This Isn’t about Bigfoot | Skeptical Inquirer
The author at a Bigfoot museum Like many skeptics, I’m fascinated by things people believe in—ghosts, psychics, astrology, reiki—but I’m even more intrigued by why they believe in them. In my experience, everyone believes (or has believed) something that’s a little “out there.” So, when my husband and I learned about a nearby Bigfoot museum on a recent road trip, I had to go. Our GPS led us on quite the adventure through farms and woods and onto increasingly remote gravel roads. We finally found a driveway and discovered the “museum” was in someone’s house. After knocking to no avail, I called the number on the window. The woman who answered told us we were the only visitors, but she could let us in shortly. Jan, a lifelong Bigfoot believer since a childhood sighting, met us with infectious enthusiasm. (“Jan” is a pseudonym to protect her privacy.) She had spent most of her life collecting “evidence,” which she had documented both in a book and across four buildings on her property. The Evidence As the …
