttkamer, the maker of Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot. I also really enjoyed how the third episode showed how many of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot reports also dovetailed with UFO incidents, as well as how The Legend of Boggy Creek changed how the public viewed Bigfoot.

The running time of each episode just flies by. They're packed with info and really tied in so many different species of Bigfoot and places they've been sighted, as well as how mass media has portrayed these creatures.
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7/10
Not a hunt for bigfoot
harybobjoebob7 November 2020
This film is more like the story of the history of bigfoot and the earliest encounters with him and not really trying to prove his existence or catch him, which is a breath of fresh air. I hate it when I watch a documentary about looking for sasquatch, and after an hour and 30 minutes I get nothing, they never find anything, maybe some noises but that's it. This is much more informative and is a real interesting watch for anyone interested in the topic.
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3/10
No new info...
jakebrann22 September 2019
I don't know about this show. I found it pretty boring as it lacked any new info or photos that we haven't all seen before. I wound up fast forwarding through most of it. Some doctor lady says sighting on her ranch were so frequent that she'd wake up and they would be in her yard... yet never thought to snap a photo or film them? Come on now...
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1/10
Snore fest.
dutch-749-75277813 August 2019
I'm usually a fan of all things Bigfoot, but as hard as I try, I just cannot find much to enjoy with this film. There is something about it that I just find so incredibly boring. It just doesn't hold the interest very well.
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9/10
What is possible...
faircruelty10 August 2019
This is done from a historical perspective through legitimate news sources and eyewitness accounts. It does assume Bigfoot is fact or fiction, or even argues for one or the other. The director takes you to places where encounters have occurred and talks to journalists and others who are involved in the Bigfoot community. It's fascinating and it explores both history and theory without a bias, but also without being flamboyant or critical. I really enjoyed it
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2/10
Bigfoot
glisteningwaterstream30 September 2020
I believe there is a better way to prove the physical existence of bigfoot without killing one just to scientifically bring to peoples awareness they exist.

Have you and your team considered a loving, kind and humbling way to befriend their society rather than making an enemy of them?

Afterall, they do have families just as we do. Ask yourself, "Would I want Bigfoot to kill me just to prove to their society that I exist?"

This is very important because killing Bigfoot is like killing your own brother. Would you want to live with that in your thought network for the rest of your life?

I know, because I have met Bigfoot and they are callously intelligent. I even wrote a majestic poem in honor of the Bigfoot I met years earlier.

I give a level 2 rating because I disagree with kiling Bigfoot when we can learn to hug him and peacefully co-live.

Be free to reply if you so wish.

Respectfully,

L.P.
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2/10
Could not make through the first episode
oleseneric1 November 2020
The sudden veering off topic into the nature conservancy issues with the forests in OK is where I pulled the plug. Not so much because of the Green aspect, but it is clear that these episodes will have little or no content, be full of filler and have little discipline to stay on subject. Another entry in a tired and overcrowded field.
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1/10
Waste of time
dennis-butchko16 December 2020
Seth n his crew are hacks...It is Not a Primate... repeat last 5 words...It is clearly more Homanid than ape or monkey...wake up people.
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