Book Review

Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum.

I've read a number of books about Bigfoot, some I enjoyed, some were nonsense... but this is the first one that challenged me as a reader. I have no background in anatomy, and I had trouble following the details of Meldrum's arguments at times. But it was fascinating. The evidence for an unknown primate living in North America is actually overwhelming. Not enough to satisfy the people who refuse to look at the evidence at all, but certainly enough to make anyone with an open mind say, "Hmmm, there's definitely something going on here." Meldrum does an excellent job of laying out the evidence in a logical way, and explaining why some of it is evidence and not just random data or hoaxes (or if it's a hoax, why it's an incredibly good hoax). I learned more about the anatomy of feet than I ever intended to learn.

There is no way that a person who is being intellectually honest could read this book and completely dismiss the possibility that sasquatch could exist. This book doesn't prove the existence of bigfoot, but it definitely demolishes the arguments used by close-minded skeptics. If you aren't willing to at least look at the evidence, then you shouldn't bother with this book. This book is all about the clues that exist and are found anew every year, that there is an unknown primate wandering around North America. If you do have an open mind, and want a tough but fascinating read on sasquatch, this is the book for you.

This book is a companion volume to a documentary by the same title, which I have not seen, but would certainly like to see. If it's even half as good as this book, it must be quite a show.

"Jeff Meldrum's book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science brings a much needed level of scientific analysis to the Sasquatch - or Bigfoot - debate."

- Dr. Jane Goodall