Laura Krantz

So sadly, I didn't find out I was related to him until after he'd already passed.

So I never got the opportunity to meet him, which he was just up the road from me when I was living in Walla Walla.

And I still kind of kick myself for not making the connection sooner.

But yeah, I was actually living in D.C.

at the time.

And there was this big article in The Washington Post that was talking about how they were going to do this display in the American Museum of Natural History.

I'm sorry, the National Museum of Natural History.

about forensic anthropology.

And one of the exhibits was going to be this guy and his dog.

And it was modeled on a photo they had of a tall guy in someone's backyard and this giant dog with his paws up on his shoulder.

So I'm reading this article and learning about it.

And the guy's name is Grover Krantz.

And I was like, huh, well, same last name.

That's kind of interesting.

And then I started reading a little bit more and found out he was from Utah, from Salt Lake City, which is where my dad's family was from.

He was kind of the right age to be in the same cohort as my grandfather.

And I just sent my dad a note.

I was like, hey, are we related to this guy?

And my dad said, yeah, that was your grandfather's cousin.

And then, you know, the article also had this little little paragraph that said he was known for driving around the Pacific Northwest with a spotlight and a rifle searching for Sasquatch.