Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum looks at a model of the creature captured in the Patterson / Gimlin Bigfoot film from October 20th, 1967. This model and numerous other artifacts were on exhibit in a Bigfoot Museum temporarily housed at Idaho State University where Dr. Meldrum teaches. Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum from Pocatello, Idaho... Dr. Jeff Meldrum is an Associate Professor of Anatomy & Anthropology in the Departments of Biological Sciences and Anthropology, and is an affiliate curator at the Idaho Museum of Natural History. His formal study of primates began with the terrestrial adaptations of African primates, and has since taken him from the dusty skeletal cabinets of far-flung museums, to the remote badlands of Colombia and Argentina in search of fossil New World primates. He has published extensively on the evolutionary history of the South American primates and has described several new extinct species. His attention returned to the emergence of modern human bipedalism. His co-edited volume, From Biped to Strider: the Emergence of Modern Human Walking, Running, and Resource Transport, redirects attention from the origins of simply walking on two legs, to the pattern of emergence of the innovations specifically unique to modern human gait. His interests in the footprints attributed to an unrecognized North American ape, commonly known as sasquatch, came into focus when he literally crossed paths with an enigmatic set of tracks in the Blue Mountains of Washington State. He has conducted collaborative laboratory and field research throughout the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West, and has spoken about his findings in numerous interviews, television appearances, public and professional presentations. He is author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, which explores his and other scientists’ evaluations of the evidence suggesting the reality of this legendary primate.
Eric Altman, director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society in Jeannette, Pennsylvania.
Eric Altman from Jeanette, Pennsylvania... Eric Altman, age 37 is originally from Greensburg Pennsylvania and now resides in Jeannette Pennsylvania. Eric's interest in Bigfoot stems from watching the movies "Legend of Boggy Creek" and "Creature from black lake." Eric began researching the Bigfoot phenomenon in 1980 at the age of 10. Eric spent the next 17 years studying Bigfoot by educating himself through numerous books including John Green's Apes among us, and Marion T. Place's Bigfoot all over the country. Those books along with the previously mentioned films inspired Eric to persue the subject. Eric has read books, magazine articles, and watched countless movie and documentary specials on the subject. In the mid 1980's Eric met fellow Bigfoot investigator Stan Gordon from Pennsylvania and began to study Stan's research and was very surpised to learn about Bigfoot sightings in his home state of Pennsylvania. In 1997 after moving to Ohio, Eric found the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Center on line and attended the 1997 Annual Bigfoot Conference. Don Keating and others researchers in attendance convinced Eric to begin field research of his own in Pennsylvania. Eric joined the BFRO as a volunteer point of contact for Pennsylvania. During his short stay with the BFRO, Eric met Steve Anderson and Henry Benton who had recently formed the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society and became a member. Eric became the director of the PA Bigfoot Society in January 2000 and has held the position since. Eric and the members of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society continue to research and investigate sighting reports received through the groups website at www.pabigfootsociety.com Eric is also a member and consultant for the Pennsylvania Paranormal Society, a member of the Pennsylvania Researchers Organization, the American Bigfoot Society, and the Center for Unexplained Events or C.U.E. Eric remains quite active in the field researching and travelled quite extensively across the country to various states including, Ohio, Texas, California and Oregon. Eric co hosts an internet talk radio program on various paranormal subjects on Blog Talk Radio entitled "Beyond The Edge Radio" and can be heard at www.blogtalkradio.com/beyondtheedgeradio
MK Davis stands beside a poster of the Patterson film creature known as "Patty". Davis is one of the scheduled speakers at this years 20th Annual Bigfoot Conference / EXPO. M K Davis from Mississippi... M.K.Davis developed an interest in the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film, while pursuing astro-photography. Astro-photography is the discipline of taking space photographs through a telescope. M.K. owns two large telescopes that are outfitted for space photography. Astro-photography often involves unusual methods of film development and analysis. It was when M.K. recognized that some frames that he had seen from the film, had been treated in much the same way that an astro-photograph might have been, and that the frames were much improved, he decided to look for the better copies of the film. The general rule is that you can't get a good print, from a bad film. Yet … good prints did exist. So began an effort that was to last for ten years. M.K. has participated in various expeditions across the country, and has traveled to Bluff Creek in northern California, where the famous film was taken. M.K. has participated on documentary projects about Sasquatch and the Patterson film and has appeared on a variety of television projects on the subject. M.K. was recently named "Bigfooter of the Year" by Daniel Perez' Bigfoot Times" newsletter. M.K. lives in Mississippi and is 52 years old. He and his wife Debbie have been married for thirty years and are the parents of four children. "I've raised my children to be true to themselves" says M.K. "I've taught them to never stand down from anything, due to outside pressure." "If you know what's right, then do it, and you'll never regret it".
(Editor's Note: The Sasquatch Experience will attempt to interview all three speakers individually in the month of April, so stay tuned to this blog for further details.)
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