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Finding Bigfoot with Cliff Barackman

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Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is the subject of campfire stories and heated conversation as people ponder Bigfoot’s existence. You can go down a YouTube rabbit hole and find convincing evidence on either side of the debate. Cliff Barackman has dedicated much of his life to studying Bigfoot. He owns the North American Bigfoot Center in Boring, Oregon, and he was one of the main experts featured on Animal Planet’s show, Finding Bigfoot. In the spirit of the season, we invite you to listen in on our conversation with Cliff as we let ourselves wonder: is Bigfoot out there? 

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Shelby Stanger
Shelby Stanger

Shelby has paddled a remote portion of the Amazon River, surfed from Tofino to Tavarua, and interviewed countless CEOs, entrepreneurs and pro athletes on assignment for international brands and publications from Outside Magazine to Vans. Her Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast amplifies adventure narratives, and empowers others to live their passions and get outside. See more of Shelby on her website or follow her on Instagram. REI member since 1996.

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  1. Charlene

    I love watching Big Foot shows. But I dont understand that you would go exactly where big foot was seen. Thats the reason why Big Foot would not be in that area again. Because they were seen there. I suggest staying in area outside of the spotting for like a week, a month or months.

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  3. Aaron Johnson

    I don’t know how to contact cliff or anyone, but I really do think I know how to get them to talk to us or rather accept us. If anyone gets this message please contact me. I want nothing. Love the thought of cliff and all you guys out there looking for definitive answer. Such a simple answer that I feel no one has tried.

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  4. Charles Jones

    Hey Cliff, my name is Greg jones. I live in spartanburg SC. I listen to and love your pod casts and the TV show. I think maybe someone ought to put a bottle of liquor out for them. Then I might be laying close in the morning passed out. Love you guys

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    • Charles Jones

      Sorry, I meant a bigfoot may be lying close to camp, but I do think that they would be smart enough to drink it, surely. If they take jars of peanut butter, why not drink the liquor it probably come back for more, lol. Michael asked Cliff, if they are intelligent like us, why don’t they build cities, huh. They do not need cities, they have the forests, swamps, etc. Couldn’t be very elusive if they had cities

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  5. Cookie Scott

    Watching show now. Why doesn’t anyone communicate with Big Foot. Show him/she the amber lights throw rocks back.
    Maybe he wants to play. Just try to communicate.
    Thanks

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  6. Cookie Scott

    Try talking to him/her. Show amber lights back. Throw rocks back. Just try to be friendly with them.
    Thanks
    Big foot follower

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  7. Cookie Scott

    Where is Cliff. I don’t see him with the group on tonight’s show on travel chanel Expedition Big Foot.
    I have been to his Museum in Boring Oregon pretty cool.
    Thanks

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  8. Jerome Willen

    Bigfoot are in Northern Ky Carrollton (Butler state park)me my wife and NY son were camping we were sitting around the campfire and we heard the most terrifying sound a scream so we got up and ran to the top of the hill when we got there we heard another one about 200 yards to the right I went in that direction my wife and son went in the opposite direction they heard a noise there when we got back to the camp site we were too excited to go to sleep

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  9. Gerardo Lafontaine

    Cliff I’m from souther New Jersey and I’m going back to July of 1992 when my wife was working the graveyard shift in the town of hammonton Nj while she was traveling on Rt54 from RT40 in Buena Nj she noticed a large brown haired animal on her left side of the rd she mentioned that it was very tall , wide and it could’ve been at least 9 feet tall it happened around 10:30 in the evening when she told me I asked if it was a bear she said it was standing straight up like a human also my oldest sister and her husband was walking home on a dirt rd near this location when she thought they were being followed by something with a foul order in the woods she said they noticed red like eyes about 50 or 60 yards back in the woods and it followed them for a while almost back to their house , you should know that there’s a peach and apple orchid on this location there’s also several sand wash ponds near here where I believe I had my encounter that same summer when my brother and friends of our were out night fishing at one of the sand wash late at night around 1:00 am we were walking up on a patch of bushes near the water’s edge when something jumped into the water it was huge I yelled ou if somebody was there but no one answered we stopped and turned the other way I had no idea that those encounters might’ve been a big foot until years later when finding big foot came out on tv I’ve had moments when out fishing in wooded areas where I live where I’ve felt like something is watching me it’s hard to explain but the hairs in the back of my neck and arms stand up when ever I get tha feeling I hope you guys get living proof that big foot is real ,

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