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Tonight on,
"The Proof Is Out There:

Unexplained Edition."

Reports of the creature known
as Bigfoot keep emerging

around the world, but
are they connected?

Oh, there he goes.

The figure portrays

something that is
conceivably non-human.

Lurking in
the woods of Louisiana,

a large hairy creature
is caught on camera.

What is it?

What we're seeing here is an
accidentally caught Sasquatch

in the background of a
trail camera photograph

A terrifying
encounter in Russia.

Oh, my God!

Could it be a Yeti?

And is this
thermal video evidence

of Bigfoot's Australian cousin?

I came to the conclusion

that what this video
shows are two real Yowie.

Around the world,

unexplained encounters
are being recorded.

Tonight's focus alleged
Bigfoot sightings.

Our experts will
analyze the evidence

and then pass the verdict.

To this day, it has stumped

any scientist from matching it

with any known atom.

Every year that passes
brings us one year closer

to academic acceptance
of the species.

The proof

starts now.

Good evening
everyone, and welcome

to "The Proof Is Out There."

Tonight we're focusing

a whole episode
on one of the most

compelling mysteries in history.

Bigfoot, we'll be investigating
some of the freshest,

most compelling evidence
Bigfoot hunters say

they've ever seen.

Sightings of a Bigfoot-like
creature have been reported

around the world,
known by many names,

Sasquatch, Yeti, Yowie,

but the encounters tend to
cluster in specific hotspots.

Some believe these
sightings go back centuries,

possibly as far as the
time of the Vikings.

The question,

is the creature real?

Is it a legend simply stuck
in our cultural consciousness

or is it just the world's
longest running hoax?

The big problem with
Bigfoot is that much

of the alleged proof
turns out to be faked.

Like this video from 2013,

One of the complications

of undertaking an investigation

of a topic that's this
controversial is that it seems

to attract hoaxers
like moths to a flame.

But are some cases

written off as hoaxes,
not hoaxes at all?

Take the debate
involving Ray Wallace.

He's the man who was
involved with the event

that first made Bigfoot famous.

Bluff Creek, California,

1958, hundreds of massive
footprints are found in the soil

by men constructing a
road into a remote area

of northern California.

A headline in a local
paper gets national pickup

and the name Bigfoot is born.

The contractor on the
project was Ray Wallace

and when he died, his
kids told the press

that their dad was
Bigfoot all along

and had used these
carved wooden stompers

to leave prints all over
the Pacific Northwest.

Case closed, not
according to believers.

The carved wooden feet alleged

to be the source of
those footprints,

simply do not match
the footprint record

that has been collected and
studied from that region.

In fact, compare
the print on the right,

which Meldrum believes
is a real big footprint

to the known hoax on the left.

Meldrum points to the identical
oval shaped toes of the fake

that are not reflected
in the other footprints.

And while the Bluff Creek
case is controversial,

the best evidence of the
creature may be the oldest.

We're talking about the folklore
of Native American tribes.

Native Americans have had
the longest relationship

with the creature
we now call Bigfoot

Field researcher,
Cliff Barackman points

to the images like this,

the so-called Hairy
Man pictographs,

thought to have been created

by the Californian
Thule River tribe

around the year 500 AD.

They say this is a
depiction of a Sasquatch

that they just happen
to call Hairy Man

in their particular language.

The male is literally
eight and a half feet tall

and his arms are
spread six feet wide.

Note this
interesting detail.

There are other animals
depicted in this cave,

Centipede, deer,
beaver, coyote, you name it.

They're all real animals.

So, why would this one
example show something that is

fanciful and mythological
when everything else there

is basically a drawing of things
that are still found there.

Now I wanna show
you something,

possibly the most confounding
artifact we have ever seen.

This is a photo of
a ceremonial mask

of the Tsimshian people of
British Columbia, Canada.

It was collected around 1914.

Take a close look at the skull,

the nose and the teeth.

This sure looks like a
primate of some kind.

This mask was

such an accurate and
naturalistic depiction

of what could only
be a great ape.

The very prominent eyebrows

with very sunken eye sockets.

The nose with nostrils

that are laterally
directed, a broad nose,

but really significant
is this distance

between the nose
and the upper lip.

So, what would've
been the inspiration,

if some form of great ape
didn't exist in North America?

If this mask
believed to have been carved

in the middle of
the 19th century,

really is a depiction
of a real creature,

we still have to explain

how that creature
got to North America.

