Sasquatch

With some of the garbage docs that Netflix has been churning out recently Hulu decided they can play the game too. They hook you in with the title and get you thinking maybe this might be a fun romp down the old Big Foot trail, but nooooooope, this is almost all about weed and hippies and paranoia. If they had just said that up front with an appropriate title I might have watched anyways.

If you're expecting to see and hear mostly about Bigfoot you'll be disappointed. It's more about the craziness and lawlessness of the north California pot farming communities and urban legends. It's not great but I thought was interesting. The ending (if true) is a really good tactic and impressive for the time it would have happened.

Felt the need to write a review as the rating is very unfair, seems a lot of people are upset about the title and subject matter, if you are expecting more 'Finding Bigfoot' then move on. (side not - i just checked and that show is 12 seasons in, 12!!!??! You'd think after 12 years of searching you would call it a day)

Davd Holthouse takes a deep dive into a story he heard in his younger days about a Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

Lots of twists, lots of jaw dropping moments. I personally watched the entire mini-series in one sitting as i was loving it. It's Scary, it funny, it's sad, it has it all. One thing that really stood out to me was the honesty of Davd Holthouse. Really hope to see more projects from this guy, more stories of his past work as he seems like a very interesting man.

Highly recommended.

A fascinating dab of investigative documentary-making centered on journo David Holthouse trying to find the truth behind a supernatural encounter he'd witnessed whilst working on a Californian drug farm in the early 1990s. The doc becomes a bit of a shaggy-dog story after that, encompassing both the history of bigfoot sightings in the area, the drug trade, the exploitation of illegal workers and everything in between. It likely didn't need to be over three parts and long sections of it feel drawn out or unnecessary - but Holthouse is a charismatic narrator and his "weaponized dissociative behavior" makes him appear wildly fearless amongst the cast of the strange and dangerous interviewees he encounters along the way. A meandering but atmospheric tale, this, with a surprising amount of depth and empathy. I hope this isn't the last we see of him.

...so it's a little weird that people are complaining about this show not being "about Bigfoot." Another show about someone looking for something they absolutely aren't going to find would be redundant and boring. This is an incredible true crime story with an ending you won't be expecting. Just do yourself a favor and watch it-unless for some reason you'd rather watch people spend 8 episodes in the woods chasing prerecorded Bigfoot noises.