December 11, 2001: Bigfoot - Robert W. Morgan
December 11, 2001: Bigfoot - Robert W. Morgan  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Tue Jan 28 2025
Description: Art Bell welcomes Bigfoot researcher Robert W. Morgan to discuss decades of field research into the elusive creature. Morgan recounts his first encounter in 1957 in Mason County, Washington, where he mistook the being for a gorilla while still serving in the U.S. Navy. He describes organizing scientific expeditions backed by the National Wildlife Federation and assembling a 17-member science advisory board to study the phenomenon.The conversation takes a dramatic turn when two Oklahoma police officers, Dan and Jeff, call in to share their own encounters. Both describe a seven-to-eight-foot-tall, reddish-brown-haired bipedal creature they observed at close range on separate occasions. Despite carrying firearms, neither officer considered shooting, and both have since returned to the area to cast footprint impressions measuring approximately 13 inches long.Morgan shares his theory that Bigfoot represents the original prototype human, perfectly adapted to Earth, while modern humans are a less-suited mutation. He notes that Bigfoot families have been observed watching schoolchildren play and sitting along railroad tracks watching trains pass, suggesting a quiet curiosity about human civilization.