Series synopsis
Finding Bigfoot is an American reality drama television series that premiered on Animal Planet on May 30, 2011.
From small towns in the South to remote areas of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, four eccentric but passionate members of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO) embark on one single-minded mission - to find the elusive "creature" known as Bigfoot or the Sasquatch.
Premise
From small towns in the South to remote areas of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, four eccentric but passionate members of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO) embark on one single-minded mission - to find the elusive "creature" known as Bigfoot or the Sasquatch.
Episodes
This series spans 10 seasons with 101 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 8 | July 17, 2011 | June 15, 2014 |
| Season 1 | 6 | May 30, 2011 | July 10, 2011 |
| Season 2 | 10 | January 1, 2012 | July 8, 2012 |
| Season 3 | 20 | November 11, 2012 | March 31, 2013 |
| Season 4 | 13 | November 10, 2013 | February 16, 2014 |
| Season 5 | 10 | June 8, 2014 | May 10, 2015 |
| Season 6 | 8 | November 9, 2014 | January 25, 2015 |
| Season 7 | 9 | May 31, 2015 | April 28, 2016 |
| Season 8 | 8 | January 3, 2016 | April 14, 2016 |
| Season 9 | 9 | January 7, 2017 | March 4, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Behind the Search The team return to Oregon to participate in the event Bigfoot & Beer, where they discuss their expeditions, field questions and share some unseen moments. |
July 17, 2011 |
| 2 |
Birth of a Legend Bigfoot Field Research Organization investigators hone in on the most infamous and disputed piece of bigfoot evidence ever, the Patterson-Gimlin footage. Also, the researchers scout out new sites where the best bigfoot footprints have been reported. |
October 30, 2011 |
| 3 |
The Best of Finding Bigfoot A special that looks back at past Finding Bigfoot episodes. |
February 26, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bigfoot Crossing in Georgia Famed Bigfoot investigator Matt Moneymaker and his team of Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) experts travel to the forests of northern Georgia to examine footage of what they believe is a Bigfoot running across the road. |
May 30, 2011 |
| 2 |
Swamp Ape Bigfoot expert Matt Moneymaker takes his team to northern Florida to help a family that believes they have a Bigfoot living on their property. The team meets with members of the Seminole nation, whose history with the creature allegedly goes back hundreds of years. |
June 5, 2011 |
| 3 |
Caught on Tape From deep inside the North Carolina Uhwarrie National Forest comes one of the most convincing pieces of Bigfoot footage from the past 40 years. The team of BFRO investigators use decades worth of experiences to determine if this footage is the real deal. |
June 12, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Baby Bigfoot The bigfoot research team heads to New York to investigate video of an alleged baby bigfoot. When locals report bigfoot activity in the neighboring woods, the teams tries a new search method in hopes of finding bigfoots near the Big Apple. |
January 1, 2012 |
| 2 |
Big Rhodey The bigfoot research team go to Rhode Island to examine video of a roadside sighting of a bigfoot. They learn that this unexplored area has a wealth of sasquatch activity and hope to prove that this small state is hiding bigfoots. |
January 8, 2012 |
| 3 |
Peeping Bigfoot The bigfoot research team heads to Minnesota to investigate intriguing howls recorded at an infamous bigfoot hotspot. They go deep into the wild, hot on the trail of bigfoots rumored to be bigger and bolder than any other on earth. |
January 15, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ripped from the Headlines In the Season 3 premiere, the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization team head to Idaho to examine video footage that has attracted attention from national media outlets, and unveil a baiting technique to find out if the reports are true. |
November 11, 2012 |
| 2 |
Mother Bigfoot A photo that allegedly shows a Bigfoot carrying her baby is investigated in an apple orchard in Vermont. |
November 18, 2012 |
| 3 |
CSI Bigfoot The team is in central Oklahoma for what may be their big break. Recent physical evidence has turned up and it may actually be bigfoot DNA. The investigators interview witnesses in the area and learn that there are several reporter sightings near local waterways. The team deploys a stealth technique they believe may prove that sasquatches do indeed live just miles from Oklahoma City. |
