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Is Bigfoot carelessly categorized amongst the less credible cryptids? Megan and Frank discuss the possibility of the existence of this hairy hominid, debate the weight of evidence from eye-witness testimony, and try to get to the bottom of why Frank just can't believe.  ----------------------- Hosts' Websites: Megan J Fritts (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/meganjfritts/home?authuser=0] Frank J. Cabrera - Research (google.com) [https://sites.google.com/view/frank-j-cabrera/research?pli=1] Email: [email protected] ----------------------- Bibliography: Hunting Monsters: Cryptozoology and the Reality Behind the Myths , Naish, Darren - Amazon.com [https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Monsters-Cryptozoology-Reality-Behind-ebook/dp/B01B867JTO] (Ch. 4) If Bigfoot Were Real - Scientific American Blog Network [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/if-bigfoot-were-real/] (by Darren Naish) The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Natural History of Pliny, Volume II., by Pliny the Elder. [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60230/pg60230-images.html#BOOK_VII_CHAP_2] (Book VII, Ch. 2) Amazon.com: How to Think About Weird Things: Critical Thinking for a New Age: 9781259922558: Schick, Theodore, Vaughn, Lewis: Books [https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-About-Weird-Things/dp/1259922553/ref=pd_lpo_2?pd_rd_w=3ym8o&content-id=amzn1.sym.116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_p=116f529c-aa4d-4763-b2b6-4d614ec7dc00&pf_rd_r=GXTM5R4AM3G05088Q0GV&pd_rd_wg=36qiL&pd_rd_r=9b9fb229-62d2-4cec-b742-d5955e757f3b&pd_rd_i=1259922553&psc=1] (Ch. 5) Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (royalsocietypublishing.org) [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2014.0161] Evolutionary history of enigmatic bears in the Tibetan Plateau–Himalaya region and the identity of the yeti | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (royalsocietypublishing.org) [https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2017.1804] Jane Goodall on How to Change Minds and Why She Isn't Ruling Out Bigfoot | GQ [https://www.gq.com/story/jane-goodall-interview] Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Nagel [https://academic.oup.com/book/461] (Ch. 6) ------------------------- Cover Artwork by Logan Fritts ------------------------- Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/neon-signs License code: GXITJWQZJVEP5XV8
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