Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt speak with Derrick Lail, Program Coordinator of Criminal Justice at Lees-McRae College! Derrick discusses his years in law enforcement, his near-decade of teaching students about the justice system, the evaluation/presentation of circumstantial evidence, and how these experiences relate to sasquatchery! His interest in the sasquatch phenomenon has resulted the creation of a course offered at Lees-McRae called "The Bigfoot Effect: Evidence and Jury Preconceptions."

Check out Derrick and his son interviewing Dr. Jeff Meldrum!

See Cliff and Pruitt at the following events:

Cryptid Con in Florence, IN, November 21-22!

sQuatchFest, Kelso-Longview, WA, January 29-30

Oklahoma BigfootCon, Tahlequah, OK, April 8-10

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt further discuss the claims and evidence presented in Capturing Bigfoot along with some of the reactions from the sasquatch community! The trio also discuss which elements of sasquatchery are solely dependent upon the Patterson-Gimlin Film. 

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt have their first discussion together after watching the new documentary Capturing Bigfoot! The trio discuss their thoughts about the film, significant takeaways and insights, and a few of the lingering questions left to investigate. This is a fluid, unstructured conversation that covers a range of claims, events, and information presented in the film, so be warned: SPOILERS ABOUND!  

Watch "The First Influencer" playlist on Capturing Bigfoot's YouTube channel. 

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt answer your questions in this new Q&A episode! If you would like to submit a question for a future Q&A episode, please use the contact form or voicemail link HERE.

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt discuss a variety of 'squatchy goings-on including recent activity in Oregon, how wild chimps get buzzed, the preponderance of primates with pets, humans as hybrids, and more!

See Cliff at the Yakima Valley Bigfoot Conference in Yakima, WA on Oct. 23-24!  

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt catch up with cryptozoological explorer extraordinaire Adam Davies! Adam discusses some of the experiences and encounters he's had since his previous appearance on the podcast, including a sasquatch encounter in Tennessee that's documented in the film The Land Between The Lakes! 

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt reconvene after their various sojourns to discuss Cliff's participation in a new documentary by Ghost City Tours, Pruitt's adventures on the Alaska Bigfoot Cruise, the value of examining primary evidence, the usefulness of the sasquatch as a classroom teaching tool, and much more!

Check out Cliff's interview with Tim at Ghost City: Part One and Part Two

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt answer your questions in this new Q&A episode! If you would like to submit a question for a future Q&A episode, please use the contact form or voicemail link HERE.

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Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt welcome field researcher, historian, and author Daryl Colyer back to the podcast! Daryl discusses his new book Secrets of the Briar Patch: The Everodd and the inspiration for writing it. The quartet then converse about how best to approach the pursuit of sasquatches in the places they might reside!

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Cliff Barackman and Matt Pruitt speak with folklorist Dr. Lynne McNeill about the intersection of folklore, science, and the sasquatch! Dr. McNeill is an Associate Professor of Folklore at Utah State University. Her research focuses on legend and belief, cryptids, digital culture, and the ways that folklore develops and spreads through communities. Dr. McNeill discusses what folklore actually is, why folklorists study it, and what traditional stories tell us about the world around us. The conversation explores scientific discoveries that were preceded by folklore and traditional knowledge, what the persistence of sasquatch legends might mean from a folklorist’s perspective, and how the internet and social media have transformed modern perceptions of the sasquatch phenomenon!

See Cliff and Dr. McNeill speak at Wild About The West on Saturday, September 12th at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art on the Utah State University campus in Logan, Utah!

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Originally recorded and released as an exclusive members-only episode back in April of 2024, this discussion between Cliff Barackman, James "Bobo" Fay, and Matt Pruitt focuses on a few of the researchers whom they consider to be unsung heroes or additions to the "Horsemen of Sasquatchery!"

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Here's the list of people mentioned in the episode:

1.0 (1950s-1960s): Roger Patterson, Bob Titmus

2.0 (1970s-1980s): The Bay Area Group, Jim Hewkin, Don Keating, Ron Morehead, Richard Greenwell, Loren Coleman

3.0 (1990s-2000s): Matt Moneymaker, Doug Hajicek, Jeff Meldrum, John Bindernagel, Henner Fahrenbach, Derek Randles

4.0 (2010s-2020s): Clobo, Daryl Colyer, The Olympic Project, Small Town Monsters

Unsung Heroes: Dennis Jensen, Dennis Pfohl, Wally Hersom, Thom Shay, Wes Summerlin, Vance Orchard, Will Duncan, JDL, Tal H. Branco, Erwin Supple, Jim McClarin

International Horsefolk: Dimitri Bayanov, Marie-Jeanne Koffmann, Jordi Magraner, Dean Harrison

Honorable Mentions: Tom Yamarone, Betty Allen, Jerry Crew, Daniel Perez, Todd Prescott, Tom Steenburg