The Idaho Museum of Natural History in Pocatello has a new Bigfoot exhibit opening this week. Called "Bigfoot: How Do We Know?," the exhibit will "examine Bigfoot through the lenses of scientific method, belief, mythology, folklore and traditions," according to a museum press release. (PDF) Included are such artifacts as a branch that Bigfoot may have stepped on in the famous Patternson-Gimlin footage of 1967, possible hair samples, casts, and cultural artifacts related to Sasquatch. From the Associated Press:
Jeff Meldrum, an anatomy professor at Idaho State University and a local Bigfoot expert, said the exhibit will give visitors a new way to consider the subject."I think the (museum's) approach is a very thought-provoking one that recognizes there are a variety of dimensions to the experience of Bigfoot," Meldrum said. "The exhibit attempts to use the topic of Bigfoot as a springboard to analyze different ways of knowing. A variety of those things intersect with the subject matter at hand." Link
In other Bigfoot news, the long-awaited cryptozoology art exhibit, "Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale," opens this month at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine! More details at Cryptomundo. Link
