Ohio Researcher Doesn't Speak Fondly Of Bigfoot TV Shows

During a recent newspaper interview, Dan Baker of the American Primate Exploration (A.P.E.) team in Ohio, spoke out about exactly how he feels when it comes to bigfoot reality television.

Baker, who lives in Mahoning County, feels at home in the wilderness. While the Patterson-Gimlin film sparked his interest when he was 12, he seriously began tracking bigfoot about four years ago.

Since then, his A.P.E. group has grown, developing research partners in nine states, as well as Manitoba, Canada, the United Kingdom, and an upcoming expansion in Australia.

Based on its acreage of forests and number of lakes, Baker said, that Ohio is a perfect habitat for bigfoot.
“We have a lot of forestry, vegetables, food sources, water, everything the creature needs to survive is here,” the researcher said. “Not to mention that there are hundreds of abandoned mines all of the state where they can take refuge.”

Baker said TV shows like “Finding Bigfoot” or “10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty” provide a black eye to those conducting real research.

“Those are purely entertainment,” said Baker, who noted that more than 10,000 bigfoot may inhabit the U.S. “They do not show the real world research, in my opinion. We have two anthropologists in my research organization. We take a scientific approach.”

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