The Unwonted Sasquatch

For the sake of full disclosure, I've been joyously consuming Sasquatch-related media since I was a kid in the 1970's, with first exposure coming from the television series, "In Search Of - With Leonard Nimoy."

I'm admittedly well up for either or both the scientific and the ludicrous when it comes to this particular subject matter. But "Beyond The Spectrum - The Unwonted Sasquatch" has no time for the rubbishy tabloid-end of myth-making, as this ensnaring documentary is instead fully engrossed in the alleged interpretive science that's risen up from the woods over decades (in fact as the film evolves, it turns its own methodical guns on other snake oil purveyors of pure Bigfoot sensationalism). From its deep dive of The 'Squatch's likely anatomical composition, to completely convicted witness interviews and hardcore scientific dissection of the potential physical evidence at hand, this documentary drills right in to the core possibilities nature has presented, thereby disassociating itself from the hippy dippy interstellar suppositions trying to crowd its path (the detailed analysis of bipedal primate footprints is a showcase example of this doc's slant towards the interpretative "facts").

When a purported legend or myth presents itself as ripe for the public to pile onto and distort to the point of commodification, the possibility of that legend's actual physical legitimacy is rendered too cartoonish for any science to still reasonably stick to its bones. "Beyond The Spectrum - The Unwonted Sasquatch" rewinds back to Bigfoot's potential evidentiary roots, carefully reconstructing from the ground up the actual possibilities of this creature's real-world existence.

Sad. Just plainly and simply sad. Not only regarding the time and effort (and perhaps some money?) spent by the "producers" of this "documentary" about a fantasy, but specifically the sycophant crowd buying into this pseudoscientific cryptozoology tale aimed at credulous fanatics finding an as fringe support group for their pet delusion in particular. No science, no skepticism, no critical thinking required; just take in the bait with hook, line and sinker and - why the hell not - the float, too, and let yourself be drawn to the surface as the limp and apathetic fish brain you are. Just don't claim you can't see the pole.

Fun view. Lots of good informations. Makes a good intro into the subject.

Ever wonder about the truth behind the bigfoot phenomenon but are you tired of hearing how sasquatches travel inter-dimensionally inside UFO's? This film offers a refreshing view on the sasquatch mystery by taking us to the place where the word "sasquatch" originated - the Harrison Lake area in the Lower Mainland of BC. There we meet Bill Miller, Tom Steenburg and John Green (in his last ever film appearance)and the best evidence is examined. The film also draws upon the academic power of Jeff Meldrum and the late Grover Krantz, both professors in the fields of anatomy and physical anthropology. Footprints are shown to be a telling type of evidence and the famous 1967 Patterson Gimlin film from Bluff Creek, California is re- examined closely. The evidence is given new life when Miller and Meldrum both show how hard even impossible it would be to fake a flexible foot track and a heavily muscled body with disproportionately long arms and unique, compliant gait, as recorded in the famous 1967 film. Goes places where other documentaries didn't, keeps things honest. The best documentary since "Sasquatch - Legend Meets Science" and "Bigfoot's Reflection" but does an arguably better job of wheeling out the evidence and showing its validity using very knowledgeable researchers.

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