Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science by Jeff Meldrum
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Book Reviews of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Book Review: Sasquatch- the truth revealed
Summary: 5 Stars
When I purchased this volume, I wasn't expecting much. I curled up in a cozy chair and listened to an old Metallica CD. As "Enter Sandman" neared its end, I flipped open the book. It tells a fascinating story of how Jeff Meldrum became interested in the sasquatch mystery. I perused several chapters of the book that night. I had heard most of it before, but was nonetheless enthralled. A few days later, I came to the chapter about the dermaglyphs found in sasquatch track-casts. When I saw that picture, I realized that this couldn't be a hoax. I recommend this book for aanyone looking to learn about the mysterious North American ape, as well as for those who just need something to read. This is clearly the definitive volume on the subject.Book Review: Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
Summary: 5 Stars
The book is extremely detailed and uses the scientic method for analyzing the evidence. In my opinion, it is the best publication available on the the Bigfoot mystery. The author is a reknowned scientist with the academic credientials needed to research decades of accumulated physical evidence. It's refreshing to see the subject taken seriously by science. Anyone intrigue by Sasquatch stories would enjoy this book.Book Review: The greatest book ever written on the subject
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Meldrum is to be commended for writing this book(as well as for researching a subject sneered at by mainstream science). I have read virtually every thing written on the subject of Sasquatch and I declare this one to be the masterpiece. It fits nicely into the label of "classic".Book Review: Made a believer out of me
Summary: 5 Stars
The science behind "bigfoot" is irrifutable. There has to be something to it. I would strongly recommend this book. There is no way every incident recorded in this book is a hoax.Book Review: Sasquatch -- Legend Meets Science
Summary: 4 Stars
The late Grover Krantz's analysis of supposed Bigfoot tracks highlighted the squared-off toes, more-equal-size toes, lack of arch, and broad heel, all of which are significant contrasting differences to human footprints. In Sasquatch -- Legend Meets Science, Jeff Meldrum extends and refines Krantz's previous work with his own analysis of footprint casts from different places and times in history. Chapter Seven describes Bob Gimlin's experience with Roger Patterson filming a walking Bigfoot at Bluff Creek, California in 1967, which I viewed as a meaningful conclusion to the tremendous achievement of finding an unknown animal and allowing it to live. The book also includes chapters on vocalizations (Chapter 10) and hair analysis (Chapter 15) that while not definite indications still leave open the possible existence of an unknown primate. The color photograph that shows a close-up of ridge detail on a Blue Creek Mountain, California, cast is impressive in showing probable individual identification.
I disagree with Meldrum continuing Krantz's theorizing that Gigantopithecus was an upright primate and therefore Bigfoot now. Because the lower jaw is the only part of Gigantopithecus that has been found, it is impossible to determine its exact skeletal structure; pelvis design is the determining factor for upright status. There is also an absence of consideration of mental ability as the book appears to work from the minimal-brain view that Krantz associated with Gigantopithecus. In the primate fossil record, there is an inverse relationship between jaw size and brain size; a side view of the Patterson film Bigfoot shows a flat human face, which contrasts with the massive U-shaped jaw of Gigantopithecus, which most probably projected outward. Also Bob Gimlin stated that he did not feel that he was looking at an animal as he watched the Bigfoot's fluid withdrawal, which intelligently contrasts with the charging attacks of wild gorillas on human beings.
Overall, the book is an important consideration of diverse elements in the Bigfoot possibility.