One current theory is
that Bigfoot originated

from some common Asian ancestor,

possibly Gigantopithecus.

Over the millennium, that
species could have branched

into other legendary hominids,

like the Yeti of Asia or
the Yowie of Australia.

While the subspecies we call
Bigfoot might have migrated

to North America via
the Bering Land Bridge.

The most likely scenario
is that a population

of giant terrestrial
bipedal apes

that had dispersed through
Southern and Eastern Asia

had expanded its range
into North America.

But if that's true,

where are the
Sasquatch skeletons?

We find bones of fossils of
other things like dinosaurs.

Why not Bigfoot?

Dr. Meldrum says that fact

doesn't discount
Bigfoot's existence.

It seems like there's
fossils everywhere,

but when you consider
the periods of time

and the number of organisms
through that period,

it's a remarkably small fraction
that ever are fossilized

and discovered by
paleontologists.

We continually find
fossils of species

that we had no idea existed.

The absence of
evidence doesn't mean

the evidence of absence.

As we've said, there
are no Bigfoot fossils,

but there are alleged
Bigfoot footprints.

So, let's take a closer look
at a particular collection

of prints that has
gained notoriety

amongst the Bigfoot
community, which is, ahem,

no small feat.

The Pacific Northwest

long considered a hotspot
for Bigfoot sightings

with more than a 1000
reports across Washington,

Oregon and Idaho.

Our first story begins in the
Blue mountains of Washington,

just north of Mill Creek,

deep in America's most
active Bigfoot state.

It's 1991 and former
US Forest patrolman

and Bigfoot investigator
Paul Freeman has come here

with a colleague looking
for evidence of Bigfoot.

Sure enough, what they
found were hundreds of tracks

of a Sasquatch.

Freeman measures the
and makes these plaster casts.

He's convinced this area
is a Bigfoot hotspot

and over the years, the
evidence just keeps piling up.

1992 and the neighboring
Deduct Spring area

of the Blue Mountains,
Freeman shoots this video

showing what he
claims is a Bigfoot

ambling through the woods.

Jesus.

The creature allegedly
left more prints like this,

and four years later,

even more prints found
in the moist ground

in the nearby Five Points area.

Look closer.

These whoppers are
14 inches long.

If they're real, whatever
left them is big, really big.

Many of these
footprints

penetrate into the
ground quite deeply.

And this photograph right here,

you can see right there the
midtarsal pressure ridge.

- Check it out.

According to Barackman,

this midtarsal pressure ridge
is one of the key differences

between human and
Sasquatch anatomy.

Behind the metatarsals
is a big jumble of bone

right beneath the ankle,

but that jumble of
bones in human beings,

it doesn't bend at all

because we have an arch
that holds our foot stiff,

but Sasquatch can actually
bend their foot to some degree

at that location.

It is called the
midtarsal joint.

Of course,
some have claimed

this was all one big hoax

perpetrated by Freeman,

but Barackman says we know
what faked prints look like.

You can see when we compare

Freeman's to a known fake
made with a wooden prosthetic,

it sure looks like
there's a difference.

Upon push-off, sometimes
a mound of dirt is raised up

behind the metatarsals.

This was not possible with
a fake wooden prosthetic.

The idea of the midtarsal
break was actually developed

by our very own Bigfoot
expert, Jeff Meldrum.

Meldrum's hypothesis has
been, no pun intended,

a major step

in the investigative
research of Sasquatches.

Let's see what our
experts have to say

about these particular prints.

Anthropologist Kathy Strain explains,

there's always been some
skepticism when it comes

to the findings of Paul Freeman.

A lot of people said he
found so much evidence,

he was outside all the time
and he found prints here

and he found prints there.

And he has that well-known
video that there's just no way

that he could be authentic.

We know Professor
Meldrum believes in Bigfoot,

but he's also on the lookout
for any potential hoaxes.

That's why Meldrum decided
to drop in unexpectedly

on Freeman to verify
his evidence firsthand.

I was a bit incredulous,

but I thought, what
have I got to lose?

Then he saw

the latest Five Points
tracks up close.

Meldrum quickly concluded
they couldn't be prints

from some local animal.

And the most likely candidate
out there is the bear.

The bear isn't

completely flatfooted,

it's heel does not entirely
rest on the ground.

The heel of a bear

has a very pointed in appearance

as opposed to the very
rounded full heel pad

of the Sasquatch foot.

