Video Review Guide

Mysterious Universe: Yeti and Bigfoot

1985, 22 minutes, color, Arthur Clarke's Mysterious Universe

Summary

Clarke reviews the information about both the Yeti and Bigfoot. Yeti (aka the abominable snowman) has been reported by Sherpas for generations. Several expeditions to Nepal have reported seeing evidence and one man has a "cap" made from a Yeti's "scalp." Bigfoot (aka sasquatch) is reported from many areas of North America, but especially from the forests of the Northwest United States. Interviewed is Washington State University physical anthropologist Grover Krantz, who presents his case for Bigfoot being an ancient hominid species, gigantopithecus. Clarke remains skeptical.

Questions

1. What is the nature of yeti/Bigfoot evidence? How reliable is it?
2. What is the likelihood of such creatures remaining unseen or uncaptured?
3. How can a qualified scholar like Krantz believe in Bigfoot?
4. How is yeti/Bigfoot like or unlike other cryptozoological phenomena?

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larry-zimmerman@uiowa.edu
University of Iowa Anthropology
08/18/98