David Farrier

He's applied his skill and expertise to a variety of photographic, video, film, and sound evidence. Please welcome to the stage Cliff Barrackman. Woo! Cliff, welcome. You have just gotten back from, I understand, a Bigfoot conference, literally tonight.

He's applied his skill and expertise to a variety of photographic, video, film, and sound evidence. Please welcome to the stage Cliff Barrackman. Woo! Cliff, welcome. You have just gotten back from, I understand, a Bigfoot conference, literally tonight.

You've bought a bunch, I mean, you've got a bunch of prints here. Maybe we should, I love a good prop. Can you just explain what this is? Because I know you have a lot of specimens. That's your thing.

You've bought a bunch, I mean, you've got a bunch of prints here. Maybe we should, I love a good prop. Can you just explain what this is? Because I know you have a lot of specimens. That's your thing.

Let's zoom out and go big picture here. When I first got the internet in New Zealand, I mean, I'm old, so there was a period before the internet and when I got the internet. I got the internet, and one of my first things I dived into was cryptozoology, so I was obsessed with Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot. I felt like I was Mulder from the X-Files, looking at these amazing websites about these things.

Let's zoom out and go big picture here. When I first got the internet in New Zealand, I mean, I'm old, so there was a period before the internet and when I got the internet. I got the internet, and one of my first things I dived into was cryptozoology, so I was obsessed with Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot. I felt like I was Mulder from the X-Files, looking at these amazing websites about these things.

I've become intensely more cynical since then. I believe in pretty much nothing. And I struggle with Bigfoot because it is something that I was obsessed with as a kid. But now here in America, I genuinely don't understand what is going on. You're in a world where this is a real creature that exists. I'm in a world where I think, show me the body or it's not real. Where do you exist in that?

I've become intensely more cynical since then. I believe in pretty much nothing. And I struggle with Bigfoot because it is something that I was obsessed with as a kid. But now here in America, I genuinely don't understand what is going on. You're in a world where this is a real creature that exists. I'm in a world where I think, show me the body or it's not real. Where do you exist in that?

Because I also feel like part of America as well as showmanship and having this thing, where do you sit in that world? Because you understand... Where's the body, you know?

Because I also feel like part of America as well as showmanship and having this thing, where do you sit in that world? Because you understand... Where's the body, you know?

Do you think... Is the one out there or the sort of 150 out there... Oh, it's a species.

Do you think... Is the one out there or the sort of 150 out there... Oh, it's a species.

What is your goal in this research? Because obviously, it's an entire world here in the United States. In New Zealand, we have the Mohawk Man in the Coromandel Rages, which is our version of Bigfoot, and people think it's possibly a gorilla that escaped a zoo very early on in New Zealand's history.

What is your goal in this research? Because obviously, it's an entire world here in the United States. In New Zealand, we have the Mohawk Man in the Coromandel Rages, which is our version of Bigfoot, and people think it's possibly a gorilla that escaped a zoo very early on in New Zealand's history.

In your time studying Bigfoot, what's the most exciting moment you've had where you've got that original excitement of when you first got into this topic?

In your time studying Bigfoot, what's the most exciting moment you've had where you've got that original excitement of when you first got into this topic?

So you're basically saying Bigfoot is very, very hot.

So you're basically saying Bigfoot is very, very hot.

These, you know, because in a perfect world, I would have loved to have had time to go to the conference you were just at. I imagine the people they attract, there's a variety of people. I mean, there's people like you that I feel are taking this seriously. There's people there that are probably lunatics as well. Like, how do you navigate the community of people that are into Bigfoot?

These, you know, because in a perfect world, I would have loved to have had time to go to the conference you were just at. I imagine the people they attract, there's a variety of people. I mean, there's people like you that I feel are taking this seriously. There's people there that are probably lunatics as well. Like, how do you navigate the community of people that are into Bigfoot?