Sasquatch, legend meets science, Jeff Meldrum
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Sasquatch, legend meets science, Jeff Meldrum
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-283) and index
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mapsillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Sasquatch
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
232874388
Responsibility statement
Jeff Meldrum
Sub title
legend meets science
Summary
A scientist takes a scholarly, objective look at the mystery of sasquatch and at evidence and research that could hold the key to a large but previously undiscovered North American primate, reviewing the scientific pros and cons for its existence
Table Of Contents
Science of hidden animals: cryptozoology -- Wooden feet and fur suits: Ray Wallace at Bluff Creek -- Wildman of the woods: Native American traditional knowledge -- Giant ape of the Orient: Gigantopithecus -- making a big impression: the Skookum body cast -- Caught on camera: photographics and forensic measurements -- Wrangler and the wildwoman: Bob Gimlin's encounter with Bigfoot -- Picture this: scientific reaction the Patterson-Gimlin film -- Ape antics: behavioral parallels -- Sound off: vocalizations -- Grin and bear it: misidentifications -- By the numbers: statistical analyses -- Stepping through time: the evidence of footprints -- Line upon line: dermatoglyphics -- Splitting hairs and molecules: DNA and physical evidence -- Where we stand: the evidence weighed and measured
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