Hello and welcome to another monster episode of Mysteries of Science.

My name's Dan and I'm the editor of Science and Nature, the monthly magazine from the team behind the week junior.

And I'm Kearen, the features editor. In each issue of science and nature, we explore the universe through in-depth features, news stories, or inspiring images, interviews with top experts and much more.

We had so much fun right at the start of this series when we investigated the Loch Ness monster,

so we couldn't help but take on another mysterious and possibly mythical creature, Bigfoot.

This is a giant, hairy, human-like ape who's loping through the North American forests.

I absolutely loved that episode, but if you haven't listened to it yet or any of our other

mysteries, don't worry, because this one is as good a place to start as any.

And it wouldn't be mysteries of science without some top-notch experts.

So who have we got for you this time?

Well, we've got four authors who have done their own investigations into the Bigfoot

stories and they have actually reached very different and I would say wildly different

conclusions.

So it sounds like you, our listeners, will have to make the decision.

Is Bigfoot real?

And if so, how has it avoided mainstream detection for so long?

And if it's not real, how can you possibly explain all the rumoured encounters between humans

and a large hairy beast in the American

wilderness.

All right then.

Let's get down to business.

It's time to hunt for Bigfoot.

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