I picked up this book a week or so ago and just finished it. What an excellent book. Dr. Meldrum did a great job examining the evidence for the existence of this North American primate. He mentions everything from the Native American stories and how they could be based in fact, to more recent finds like the Skookum Cast. Anyone with an interest in the Sasquatch will want to pick this book up. It's meant as somewhat of a companion piece to the documentary, but also expands on it. Check it out.

Um ... are you the author? Or know the author? If so, you're hardly an objective source to rate the book.
What is some of the evidence he offers? Footprints? Hair samples? Scat? I wish you would have expanded on this a bit.
I was born and raised in Washington State. Did a lot of camping and hiking in "Sasquatch territory" in northcentral Washington. Never saw one but I kept an eye out.
I used to believe but am doubtful now. Considering the proliferation of lightweight still and video cameras, allowing even a backpacker to carry them, I wonder why there simply isn't more photographic evidence? And now, camera phones are the rage and people are urged to carry their cellphone when hiking, for emergencies. Again, why don't we have more photos?
I recall in 1967, when I was 12, going to the Coliseum in Spokane because Roger Patterson was presenting his "Bigfoot" film there.
Well, we had to sit through an hour or more of his reminisces about that eventful day, and filmed interviews with "expert anthropologists and zoologists" before we even got to see the few seconds of his classic film.
He filled the house with thousands of folks, who were largely disappointed that he ran the Bigfoot film only twice, and only for a few seconds. It just didn't give you enough time to scrutinize it.
The general consensus among my parents, and the audience that filed out, was that he was a huckster and we'd all been taken. Later, I heard that Roger Patterson had a reputation for shady deals around Yakima, Washington where he lived.
Every time I see that classic "Bigfoot" footage I have to wonder how much money ol' Roger made off that film. Is it real? Beats me. But I strongly suspect it's someone in a suit.
Places I used to camp and plink with my .22 rifle are now housing subdiviisions! There are far more people in the Northwest today than 40 years ago, and they're able to get much deeper into the woods via four-wheelers and trail bikes.
So why don't we have far more photos, videos, casts of footprints or even a partial or complete skeleton of Bigfoot?
Oh, I know why we don't have a skeleton; same excuse I've been hearing for 40 years: "Skeletons don't last in the woods because porcupines and rodents eat the bones."
Oh, puhleeze! I can't count how many bones of deer, elk and even bear I've found in the wild, as well as smaller bones like squirrels, racoons, muskrats and such. Surely, if these last a few years above the surface, then the bones of Bigfoot would last as long. Yet, to date no one's come home with a Bigfoot skull, pelvis, femur or spinal column. Large bones like this would last the longest.

I have a cabin in central British Columbia, Canada near Nimpo Lake. Years ago, in the early 70s, the locals were chuckling about filling a Bigfoot author full of wild tales about sightings. They did it because the author would buy them lunch or dinner, depending on the time of day of the interview. Also, they did it out of boredom; having a real-life author chat with them was fun and interesting.
Anyway, to this day when I pick up a Bigfoot book in a bookstore, a map of sightings still shows activity around Nimpo Lake, Anaheim Lake and even Bella Coola on the coast, 100 miles away.
Did each author travel to those remote areas to interview the residents? Heck no! They used a previous Bigfoot book as the source! So, the prank gets perpetuated for decades. A hundred years from now there will probably still be Bigfoot maps showing sightings in these areas.
I still go to my cabin every other year. Once in a while the topic of Bigfoot comes up and the locals either dismiss it or chuckle at the prank pulled years ago. I've been going to that area since 1971 and never once ran into anyone who claimed to have actually seen one, or heard of one being seen.

So you see, I'm rather skeptical about Bigfoot books. Most often, they just rehash old news accounts and tales reported decades ago.
Does Bigfoot exist? I'm skeptical. I won't say, "absolutely not" but I'm doubtful. But it does make intriguing reading, I grant you that.
If Bigfoot does exist, he may be linked to an ancient primate thought long extinct, such as Australopithecus, which died at about 1.2 million years ago. Geologically speaking, that was a few days ago.

Bigfoot. Sasquatch. The Big Man in the Little Hat. Call him what you will. Does he exist? Who knows? The jury's still out.

Great post Gatofeo!
There's nothing like being there!
I saw something when I was a child that has stuck with me through the years and convinced me that they do exist.
But, I do know, coming from a small town, that there is a "trick the newcomer (or yankee )" attitude that prevails in a small community.
I can just see the excitement in the old guy's faces knowing that they are about to tell an unbelievable story to someone who doesn't know any better and will probably believe them.
Once again, great post!

Man, you forgot to mention the title of the book you're reading. How ca we tell whether it is good or bad?

I enjoyed most of your post too, but I think you were being a bit harsh on this fella. He found an interesting book, and thought he would share it. I don't see why he isn't an objective source to rate the book. He sounds like a perfect source to rate it.

I'm skeptical of Bigfoot too, because of many of the reasons you state, but you cannot deny there is something to the legends and the eyewitness accounts. Even if a large percentage are mistaken eyewitnesses, or out and out pranks, how are the remainder of the sightings explained?

Anyhow, you do make a great point about 'false information' or authors using previous books as a credible source.

I think the title of the thread is the title of the book....

^Well, let's hear it from the OP then!