14 12 10 CONTENTS Chasing Cryptids What Is a Cryptid First Recorded Sightings Hiking in the Mountains Caught on Film More Sightings Tracking Bigfoot Bigfoot Organizations 6 8 4 22 24 18 20 Bigfoot Sightings Studying Bigfoot Cryptid Keeper Grover Krantz 26 Does Bigfoot Exist 28 30 Glossary Online Resources Index 31 32
4 CHAPTER 1 CHASING CRYPTIDS Ew what is that smell You and your friend stop on the forest path A very tall hairy creature just hid behind a tree It looks part human and part animal Could this be the Bigfoot cryptid that you have been looking for FAST FACT Bigfoot expert Michael Rugg says Bigfoot smells like a skunk that rolled around in dead animals and hung around garbage pits
Many hikers have reported seeing Bigfoot in forests throughout North America 5