But the
real aha moment was,

you guessed it, evidence of
that same midtarsal ridge

ruling out prints made
by any human foot.

The heel is elevated,

this retaining that
midfoot flexibility,

the advantage of a very
flexible grasping foot

for climbing up in the trees.

Another one that jumped out
is this track from Mill Creek

in 1991, separated by
considerable number of years

and yet showing this exact
proportions, the orientation

Now to
quote Lewis Carroll,

"It gets even curiouser."

Since all of these
prints show evidence

of the midtarsal ridge
and are the same size,

Meldrum and Cliff
Barackman not only believe

that these prints are real,

but that they could
be coming from

the same individual
specimen of Bigfoot.

This particular animal's
footprints have been found

on a number of occasions,

in the 1991, 1992, '96.

There were remarkable
similarities that suggest

that these could in fact be

the same individual.

And get this,
based on research

Meldrum thinks
Sasquatches can live to be

about 30 to 50 years old,

so this specimen
could very well be

at least 15 to 25 years of age.

This evidence
demonstrates the existence

of an unrecognized species.

Our verdict,
potential primate print.

We're sure these prints
don't come from a bear.

They sure look different
from known fakes,

and that midtarsal ridge appears

to eliminate the human foot too.

If they're real, they
could be valuable evidence

in proving Bigfoot's existence.

The Pacific Northwest

may be America's most
famous Bigfoot hotspot,

but it is far

from the only one.

In the deep swamps of Louisiana,

reports of large
hairy-covered creatures

have earned a different name.

The swamp monster, like the
Bigfoot of the Northwest,

it's said to be elusive,

but does a ubiquitous tech

offer proof it exists?

With trail cameras everywhere,

we've seen them
capture everything

from a woman pretending

to eat a deer carcass,

to a naked guy who may have
been tripping on mushrooms

walking on all fours.

Did one of these cameras
also capture Bigfoot?

Take a look.

June 29th, 2013,

the sun is just
starting to come up

in Vernon Parish, Louisiana,

when a trail camera is
triggered by a murder of crows.

While these unassuming
birds were the focus

of the automatic snapshot,

it's what's captured

in the distance that
has people talking.

A strange figure looms
in the background,

lurking near a hunting blind.

When we zoom in, we can see
that it's upright on two legs

and is a uniform dark color.

This figure is pretty
big

compared to the hunting blind.

Some people have said that
they can see muscle definition

on the figure.

The area is also very lush.

There are lots of
potential food sources

from animals to plants,
and there's also water,

so it's pretty much a
great place for a creature

that doesn't wanna be
detected to hang out.

This parish in
Louisiana

is no stranger to menacing
Bigfoot encounters.

In a previous episode,

we covered this video of
another purported Bigfoot

out of Louisiana called the
Honey Island Swamp monster.

It would reportedly attack

wildlife in the area

and scavenge for scraps
in hunting camps.

Are all these accounts

one type of creature
simply looking for food?

A lot of Bigfoot
researchers do think

that Sasquatch is a scavenger.

Some people believe that what
we're seeing in this photo

is actually the start of a hunt.

So, Bigfoot could
be a scavenger,

but could it also be a killer?

In the late '40s and early '50s,

residents of the
small cannery town,

Portlock Alaska were shaken

by a series of
unexplained deaths.

Townsfolk were found
violently torn apart.

Many speculated that a Bigfoot
was behind these attacks.

Did these hunters in Louisiana
escape a similar fate?

First, could this just
be a local animal?

The Louisiana Black Bear,
one of the 16 subspecies

of black bear in the United
States does live in this area.

They do sometimes stand on
their hind legs to get food,

but I don't think we're
seeing a black bear.

You can see that the hips

are just much higher
up on the body.

This doesn't have a long enough
torso to be a black bear,

and in this photo the hind
legs are way too tall.

What other bipedal
creature might this be?

Well, we need to consider
the most obvious answer.

I definitely think
that this is a person.

Everything is
congruent with what

a human being can look like.

It's just we're not seeing a
good picture of their face.

However, field
researcher Cliff Barackman

hasn't just seen the photo.

He's gone to the
location himself

and he isn't sold on the idea

that this is just
some average human.

I have been to the
location.

That hunting blind
gave me the opportunity

to do size comparisons.

Right next to the hunting blind

is a depression in the ground

that is six inches deep.

If it was standing
in that depression,

the smallest estimate

for this animal would
be seven feet tall.

