{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68545dbe0bed216db7d3c9ab/694573f9921dd3db0b730aa1?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"He Put a Six-Figure Budget on Finding Bigfoot | Ep. 84","description":"<p>What if Bigfoot isn’t just a blurry VHS fever dream… but a real, flesh-and-bone creature that’s just smarter than us?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, I sit down with&nbsp;<strong>Gary Volkmann</strong>, a man who didn’t just&nbsp;<em>talk</em>&nbsp;about finding Bigfoot — he funded it. Six figures. A full film crew. And a world-renowned PhD anthropologist,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Jeff Meldrum</strong>, as his right-hand man.</p><p><br></p><p>We get into:</p><ul><li>Why a Thanksgiving dinner argument launched a full-blown Sasquatch hunt</li><li>Ancient apes, human evolution, and why Bigfoot might be closer to us than we’re comfortable admitting</li><li>Terrifying field encounters: bacon-scented sightings, rifled backpacks, unscrewed peanut butter jars, and a&nbsp;<strong>16.5-inch footprint next to a tent</strong></li><li>Why Bigfoot might be the most intelligent great ape on the planet</li><li>Native American lore, totem poles, ancient cave art, and why this story shows up everywhere… across cultures, continents, and centuries</li><li>And why capturing Bigfoot on film might be harder than filming a black bear crossing a logging road</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"Austin Anderson"}