The VICE Guide to Bigfoot

Every journalist is searching for that one story.

The one that defines them, the one that actually makes a difference.

This is my story, and like most of the good ones,

it's not the one I set out to tell.

So we're here outside of Lil Soundcloud's place in Atlanta, Georgia.

He bought the house across the street from his mother's, bulldozed it

and turned it into the biggest house on the street.

I'm really just here to figure out what's going on with the allegations against him,

and I'm starting to think it won't happen.

Hey, I'm Brian,

we DM'd on Instagram?

I was the guy who reviewed your very first mixtape.

Hey, what's going on? I'm with Compound.

- We're here to do the interview. - Oh, yeah, SoundCloud.

Okay. Yeah. That's... He's not available at the moment.

He's not?

Yeah, let me close the door and talk to you.

You can't talk about arrests, you can't talk about his charges.

He's canceling?

He's a platinum recording artist.

He cancels on God. You're the fifth one he's canceled on today.

All right.

You shouldn't worry about it, man. It's hard to get sit-down

interviews with rappers anyway, dude.

Hey, hey, uh, you know, it's... it's...

it's been a crazy couple of months for you.

It's weird. It just seems like everyone has a take on this except for you.

I think it's fucked up that people

would judge something that they don't know anything about.

Your fans don't know anything either, which is weird because

I feel like they made you.

Look, man, just give me five minutes.

You have to give someone a chance to tell your story.

It's not gonna happen, man.

- Forget it. - It's not gonna happen, man.

Hey, hey, bro, come on.

He wants to talk.

And that was it, my first exclusive.

Hello?

Hey, guys?

And soon after,

I became a featured correspondent.

We're here on the war-torn Crimean Peninsula,

rebels and nationalists are engaged in conflict

literally two blocks from us at this very moment.

Compound sent us down here for one reason

and one reason alone.

And that's to discover

what the craft beer scene in Ukraine is all about.

Sure. It was clickbait.

But I was great at it.

So you've chosen to leave society

and become homeless.

No, no, it's called urban camping.

It's kind of like the tiny house movement except...

Yeah, but it's like so much more sustainable.

- Way more sustainable. - Yeah.

And I covered any story they sent me on.

We're in the heart of Williamsburg. And today,

I'm going to be learning how to make artisanal antibiotics.

This wasn't journalism as I'd imagined it,

but I was new and making a name for myself.

Well, each of these pills is handcrafted,

so they're different sizes.

It's their flaws that make them beautiful.

But how many times could I spin a story out of nothing?

So you are the world's first CBD oil...

Cryptocurrency.

So, it's a CBD oil cryptocurrency.

Hey, Brian, Brian.

Yeah, and like we don't really like need much more than this.

Like we have, like, each other.

- Yeah. Yeah. - And drugs and like...

Brian, come back.

Hey, Brian, this is an active war zone.

Man, I hate learning shit.

I was stuck and my career was going nowhere.

In recent years, a controversial new figure

has emerged in the South Appalachian Foothills.

Bigfoot.

And whether or not you believe the creature exists,

what's undeniable is the impact it has on local culture.

This week, I'll be joining local Bigfoot enthusiasts

to examine the evidence, explore recent sightings

and find out about the Bigfoot community.

Because this is news.

That's Zach, my producer.

We've worked together for years and he runs the camera,

even when I don't want him to.

what's going on, dude?

You ready to do this?

- Yeah, are you? - Yeah.

I got you a coffee.

Are you excited for the Bigfoot story?

Oh hell no.

Then why are you in such a good mood?

All right. Don't tell anyone this,

but I think Shane's considering me for a broadcast position.

- Wait, really? - Yeah.

I mean, they've been developing that,

like, investigative show for a while.

And now that Celeste is gone...

- Dude, do you think? - Yeah.

I mean, nobody puts out the level of content

that we do, even with the garbage leads they send us on.

Dude, that would be awesome.

Do you remember how much we used to love working here?

And now I'm just so glad to be moving on to something else.

- Can I ask you something? - What?

What do you think about calling the show Uncovered with Brian Emond?

Oh hell yeah, that would be sick.

Dude, if we got to go do a broadcast show together, it'd be awesome.

- I mean we would be still. - Yeah. Yes.

I... they have, like, broadcast producers,

but I'd be able to get you over there eventually.

- Oh. - I would, I'm going to work to get you over there.

Of course.

Oh, that's our ride.

Wait, Brian, dude.

- Don't ditch me. - What?

Zach was in his own head again.

I wasn't ditching anybody,

and even if I had ditched him, I wouldn't have noticed.

By the way, this is all of our schedule,

itinerary, background research, everything that we're going to need.

Cool.

Hey, are we waiting on someone?

- We're taking more people to the airport. - Who?

Some dirty money man or something?

I don't know. It's three or four people.

Oh, shit.

Oh, yeah, we in my hometown Brooklyn, New York,

and this week we trading the Big Apple

for the birthplace of poutine.

That's right. We going to Canada, baby, on...

What up? It's your boy Dirty Dolla $ign$.

And I got the whole crew with me.

We got MC Slip-Slap, Rawdog Nintendo

and of course, White Morpheus.

And oh s###, we got ourselves a special guest.

- It's Compound's Brian Emond. - Hey.

Just on my way to the airport.

Us too. But of course

not before we get a little something-something

- on the way. - What? No.

See, this is how we do it.

Stick the McChicken inside a McChicken.

That's Brooklyn style, baby.

You got to try this, my man, I don't know if I want to be on the show.

I don't think you want to be on your show either.

What? what... why would you say that?

I can tell, we watch Compound every day.

- You definitely slipping. - And you know what else I noticed?

- What? - We forgot fries.

Oh, man. So salty.

This tastes like a... in the summertime late in the day.

Acting like some yard work or something, you know.

- But Brian as a guest in this segment... - I'm not the guest.

...I need to know, you, me, we both prolific journalists, you know.

- Technically. - What do you look for in a story?

Well, I guess I try to find something unconventional

- and then see if it's worthy of... - Dope.

That's... that's dope.

You know what I'm looking for?

A... crack after some yard work?

Yes. Always, my man.

- Yeah. - And that makes for a good story?

Oh right, stories.

That's simple, my man.

I get in the s### deep.

You know, people in this industry,

they think they always know what the story is.

But truthfully, sometimes the real story is right in front of you.

That's pretty insightful.

Yeah, and if you got a good guest, all you got to do

- is be genuinely interested in the topic at hand. - Totally.

Like one time I was interviewing the Mayor of New York and...

And that's sometimes the cards that you dealt, you know.

For example, take me, I have to interview the Mayor of Canada,

- Justin Trudeau. - Well, he's not a mayor.

- He's a prime minister. - Right, but they on the metric system,

so it's basically like a mayor.

No, it's basically like a president.

- Oh, s###, really? - Oh, shit.

Wait, hold on, I thought you did, like, a show about food and weed,

why are you interviewing someone like that?

Oh, this is for my new show.

Yeah, Shane got me doing some new documentary series.

He want me getting into some investigative journalism.

Wait so, you got the broadcast spot?

Yeah, he said I was the obvious choice.

They said I need a show that gets in the s###.

But you know what I need? I need.

I need...

- - Oh God.

Okay. All right, excuse me, excuse me.

Wait, wait.

I thought you needed a ride to the airport.

No, we're good. We'll just, uh...

just walk.