Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
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| Directed by | Doug Haijcek |
| Produced by | Doug Haijcek |
| Distributed by | Whitewolf Entertainment, Inc. |
| Release date(s) | January 9, 2003 |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Language | English |
Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science was a documentary film which originally aired on the Discovery Channel on January 9, 2003. The program features scientists from various disciplines analyzing the most compelling evidence for the existence of Bigfoot, including the Skookum cast and the Patterson-Gimlin film.
The documentary has since been released on DVD and VHS. A companion book to the documentary written by anthropologist Jeffrey Meldrum was published in 2006 (ISBN 0-7653-1216-6).
[edit] DVD version
The DVD version of the program is slightly different from the one that aired on the Discovery Channel. It is separated into the following sections:
- Introduction
- Exhibit 1: Fossil Evidence
- Exhibit 2: New Species Discoveries
- Exhibit 3: Dermal Ridges
- Exhibit 4: Body Cast
- Exhibit 5: Images
- Exhibit 6: Step Frequency
- Exhibit 7: Biomechanics
- Exhibit 8: Forensic Measurements
- Exhibit 9: Visual Size Comparison
- Exhibit 10: Behavioral Parallels
- Exhibit 11: Vocalizations
- Exhibit 12: Visual Misidentifications
- Exhibit 13: Track Morphology
- Exhibit 14: Kinesiology
- Exhibit 15: Soft Tissue Pathology
- Exhibit 16: Statistics
- Exhibit 17: DNA
- Conclusions
In the Extra Features section of the DVD are four sections:
- Footage Analysis which includes the following:
- Patterson-Gimlin Film: October 20, 1967 - 16mm film (This version of the film is of much higher quality than others that are usually shown on TV because it is a digital copy of the master. The other two films below are also digitals-from-master. [1])
- Memorial Day: May 26, 1996 - Video 8
- Freeman: 1994 - Video 8
- Freeman film subject baby? - First observed January 4, 2003
- Forensic Animation by Vision Realm
- Still Gallery
- Sighting Information which includes figures from each state.
- Questions and Answers which is basically a FAQ
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