Now, that is not outside
of the human range

by any means, but
it is pretty big.

Barackman also
reveals another key detail

that can't be seen in
this particular image.

What you don't see in this
photograph is right here

there is a cage that was
specifically designed

for trapping hogs.

That's an easy meal
if you're a primate.

On top of that, the crows
that were in the foreground

of the picture were
feeding on feed corn

that was thrown there
to lure the hogs in it.

And according
to our expert,

it's these crows that
rule out this picture

as a potential hoax.

If you are
depending on the crows

to set off the trail
camera at the right time,

that seems like a very
unlikely way to hoax anything.

I think that it is more likely

that what we're seeing here

is an accidentally
caught Sasquatch

in the background of a
trail camera photograph

that was triggered by crows

Our verdict.

We're calling this one
a potential Bigfoot.

While we can't confirm 100%
since our experts disagree,

Cliff Barackman's
onsite investigation

definitely gives us pause

before we dismiss this

as a hoax or misidentification.

From the swamps

of Louisiana, we
head north to Ohio,

another bigfoot hotspot.

Here they call it the grass man.

A large hair-covered figure

said to move through the forest

and build strange
nests of tall grass,

and sightings continue
to be reported.

Our next story is a
classic from the '90s

that endures to this day.

It's about a sound from Ohio

that's become the
alleged Bigfoot howl

heard round the world.

Late autumn, 1994,
Wellsville, Ohio.

Matt Moneymaker, head of the
Bigfoot Research Organization

has heard reports of strange
sightings and vocalizations

in the forest near
the Ohio River.

Matt scours the area but is
unable to spot the creature,

but he says he comes across

a set of terrifyingly
huge tracks.

Matt then proceeds

to set up microphones
around the area

and has them record
through the entire night.

The next morning,

a review of the
tapes reveals this.

These are what have become
known as the Ohio Howls.

Listen, as the
siren-type howl starts

Soon after a dog joins in

and then the third creature's
can be heard in the distance.

The main sound is loud

and repeats four times

though there is no
discernible pattern.

Over the course

of that three months we got

64 different
vocalization recordings.

The Ohio Howl is the
best and clearest among.

You would often hear
responses coming

from the other side
of the Ohio River,

as if that's what
this howler was doing.

It was up there to
howl across the river

to connect with ones over there.

And to this day, it has stumped

any scientist from matching it

with any known animal.

So, could this howl

be that of the legendary Bigfoot

and what's he doing in Ohio?

Well, believe it or not,
Ohio is fast becoming

one of the largest spots
for Bigfoot activity,

with over 315 reported
sightings since the mid 1970s.

That gives credence
to the theory

that if the Sasquatch
does in fact exist,

he doesn't live exclusively
in the Northwest.

When people think of Ohio,

they think of places
like Cleveland

where this particular
recording was obtained

in Wellsville, Ohio.

The population is very
small, 3,300 people

and the outlying area, which
is largely uninhabited.

This is by far one of
the best recordings

of Sasquatches ever obtained.

This story

didn't end in 1994.

In August of 2022,
approximately 100 miles away

in Loudonville, Ohio.

A woman made
headlines for claiming

that she'd recorded
another Bigfoot howl.

That two minute recording
was described as the sound

of one Bigfoot attempting
to locate another.

Is this recording
something similar?

Let's ask the experts

In the spectrogram we can see

the frequency starting
low and then going high

and several repeats of that.

There are no obvious signs
of edits or abrupt changes

or distinctions
in this recording.

But what about this
being a mechanical siren,

as many online have speculated?

Maher says, no way.

A mechanical siren
generally is producing a sound

that's frequency in the
duration is very similar

from one cycle to the next.

But each howl that
we've observed

has a slightly
different frequency

and a slightly
different duration,

indicating that this was
made by a biological source.

Could it be another

apex predator known
to roam these woods?

A black bear is known to
vocalize and make sounds.

If we compare that to
the example recording,

there's quite a few differences

in the characteristics
of those sounds.

The bear, they have much more
of a short grunt quality.

They don't have the howl

or the siren quality
that's present

in the example recording.

With a miss on the
bear,

Maher searches his entire
library of animal sounds

to find a potential match.

Although there are
characteristics of this sound

that seem to match
up known animals,

there is not a exact
match I can make.

This is an unknown source

that they reported.

With no exact match,

the possibility is left open

that this could be
something truly unique,

such as a Bigfoot.

