Expedition Bigfoot

It's a really good clearing.

As long as I go from left to right,

It's gonna tell me that there's something out there

Putting out a heat trace.

Hey.

Do you see that?

There's something big.

It's right there.

What in the heck is that?

- How are you? - I'm good, thank you.

It's on its way. Did you receive it?

Yes, I did. Been looking at it.

Interesting.

It's a very broad animal, wide animal, and it looks...

Well, this is quite interesting.

I see motions that look like arms swinging.

I have to say also that

It's a creature walking upright.

Are you saying that we captured a large anthropoid creature

Walking in the woods in central oregon?

Yeah.

This is it.

Bigfoot, sasquatch --

In the past 50 years,

There have been more than 10,000 reported sightings

Of this elusive creature in the continental united states.

From the ozarks to the mojave desert,

From the new jersey pine barrens to the pacific northwest,

Every year, hundreds of eye witnesses

Log their encounters,

But where or when this legendary cryptid will be seen next

Has been a mystery, until now.

For the first time in history,

A team of investigators is using an advanced data algorithm

To analyze five decades of bigfoot sightings

To pinpoint when and where to encounter this elusive beast.

With the results, they now know the time and place to search,

And the greatest bigfoot hunt ever is on.

This is way out there.

Good news is, is we're getting really close,

So it's not much further.

My name is bryce johnson,

And I've been obsessed with the lore of bigfoot

For as long as I can remember.

It's been such a passion of mine

That I started a podcast about bigfoot,

And through that, I've had the opportunity to meet

Just about everybody there is in the bigfoot community,

And I've tried to learn everything there possibly is

To know about this mythical beast.

It's been a dream of mine to help put this mystery to bed

Once and for all, so I've put together a team

Of elite researchers and investigators,

And we have something that no one else has had before --

Information telling us where bigfoot is

And when he's gonna be there.

After processing sightings data

Through a complex algorithm,

Results show for the next three weeks

A 90,000-acre swath of dense forest in central oregon

Is where a bigfoot encounter is likely to occur.

Usually, a sighting is reported,

And then the researchers head to that location.

What I tried to do was put us...

- Put us ahead. - ...Two steps ahead of bigfoot,

You know, which hasn't been done before.

Absolutely.

All the data tells us

The best chance of success for finding bigfoot

Is right here, right now, for the next three weeks.

To maximize their time,

The field team will be embedded deep in the forest,

Living and operating their mission

From within the target zone.

A quest of this magnitude

Requires a team of skilled experts.

I've made a scientific discovery.

I know the possibility of finding something

That no one else has been able to find or identify is real.

What can I say about dr. Mireya mayor?

She spent 20 years in the field. She's a fulbright scholar.

She's a primatologist, anthropologist.

We're extremely lucky to have her.

For more than 20 years,

I have explored the most remote regions of the world...

...Places where most people wouldn't go.

That's what has always driven me in my field.

I discovered a new lemur species

That is now the world's smallest primate.

It's an amazing example of how little we still know

About what's out there.

I'm looking for really good scientifically sound evidence

Where we could finally put this to rest

And maybe have bigfoot walk off the pages of myth and legend.

The world is so much more gigantic than people understand,

And to believe that we've explored

Every single inch of it,

And there's nothing could be hiding from us --

That shows our arrogance, you know, and our ignorance.

Nobody has more experience looking for bigfoot

Than ryan golembeske, also known as "rpg."

He really knows the signs to look for.

He knows the incredible lore surrounding bigfoot,

And he's been doing it since he was a kid,

And I think he's a tremendous asset.

There are hundreds of native american stories

About bigfoot, so I base my personal hunting style

On native american wisdom and lore.

I'm gonna find bigfoot

Because that's been my life's mission.

Some people go to disneyland, disney world.

My family and I -- we would go check loch ness out,

Or we would go camping and howl for the big man,

And to have this opportunity is astronomical.

We are just moments away.

We are getting really close now.

Okay, here's the turnoff.

We're really gonna be heading into a zone

Of old-growth forest, so much of which has been

Either undiscovered or unexplored.

The mysterious mountain forests

Of the pacific northwest

Have become synonymous with bigfoot.

From native american legends stretching back centuries

To many of the most famous sightings,

This region has long been known as a bigfoot hot spot.

More than 1,800 sightings have been recorded in oregon alone

Over the past 50 years.

Scientists rely on peoples' accounts

When looking for animals that are incredibly rare or elusive

Or thought to be extinct.

But despite the high rate of bigfoot occurrences here,

The team will need all the help it can get.

Nine-year army veteran russell acord

Is a long-time bigfoot hunter

Specializing in extended solo expeditions.

I look at a forest, and I see trees.

Russell sees a menagerie of things.

He sees game trails. He sees signs.

He knows what to look for.

Russell's the type of guy who can drop behind enemy lines

And know that he's gonna come home

With a mission accomplished.

One of the things that has helped me through

My bigfoot research is my military experience,

Having the training to be able to survive out

In the wilderness, tracking, and searching.

That's my element.

This is perfect country.

If there was ever a team put together

That could find evidence or find bigfoot,

I really think it's this one.

This is true wilderness.

The 90,000-acre search area

Has remained almost completely untouched

Since the logging industry left decades ago,

And no bigfoot investigation has ever occurred here

On the scale that the team has planned.

I have been looking for the big man

For as long as I can possibly remember,

And if anyone is going to find bigfoot,

This is the place they're going to do it.

Wow.

Wow.

Lying out there in front of us

Is miles and miles of unforgiving wilderness.

Bigfoot is here.

Coming up...

Did you hear the sound?

Right down in here somewhere.

Just sitting there -- 8- foot creature

With man-like features,

You know, on two legs, super hairy, terrifying.

- Look at that. - That looks different. Wow.

In a remote forest in central oregon...

Now we're getting into the tree line.

...A team of expert researchers

Are headed into a densely wooded mountain range.

This 90,000-acre hot zone is where they believe

They'll find the world's most elusive beast --

Bigfoot.

The team has chosen this location

Based on data calculations

That reveal a unique cluster of bigfoot sightings

That all occur at this exact time of year,

And according to the analysis,

There's a 130-square-mile target zone

Where bigfoot is very likely to be.

So this is something that's never been done before.

We know bigfoot is here.

There's only one catch.

The window of time where these cluster of sightings

Are taking place is between mid-may and early June,

So we only have three weeks to finally find bigfoot.

- So a big water source there. - Yeah.

So maybe we start looking for

A place to camp just over here.

Whenever you enter a forest,

You're in something's territory,

So when you're setting up a base camp,