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Olympia – Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the ongoing search for Sasquatch from some recognized leaders in the field. The State Capital Museum hosts Bigfoot Expeditions: The Search for Sasquatch featuring presentations by Robert Gimlin, Richard Noll and Owen Caddy.

The public program will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from 10 AM to noon. The presentations will be repeated in a second session from 1 to 3 PM. Admission is FREE, with a suggested $2 donation.

Gimlin was with Roger Patterson when they shot the now-famous Patterson-Gimlin film—24 feet of color film showing a female Bigfoot walking along a sandy creek, filmed forty years ago in Bluff Creek in Northern California. It is now among the most famous evidence of the creature’s existence. Expedition partner and outfitter Gimlin will talk about his experience and the famous encounter on that trail.

Noll, a longtime Bigfoot researcher, will talk about his work and the well-known Skookum cast. The cast was made from a partial body print found near Mt. St. Helens in 2000, believed to have been made by a living Sasquatch. A copy of the cast will be on display during Noll’s presentation.

Caddy will present “Digital Enhancement of the Patterson-Gimlin Film Subject.” He will share the results of the film’s digital enhancement, revealing for the first time many details of the film subject’s face.

All three speakers were featured in a recent Bigfoot episode of Monster Quest on the History Channel.

Bigfoot Field Research Organization will host a tabletop display in the museum gallery. Members of the organization will talk about BFRO and the many Northwest expeditions they have led. Learn about field equipment, research techniques and upcoming expeditions in 2008. Founded in 1995, BFRO is a leader in scientific research exploring Sasquatch.