Our verdict, given
that we couldn't find

a single match to this,

we're calling it a
possible bigfoot sound.

And the fact that these
siren-like howls have been heard

all over the country,
give credence to the idea

that something may be out there.

And so is the proof.

we head east to New
York's Catskill Mountains,

another dense forested region

where a Sasquatch could
easily stay out of sight.

But sightings here
have been on the rise,

including a rare kind.

There have only been

a handful of instances where
someone reported seeing

a juvenile Sasquatch.

You're about to see one of them.

A rare glimpse at what some
are calling a baby Bigfoot.

Take a look.

May 23rd, 1997, the
Catskill Mountains

of New York and Doug Prichen

is filming his
friends around a fire.

It's a Friday night
and they're camped out

for a nearby music festival,
but they are not alone.

Are we filming now?

- Yeah.
- We're filming.

- Okay. Okay, don't care.
- Just act natural.

In the
background of the footage,

a shape emerges
between the trees.

It appears to be a
small bipedal creature

that proceeds to climb and
swing from the branches.

Look again, especially
at that swinging motion.

This is not a dude in a suit.

There's no way a
person could imitate

that kind of motion
up in a tree.

Most of those branches
probably couldn't even support

an adult's human males weight.

That has to be an
ape of some sort.

I think that is a Sasquatch,

doing baby Sasquatch
stuff up in a tree.

While reported sightings

of young Sasquatch-like
primates are rare.

They do exist, including one
story from British Columbia

that dates all the
way back to the 1800s.

The story goes that on
the trans Canadian railroad,

the railroad workers saw
a juvenile Sasquatch,

even though they
didn't call it that

'cause the word
didn't exist yet.

They hit it with a
rock, knocked it out,

and basically captured it.

People came and looked at it.

A couple newspaper
accounts depict

how big it was, how tall it was.

It wouldn't eat this,
it would eat that,

and then it disappears.

Some people think that they are
gonna ship it back to the UK

and it died in transit and
they threw it overboard.

Dr. Grover Krantz suggested

that perhaps P.T.
Barnum bought it

because it was around that time

that Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy

became part of the traveling
circus for P.T. Barnum.

Barackman also believes

that if you look closely,
you can actually see

a potential mama
Sasquatch in this footage.

Right there.

Look at that. It's moving.

It just moved back
in that direction.

One of the most common

misconceptions about
Bigfoot is that it is

an individual,
but it's not true.

They clearly reproduce as
any normal animal would.

And right here, this
is the proof of that.

We have a larger one down below
and a juvenile up in a tree.

Many Sasquatch researchers
believe the reason

juvenile Bigfoot sightings are

so rarely documented
may be the same reason

you've probably never seen a
baby pigeon or a baby squirrel.

The mothers of these
animals secretly protect

their young offspring in
secluded nests or shelters

until the moment they
are big and strong enough

to reveal themselves
to the outside world.

Let's see if this
potential baby Bigfoot

is ready to reveal
themselves to our experts.

Some question that this could
possibly be a human child

swinging on these branches.

The problem is humans

for all their agility don't
have the capability to cavort

around amongst the
branches of a tree,

as the individual that
I witness in this film.

That points to at
least the infant

being something
other than human.

So, if it's not
human, what about a small bear?

Infant bears are
known to climb trees,

but Meldrum says this,
creature's anatomy

is much closer to an apes.

It's limb proportions
aren't that different

from a small chimpanzee.

Either what we're looking at is

something like a
chimpanzee infant

or it is a young Sasquatch.

Private investigator, Steve Coles,

was one of the first
people to investigate

this mysterious video.

We had to confirm and we
did with the property owner

that they did not allow
any animals whatsoever

on the property because
of insurance purposes.

I did make calls around to
see if there was any escapes

from zoos or medical
laboratories and there weren't.

So, based on primate
behavior, I would expect

the young to be
closer to the adult

because primates, they
tend to have fewer young

and the young tend to
stay around the mother

for a long period of time.

I wouldn't expect
it to be so far away

from the mother in the trees.

And I highly doubt that a mother

with its young would
bring it so close

to people at an event
like a music festival

where there is a lot of noise
and a lot of people there.

In fact,
it is this behavior

that makes Manka
disagree with Meldrum

on the potential identity
of these creatures.

With bears, they love to
scavenge on human foods.

