The search for Bigfoot is mainly carried out by amateurs and enthusiasts. But several serious scientists in the field of anthropology and primatology believe that Bigfoot actually exists, or such a possibility is not excluded and deserves serious consideration.
One such scientist is Dr. Grover S. Krantz. He owns the statement:
"Many revolutionary scientific discoveries were made by amateurs or people who were only indirectly familiar with the field of study."
Here's a quick overview of the activities of several experts who have studied Bigfoot. Often they had to endure ridicule from their colleagues, but they continued to adhere to the belief that Bigfoot was a topic that really needed to be studied.
Dr. Grover S. Krantz
Grover S. Krantz was born in Salt Lake City in 1931. He received his MA in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley and his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. He worked as a professor at the University of Washington (WSU) for 30 years before retiring in 1998.
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His WSU obituary highlighted his accomplishments in the traditional fields of anthropology, but there was a mention:
“Despite harsh criticism and damage to his professional reputation, Grover has been researching and collecting evidence for Bigfoot. He even traveled to Russia and China to study similar local legends about a very great upright primate."
Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall, one of the world's most famous primatologists, believes Bigfoot exists. She does not have a scientific degree or education in the relevant field, but she received recognition for her research on chimpanzee behavior.
Scientists initially criticized her research on chimpanzees, but they have now gained widespread acceptance in the scientific community.
“I talked to many Indians, they all described the same sounds, two people saw him,” she told national radio on September 27, 2002.
She read a lot of literature on this topic. Given the numerous reports of Bigfoot from around the world, Goodall believes the possibility of his existence must be taken seriously.
In 2012, in an interview with the Huffington Post, she admitted that no solid evidence has yet been found for the existence of Bigfoot.
“But I'm not going to admit that he doesn't exist,” she said. "I am fascinated by this topic, and I would like that he really existed."
Dr. Samuel Sentell
Samuel Centell is a private neuropsychologist in Louisiana. He received his PhDs in medicine and psychology from Vanderbild University. He is interested in studying Bigfoot from the point of view of biology and psychology.
On the website of the Society for Scientific Research in 2012, he posted a post:
“The Bigfoot / Yeti is an interesting area of our culture, but science stubbornly refuses to study any anecdotal evidence about him.
Bigfoot stories are sometimes falsifications, but falsifications can also be studied from a social psychology perspective. But not all reports of Bigfoot are fiction. Bigfoot is also the archetype of the collective unconscious, so this phenomenon can be explored from the point of view of psychoanalysis and phenomenology."
Dr. Centell believes that "abnormal excrement and scraps of fur, as well as other evidence, support the existence of Bigfoot."
Dr. John Bindernagel
Biologist John Bindernagel is a Canadian wildlife specialist. In his autobiography on his website, he posted a photo where he starred with Jane Goodall. Goodall holds the alleged Bigfoot footprint that Dr. Binderneigel discovered in 1975 in British Columbia, Canada.
He wrote on his website:
“Wildlife biologists like me view footprints as evidence of the presence of bears, deer, wolves and other animals in the area. Footprints are more important evidence of the presence of a species in the region than episodic appearances of the animal itself.
I am convinced that the Yeti is an existing animal that deserves study, like any large mammal. Personally, I am more interested in the question of how it winters in the cold regions of North America than in discussions about whether it really exists or not."
Dr. Esteban Sarmiento
Dr. Esteban Sarmiento is a biologist and primatologist who worked as a functional anatomist at the American Museum of Natural History. Without claiming that Bigfoot exists, Sarmiento believes that such a possibility exists, so all available evidence must be examined.
In 2009, he attended a Conference in Texas and commented on a 1967 Bigfoot video (the so-called Patterson-Gimlin video).
He said: "If this is not a fake, then the movements of this animal are very similar to human ones." According to him, the movements of "Bigfoot" on videotape are not similar to the movements of great apes.
Dr. LeRoy Fish
LeRoy Fish (1943–2002) received his Ph. D. in zoology and ecology from the University of Washington. After retiring, he worked as a consultant for the Bigfoot Research Organization.