The AskHistorians Podcast 107 - The Bigfoot Story - Origins, Legends, and Speculation
Release Date: 03/16/2018
The AskHistorians Podcast
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info_outlineToday we are lucky to be joined by /u/depanneur, who is flaired on AskHistorians as Pre-Norman Ireland & European Fascism until 1945. He is better known to his friends and family as Pat Reed, and he is a Masters Student at the National University of Ireland, Galway, in Medieval Studies. Today’s episode is a superb micro history of a macro topic-Bigfoot. Where does he come from? Where does he go? The world has questions but our guest today has answers.
Discussion thread is here.
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