Finding Bigfoot
| Finding Bigfoot | |
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| Genre | Documentary, Reality |
| Starring | Cliff Barackman James "Bobo" Faye Ranae Holland Matt Moneymaker |
| Narrated by | Ken Scott Matt Moneymaker |
| Theme music composer | Raney Schocke |
| Opening theme | Roaring "Sasquatch" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 9 |
| No. of episodes | 90 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Keith Hoffman Brad Kuhlman & Casey Brumels Chad Hammel |
| Producer(s) | Ping Pong Productions |
| Running time | 60–120 minutes |
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| Original network | Animal Planet |
| Original release | May 29, 2011 – present |
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Finding Bigfoot is a documentary television series on Animal Planet. It premiered on May 29, 2011, and began its eighth season on January 3, 2016. The program follows four researchers and explorers investigating potential evidence of Bigfoot, a cryptid hominid allegedly living in the wildernesses of the United States and Canada. While the Finding Bigfoot team have not yet captured photographic evidence of the creature's existence, the show continues production because it has high ratings and is a top earner for Animal Planet.
The team consists of Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) founder and President Matt Moneymaker, researchers James "Bobo" Fay and Cliff Barackman and skeptical scientist Ranae Holland. The series never questions the existence of bigfoot, but rather documents the team's search efforts and study of potential evidence in an attempt to prove the existence of the elusive creature. Considerable evidence for the existence of Sasquatches exists, including the famed Patterson-Gimlin film, which has never been debunked. Large, human-like footprints have also been found for centuries in the remote, forested areas of North America. When properly cast, these footprints reveal the distinctive traits expected of a living animal, including dermal ridges.
Over the course of the series, the team has introduced many new bigfoot related terms into the American vernacular. For example, the term "bigfoot" is rarely used in favor of "squatch" (short for sasquatch). Their nighttime investigations are referred to as "squatchin". The areas they investigate are often described as "Squatchy", with Washington having been described as "the squatchiest state."
An episode begins with the Finding Bigfoot team driving to a location on the trail of photographic, video, audio, or eye-witness evidence of a Bigfoot. The team will go to the location where the evidence was gathered from, and will speak to the person who gathered the evidence. If it is a photograph or a video, the team will perform a recreation and a size comparison of the event, using the same camera that the witness used. The team then performs their first night investigation at that same location.
Starting with the second season, one member of the team will almost always remain at the location for a solo night investigation for several more nights. The other three (or four in the first season) members will them head to a 'town hall meeting' to which members of the public are invited to come and share their Bigfoot encounter stories. In some heavily Bigfoot reported areas, such as Washington, these events are sometimes invite only.
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