November 25, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Legend of Boggy Creek The team travels to Fouke, Arkansas, home of the 1972 Bigfoot documentary, "The Legend of Boggy Creek." With a long history of sightings near this small town, the team takes to the surrounding swamps in hopes of proving Arkansas' Bigfoot is more than just legend. |
November 10, 2013 |
| 2 |
Surf's Up Sasquatch The team travels to Santa Cruz to visit the Bigfoot Discovery Museum. The museum's owner directs them to recent eyewitnesses and secret hotspots. Bobo hopes the smells from an authentic Hawaiian luau will be too much for nearby bigfoots to resist |
November 17, 2013 |
| 3 |
Best Evidence Yet The team returns to Florida to investigate thermal footage of a possible bigfoot. Convinced of the evidence, they revisit witnesses from previous expeditions and narrow their search to a recent hotspot. |
November 24, 2013 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bigfoot Call of the Wildman In the season five premiere, the team go to Kentucky to inspect casts of alleged Bigfoot tracks, and spend some with Ernie Brown Jr., aka Turtleman, who recalls a chilling childhood encounter with a mysterious beast. |
June 8, 2014 |
| 2 |
Squatters for Sasquatch The team arrive in Virginia as hunting season is about to begin, and hope their Bigfoot decoy will attract a beast that was allegedly photographed by a trail camera. |
June 15, 2014 |
| 3 |
Beast of the Bayou The team return to Louisiana to examine a photo of an alleged Bigfoot taken by a trail camera, and later explore a national forest with help from a local drum line. |
June 22, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Squatching in the Midnight Sun The team splits up to cover more ground when they head to Alaska and investigate two areas separated by 500 miles of untamed wilderness; Cliff's hunch of an 'extra squatchy' area has everyone regrouping for a final push deeper into the woods. |
November 9, 2014 |
| 2 |
Baked Potato Bigfoot The team are in Idaho to investigate alleged Bigfoot activity in the state's panhandle, and enlist a secondary scout team to help with the search. |
November 16, 2014 |
| 3 |
Squatchers Take New Jersey The team return to New Jersey in this 2 hour episode to investigate the legend of Big Red Eye and attend a town-hall meeting. Also: Cliff goes on a search with comedian Bobcat Goldthwait. |
December 28, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Amazon Squatchin' In the season premiere, the team explore the Amazon River basin in search of the mapinguari, an ape-like creature that, according to folklore, has one eye and a second mouth on its stomach. |
May 31, 2015 |
| 2 |
Squatchin' in the Sunshine State The team meet witnesses with a spooky video in Florida as they join local expert Stacy Brown Jr. in the infamous Myakka River State Park. |
June 7, 2015 |
| 3 |
The Secret Squatch Spot The team heads to South Carolina and split up to investigate a video of an active strange track-way area. |
June 14, 2015 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Squatch Wars: U.S. vs. Canada In the season premiere, the team goes back to the Pacific Northwest to determine if the U.S. or Canada has more evidence of Bigfoot activity, so they split up to interview witnesses and conduct night investigations on Olympic Peninsula in Washington and in British Columbia. |
January 3, 2016 |
| 2 |
Bigfoot's Maine Event The team goes to Maine for the first time, and they split up to interview witnesses and conduct solo investigations, the latter of which are highlighted by Matt's recordings of multiple howls. |
January 10, 2016 |
| 3 |
Grand Bigfoot Hotel The team is in New Hampshire to investigate alleged Bigfoot sightings near a Mount Washington resort that are making hotel guests nervous, and the evidence takes them to Franconia Notch. |
January 17, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Family That Squatches Together The team recruit their friends and family for an all-out search for a Sasquatch high up in the Appalachian Mountains. |
January 7, 2017 |
| 2 |
Hawaii's Little Foot The team makes a special journey to Hawaii, hoping to say aloha to the islands' little foot. |
January 14, 2017 |
| 3 |
Return to Four Corners The team returns to the Four Corners of America to find previous witnesses have been plagued by recent activity. |
January 21, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Animal Planet |
|---|---|
| First aired | May 30, 2011 |
| Last aired | March 4, 2017 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:00:00 |