At a bookstore in Seattle last winter, a big, bearded man wearing head-to-toe camouflage marched toward John O’Connor, author of The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster.

Bigfoot is popping up everywhere — in low-budget horror films, in festivals around the country, and even in a critically acclaimed musical.

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People hunting for Bigfoot use sophisticated techniques for collecting and validating evidence, drawing on scientific methods to try and prove its existence, research shows. Subscribe to our ...