From National Wildlife magazine and editor George Harrison (no, not that one) comes a shocking update on the hunt for Bigfoot! It's not the big man himself who provides the scares though, but rather the colorful antics of expedition leader Robert W. Morgan, who poses for paramilitary pics and says he plans to use drugged bait on Bigfoot and then track him with, specifically, a specially trained Labrador. Harrison ends things with the classic Warren Smith-style line "What do you, the reader, think?" and ponders if federal funding might not aid in the hunt. This article also references an older piece on the Patterson-Gimlin film and claims that Roger Patterson passed a polygraph test over the PGF's authenticity in the course of being interviewed by this magazine!
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| "Quit scarin' the neighbors, Bob!" |
Nowadays George Harrison keeps us posted on how to understand bird plumage and mating habits, marking this vintage article as just one small piece of a long career in wildlife writing.
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| George H. Harrison, in an undated photo. |
Robert W. Morgan meanwhile is quite the character, with a filmmaking career that includes the documentary Big Foot: Man or Beast? and the Bigfoot/hicksploitation horror flick Blood Stalkers and a stint as (he claims) an informant/two-fisted vigilante against mob drug running! Morgan's still alive and kicking today at 90 years old ... way to go, Bob!
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| Newspaper ad for Big Foot (1972) |
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| Blood Stalkers (1976), which was never banned anywhere. |
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| And a tip of the ol' hippo to Stef for the lead here ... this book's a trip! |
"On the Trail of Bigfoot" is also available to read and download at archive dot org.
From National Wildlife magazine, Vol. 8 - No. 6, Oct/Nov 1970.
