Banff-area Bigfoot reports ‘credible’: Animal Planet show

Photo courtesy Todd Standing

The Sylvanic group claims images like these are proof a Bigfoot colony lives near the border between Banff and Kootenay National Park.

Finding Bigfoot

Crews from the show Finding Bigfoot were in Banff filming for seven days up until Sept. 7.
Investigators with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization use the latest technology, including thermal imaging, in hopes of finding unidentified animal colonies.

Published: September 15, 2011 5:54 a.m.

Last modified: September 15, 2011 8:58 a.m.

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Reports of hairy encounters with Bigfoot-like creatures in the Banff area are on the rise.

Earlier this month, crews from Discovery’s Animal Planet show, Finding Bigfoot, visited the mountainous region after seeing photos and video from the Sylvanic group claiming a colony of unidentified primates lives near the border between Banff and Kootenay National Park.

The show features a group of four seasoned members from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization. Executive producer Keith Hoffman said many claims sent in are rejected but not those of Sylvanic, a group seeking definitive proof of the Bigfoot species.

“We haven’t ruled out their claims, if we didn’t think they were credible we wouldn’t have gone,” Hoffman said. “What we found was that numerous other people have had encounters ... they were called together in a town hall meeting.”

Sylvanic head Todd Standing said he expected the researchers would find people with sightings similar to his, noting he has come within about 65 metres of the creatures.

“Some of the sightings are four years old ... to go through them all would be a lifetime’s work,” he said.

Hoffman could not give a definitive answer on whether Bigfoots actually live near Banff, but encouraged people to follow along with the show and submit their own encounter claims.
Finding Bigfoot premieres Oct. 15.

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