Rnz: The Podcast Hour

The legend of Sasquatch, of a hairy hominid living out in the wild, is widespread and enduring. Laura Krantz found out that she'd got a distant relative who'd devoted his academic career, and risked his reputation, on finding Bigfoot. So she spent a year in the lab and out in the wild on the hunt for the big guy, tip-toing between sceptics and believers to explore the Sasquatch story, some of the wacky theories about it, and what modern science is saying about it today. We play some of the first episode of Wild Thing called 'Grover' and speak to producer and presenter Laura Krantz about the Bigfoot story and how it's viewed today.