Sasquatch Tracks
Micah Hanks, Dakota Waddell and Jeff Smith • Science, Nature
Micah Hanks, Dakota Waddell and Jeff Smith • Science, Nature
Sasquatch Tracks
Micah Hanks, Dakota Waddell and Jeff Smith • Science, Nature
Micah Hanks, Dakota Waddell and Jeff Smith • Science, Nature

About

Sasquatch Tracks takes a scientific look at whether there are large animal species that remain undiscovered. With special emphasis on the Sasquatch in North America, the show looks at claims of apelike “relict hominoids” and other animals purported to exist in various parts of the world.

Episodes

  • The Minerva Monsters: An Odd Tale of Hairy Bipeds and Big Cats | ST 054
    In the summer of 1978, a strange series of events began to unfold for rural residents of northeastern Ohio. While enjoying a quiet evening at their rural home near Minerva, the Cayton family and their grandchildren witnessed a large, hairy, bipedal...
  • John Hickenbottom: Sasquatch at Salt Fork State Park | ST 053
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the after opening news that focuses on tales of "swamp beasts" in rural America and also massive reptiles invading the Florida Everglades, the team is joined by John Hickenbottom, the naturalist at Ohio's Salt...
  • Sam Shearon: In Search of Yuletide Hominoids | ST 052
    'Tis the season... and so joining the Sasquatch Tracks team for their 2023 holiday installment of the program is Mister Sam Shearon, artist extraordinaire and dealer in knowledge of all things esoteric and hominological. Along with his impressive...
  • Return to Ape Canyon: Rediscovery of the Vanderwhite Mine | ST 051
    During the summer of 1924, a team of gold seekers alleged that they were attacked by giant, ape-like creatures, measuring about 7 feet tall, who hurled boulders at them. Their story recounts an encounter with these beings in a remote area, where a...
  • Matt Pruitt: The Phenomenal Sasquatch, Part Two | ST 050
    In this second part in a special two-part installment of Sasquatch Tracks, veteran researcher Matt Pruitt returns to the podcast to discuss his new book , a tour-de-force of intellectual exploration in the study of the relict hominoid...
  • Matt Pruitt: The Phenomenal Sasquatch, Part One | ST 049
    In this first in a two-part installment of Sasquatch Tracks, veteran researcher Matt Pruitt returns to the podcast to discuss his new book , a tour-de-force of intellectual exploration in the study of the relict hominoid mystery. Matt...
  • Scott Tompkins: The Bigfoot Mapping Project | ST 048
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, we are joined by Scott Tompkins, the creator of The Bigfoot Mapping Project, for an in-depth discussion about his mapping, data collection, and analysis of Sasquatch sightings. Scott holds a Bachelor of...
  • Darby Orcutt: Sasquatch Sample Analysis | ST 047
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, we are joined by researcher and educator Darby Orcutt, who discusses an ambitious new project that is seeking to collect and analyze anomalous biological samples, in an effort that could ultimately help reveal...
  • Military Encounters with Sasquatch | ST 046
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team looks at encounters with relict hominoids in North America reported by U.S. military personnel. Among reports involving encounters with alleged humanlike primates that remain...
  • Esteban Sarmiento: Monstrous Primatology | ST 045
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, we catch up with primatologist Esteban Sarmiento, an expert in hominid evolution and researcher renowned for his interest in the speculative side of vertebrate zoology, particularly when it comes to...
  • Lailani Upham and Carrie Lynn Bear Chief: The Pikuni Bigfoot Storytelling Project | ST 044
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team is joined by Lailani Upham and Carrie Lynn Bear Chief, Blackfeet Tribe members and creators of the Pikuni Bigfoot Storytelling Project. Lailani Upham is a member of the Blackfeet Nation, and is...
  • Kathy Strain: An Anthropologist's Search for Sasquatch | ST 043
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team is joined by anthropologist and Sasquatch researcher Kathy Strain, author of the book, Giants, Cannibals & Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture. Kathy Strain is the Heritage Resource and Tribal...
  • Buck Buckingham: Australian Yowies Caught on Film | ST 042
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team is joined by Australian researcher Buck Buckingham, who shares his knowledge about Australian Yowies, the purported relict hominoid that occupies the remote wilds of the Land Down Under. Buckingham is...
  • Gregory Forth: A Living Fossil Hominoid in Modern Indonesia? | ST 041
    Joining the team for this installment of Sasquatch Tracks is Gregory Forth, a retired professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta. He earned his PhD from the University of Oxford in 1980. Beginning in 1986, Forth was a professor at the...
  • Nathaniel Bronis: Michigan Encounters and Sasquatch Studies | ST 040
    As the team returns from a seasonal hiatus to officially kick off 2023, we are joined by Nathaniel Bronis, a Sasquatch researcher from Michigan's lower peninsula who currently resides in Idaho, and previously spent time in Washington. An avid...
  • Jeff Waldridge: Kentucky Sasquatch, Government Files, and Cryptid Con | ST 039
    In this edition of Sasquatch Tracks, the team is joined by Kentucky researcher Jeff Waldridge, who in addition to being an expert in the study of Sasquatch, is also one of the team members behind the annual CryptidCon event in his home state. ...
  • Mister Sam Shearon: Bigfoot, Wolflike Cryptids, and Monstrous Mysteries | ST 038
    In this Halloween installment of Sasquatch Tracks, we are joined by Mister Sam Shearon, who in addition to being renowned for his unique cryptozoological artwork, presents an impressive knowledge of all-things Sasquatch, along with an assorted...
  • Aleksandar Petakov: Sasquatch in the Northeast | ST 037
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team is joined by researcher Aleksandar Petakov for a discussion about his wide-ranging cryptozoological interests. Aleksandar Petakov was born in 1993 during the last year of Apartheid in South...
  • Tate Hieronymus: A Search for Sabe | ST 036
    In this installment of Sasquatch Tracks, the team catches up on the subject of Indigenous American beliefs about Sasquatch, as discussed in a recent BBC Travel feature, as well as sightings reports and emails from our listeners. We are then joined by...
  • Sasquatch Sightings: Eyewitness Encounters with Unknown Species | ST 035
    In this episode of Sasquatch Tracks, after the team goes over recent news related to the study of relict hominoids, we shift our attention over to reports from our listeners, which includes several sightings and intriguing accounts that may involve...