And in fact, a festival like
this could even attract bears

because they could realize
that there's a lot of free food

around for them to scavenge.

Black bearers can
easily climb trees

and often moms will encourage
their cubs to go up trees

to protect them from predators.

I think it's most
likely a bear cub

that's swinging in these
branches and not a primate.

Our verdict?

Unidentified animal, Manka
thinks the creature's behavior

says bear cub.

While Meldrum thinks its limb
proportions mean primate.

Seems like the only thing
our experts can agree on

is that whatever this thing is,

it certainly isn't human.

The legend of Bigfoot

doesn't end to North America.

In Russia,

they call it the Yeti.

A large human like
beast said to move

through some of the most
remote terrain on earth.

And in one isolated region,

a family may have captured
an encounter on camera.

2016, the Russian Republic

of Bashkortostan.

The sun is setting
as a family of three

documents their drive down
a desolate stretch of road.

Suddenly one of them
spots something strange

in the distance.

The driver reverses for a
better look and sees this.

Oh my God.

A mysterious hunched
figure is peeking out

from the tall greenery.

The figure suddenly
lunges forward,

arms flailing in the air.

The car tries to stay
ahead at a safe distance,

but the dark silhouette
remains in hot pursuit.

Upon first glance, the figure
appears to be human in shape,

but it moves at an
incredible speed

and its appearance has this
family extremely frightened.

It's running
after the vehicle.

Despite the fact that the
vehicle is going really fast,

it seems that they are
legitimately terrified,

in this video.

Many internet sleuths
believe that this figure

was more beast than man.

And Igor Burtsev,

director of Russia's
international Center

of Homology agrees.

Burtsev thinks this
video might show proof

of the infamous beast
known as the Yeti.

In Russia. The
Yeti is no laughing matter.

Scientists in Russia have
taken this subject seriously

all the way back until the 1960s

And that fear may
have been justified.

Viewers might remember
our previous investigation

of a potential Yeti massacre
during a 1959 expedition

through Russia's Dyatlov Pass.

The people on the
expedition were found dead

with obvious blunt force
trauma all over their bodies,

and their tongues seemingly
ripped out of their skull.

A very, very traumatic and
unusual circumstance of death,

to say the least.

A photo was left behind

that some thought
revealed a Yeti

responsible for the attack.

And while our analysis
determined it to be a photo

of one of the hikers, many still
believe in the Yeti theory.

There is a definite history
of Yetis being aggressive,

seven, eight feet
tall, a 1000 pounds,

four foot shoulders
completely covered in hair.

I mean, these are the things
nightmares are made of.

It turns out this isn't
the first Yeti sighting

within the Republic
of Bashkortostan.

In an earlier season, we
covered another 2016 sighting

that took place on the
snow capped Ural Mountains.

And while we determined
that one to be a hoax,

does this incident prove

that the creature
actually does exist?

Let's check in with our experts.

It is well known

that brown bears
live in this area.

Could that simply be
what we have here?

It seems to be
running

too well to be a bear.

The way that it's
carrying its arms

are not how a bear would.

You can make out the
head at certain points

and we don't see the snout
of, the ears of a bear.

So, we can definitely
rule out a bear.

And while we've seen
animals charge vehicles before,

they generally don't
do it without cause.

There are some animals

during mating
season, they can have

really high testosterone
and they can be angry

and easily triggered.

But I don't think any
type of screaming or noise

that the people were
making would've set

this creature off.

But so many Yeti
sightings have been hoaxed.

So, we need to ask, could
this just be a guy in a suit?

This is a difficult
one.

It seems very spontaneous,

and the figure
portrays something

that is conceivably non-human

for with a
considerable arm span.

However,
when incorporating

other elements of the footage,

the true scale of the humanoid
begins to reveal itself.

There's one shot where
it's running

up alongside the road

with that road as more
of a scale of size.

It doesn't look that big. It
looks almost man-size to me.

I don't think that
this seems to be

such a big gigantic figure

that it's impossible
that it's a person,

A big person running
looks very different

than a little personal running,

just because of the inertia
of the mass of their limbs.

It just strikes me as
more moderate in height.

Due to the poor
quality of the footage,

our experts can't
say whether or not

this is proof of an
actual Russian Yeti.

Ultimately, you
have to just rely on

what evidence is there.

In the end, I'd have to say

that I don't have
an explanation.

Our verdict?

Indeterminate biped.

While there are Yeti
hoaxes coming out of Russia

all the time, there
is a possibility

that this is the real deal.

