Ep. 473: The Sport of Finding Bigfoot, Seriously - Laura Krantz
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
“There’s no way Bigfoot could be real...
...at least that’s what I thought.”
Laura Krantz is a self-described skeptic. However, several years ago she read an article about Grover Krantz, an anthropology profession and Bigfoot researcher. She thought it odd they shared last names. After more digging, she was surprised to discover that Grover was a cousin to her grandfather. She had to learn more about this mysterious world of folks who believe in the creature but aren’t “crazy”. What she found was fascinating. These aren’t tin hat wearing antisocial hermits in the forest. They are professors, teachers, forest rangers, and police officers that all had undeniably strange encounters with a creature which they never thought they’d believe in. Laura, a former NPR producer, documented her journey which she turned into Wild Thing, a podcast about the lore and reality of who or what Bigfoot really is and her quest to know more about the folks who search for it. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | I can't say you didn't see that, you didn't have that experience, that didn't happen to you. |
| 0:05.7 | I wasn't there. |
| 0:06.9 | I don't know what they saw, but they clearly saw or experienced something that changed their |
| 0:11.9 | perspective on the natural world and on this creature. |
| 0:19.5 | This is the adventure sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:27.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, |
| 0:34.5 | we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that |
| 0:38.5 | next adventure. The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned |
| 0:45.2 | self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental. You can check them out at |
| 0:51.1 | campcrate.net. |
| 1:03.0 | Before I knew better, I used to carry cans of food into the backcountry, like a doofus. |
| 1:04.7 | Obviously, I don't do that anymore. |
| 1:09.0 | I use freeze-dried food, and I really only use peak refuel. |
| 1:14.0 | The best backpacking food, the best freeze-dried food in the world. |
| 1:19.5 | And if you keep listening to the episode, I can show you how to save 20% off an order if you want some. |
| 1:22.7 | I know what you're thinking. |
| 1:24.4 | Looking for Bigfoot? |
| 1:26.3 | That's an adventure sport? |
| 1:31.9 | Yeah, we're kind of getting outside the world of adventure sport. |
| 1:41.7 | But it was a very, very interesting story that we stumbled across with a podcast series called Wild Thing. |
| 1:46.3 | And it's produced and recorded by Laura Krantz, |
| 1:53.7 | former NPR producer and editor. And the recording itself, I, like an idiot, forgot to start press record about a minute and a half into the interview. That's like three times I've done that now. |
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