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You're listening to episode 375 of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World,

where we look at mysteries from the twin perspectives of faith and reason.

In this episode, we're talking about Bigfoot biology.

I'm Don Betanelli, and joining me today is Jimmy Aiken. Hey, Jimmy.

How did Dom?

Folks, be sure to stick around to the end of the episode. We'll have your feedback on our recent episode where we talked about Barry Treasure and other patron questions. But first,

the existence of Bigfoot is controversial, and mainstream science is

not convinced that the creature exists. But there have been times when a creature's existence

was not yet confirmed, and all we had were scattered reports about it. The mountain gorilla is such

an example. In the last hundred years, thousands of reported encounters with Bigfoot have occurred.

So, supposing that Bigfoot exists,

what could these encounters tell us?

What kind of animal would Bigfoot be?

And what would its biology be like?

That's what we'll be talking about on this episode

of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world.

So, Jimmy, what do we need to say to begin today's mystery? Well, we originally discussed Bigfoot back in episode three of the podcast,

and I concluded that while I'm open to and would even love the idea that Bigfoot exists,

I thought the weight of evidence was against it. However, that episode was made seven years ago,

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