But without further evidence,

we just can't confirm whether
this two-legged figure

is man or beast.

From Russia,

we head south to Australia,

another hotspot for
Bigfoot-like sightings.

We know that the legendary
Bigfoot is indigenous

to the Pacific Northwest,

but it is far from the
only enigmatic hominid

said to walk the earth.

Australia's Yowie
is also described

as a hairy ape-like creature.

A team of researchers there
say they recently shot

some high tech footage that
proves it really exists.

In May, 2021, Queensland-based
Yowie researcher

Dean Harrison and his team are
testing out infrared cameras

at Springbrook National Park.

They picked this spot because
they believe they've seen

traces of Yowie activity
among the brush,

and that night they captured
this mysterious footage.

The thermal imagery seems
to show a solitary figure

hiding behind or even
hugging a large tree trunk.

Now, this is doing
what Yowie's do.

They hug a tree, pretend
they're a part of a tree,

if there's a human in the area

and they just blend.

So, you can see him just
putting his head in.

Minutes later,
the image changes.

Now it looks like
there's a couple,

Two giant creatures
emerge from the foliage

and one is bending down
to pick up something.

As it bends over,

you can also make out
what looks like one

of the creature's heads.

It looks cone-shaped.

The figures are large
with wide shoulders

and ape-like proportions.

Field researcher
Cliff Barackman,

who has been to Australia
to study the Yowie,

says the footage aligns

with descriptions from
indigenous peoples

going back centuries.

All of the Aborigines
down there have drawings

on the walls of caves
depicting these things.

They're prevalent in their
storytelling traditions as well.

But then the settlers
came in the late 1700s

and they too started
running into Yowies,

which is another
very strong indicator

that they're a real
biological animal.

Now, Bigfoot-like creatures
are part of folklore

the world over.

Nepal has the Yeti.

Mongolia has the Alma,

and one theory is that
they all descended

from a single Asian ancestor,
some of whom made it

to Australia while others
crossed the Bering Land Bridge,

came to North America
and evolved into Bigfoot.

If this video is real, it
could help prove that theory.

But that's a big if.

There's some sort of
subject, creature, person,

if you will, it's
something that's

emitting a heat signature.

And as we go through
different FLIR filter arrays,

this object's movement
is consistent.

There is something happening
in here that's moving around.

Look at the
footage with this filter.

Now the head comes
into better view.

It appears to have a
pronounced sagittal crest,

a ridge of bone along
the top of the cranium.

It's similar to what's
seen in the skulls

of the early hominid,
Australopithecus,

which some believe to
be the common ancestor

of Bigfoot, Yowie, and
other similar creatures.

But Primeau is cautious.

Although we have not found
any evidence to support

that the recording
was fabricated.

We have no idea what
is being depicted here.

What we can see clearly at
one point is that there are

two animals pictured.

It also looks like

it's a bipedal animal, which
means it walks on two legs.

That might have

you thinking primate,
but here's a key fact.

There are no known primates
native to Australia.

In fact, the only bipedal
animals are the cassowary

and the kangaroo, which
look nothing like this.

So, how do we explain
the heat signatures

and those head shapes?

Furman thinks she may have

the answer, people
wearing headlamps.

That would explain why the
heads a slightly strange shape.

That would
mean the people

were either misidentified

or their participants
in an elaborate hoax,

may be Australia's version

of the Patterson-Gimlin
film, if that was a hoax too.

But anthropologist
Kathy Strain says

that in this case,
size does matter.

The research team went back
to the spot in daylight

and measured the tree

matching the thermal footage

as best they could

to get a sense of the size of

the figures in the

infrared video.

Whatever it is, is
more than eight feet tall.

The possibility of them being
human is highly unlikely.

I came to the conclusion
that what this video shows

are two real Yowie.

I think it is one

of the most
significant films taken

in at least 50 years.

So, yes, there's

a possibility that
this is a hoax,

but based on professor
Strain's estimate

of the creature's height,
we're going to say

these are possible Yowies.

Whether it's called Sasquatch,

Grass Man, Yeti, or Yowie,

the Bigfoot mystery

spans the globe.

Are we simply looking

at a string of legends

or evidence that this creature
may exist around the world?

Thank you so much

for watching this
special edition

of "The Proof Is Out There."

Please send us any video, images

or sound,

that you think we
should investigate

and remember to keep
those cameras rolling.