ALCOVE,
ALCOVE, HERE'S MARGARET LARSON. >>> WELCOME BACK, A NEW BOOK
OUT NOW MIGHT BE THE PERFECT
GIFT FOR THE PERSON IN YOUR
LIFE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR BIG
FOOT OR THE LOCH NESS MONSTER.
CRYPTED CREATURES IS A FIELD
GUIDE THAT TAKES A LOOK AT 50
MYSTERIOUS CREATURES THAT FALL
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN REAL AND
IMAGINARY.
IMAGINARY. AUTHOR KELLY MILNER HALLS JOINS
ME NOW.
ME NOW.
ME NOW. SINCE WE WERE JUST TALKING
ABOUT THE YETI.
TELL ME ABOUT THE YETI.
IS THE YETI REAL?
>> WE DON'T KNOW.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SWEAR THE
YETI IS REAL.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO SWEAR THE
YETI IS A BEAR.
BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT
IT'S REAL.
IT'S REAL. AND IT'S SO CHERISHED IN TIBET
THAT IT'S A PROTECTED SPECIES.
>> WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IF IT'S
REAL.
REAL.
REAL. >>
REAL. >> SINCE THE 1960s.
>> AND YOU TOLD MESAS WATCH IS
PROTECTED HERE.
PROTECTED HERE. -- SASQUATCH IS PROTECTED HERE.
>> THERE'S A LAW IN THE UNITED
STATES THAT YOU CAN'T KILL A
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT. >> CRYPTOZOOLOGY IS WHAT THIS
IS CALLED.
IS CALLED. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT'S THE STUDY OF MYSTERIOUS
ANIMALS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE
REAL.
REAL.
REAL. THEY'VE BEEN SIGHTED.
THERE ARE WITNESSES THAT
BELIEVE WHAT THEY'VE SEEN.
BUT THERE'S NO SCIENTIFIC
VERIFICATION OF THE ANIMALS
YET.
YET.
YET. BUT
YET. BUT THE GORILLA WAS CRYPTO
UNTIL IT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE A
REAL ANIMAL.
REAL ANIMAL. SO THIS IS A POSSIBILITY.
YES.
YES.
YES. >>
YES. >> THIS IS YOUR THIRD BOOK,
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE VERY INTO
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> MY THIRD ON CRYPTOZOOLOGY.
>> WHAT WHAT GOT YOU INTO IT.
>> WHEN I WAS A KID MY DAD WAS
A PHYSICIST.
A PHYSICIST. BUT WE WATCHED DOCUMENTARIES ON
TV AND LOCH NESS MONSTER AND
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT. AND I WOULD ASK MY DAD AND SAY
ARE THOSE REAL?
AND HE'D SAY I GUESS WE NEED
MORE EVIDENCE.
MORE EVIDENCE. SO WHEN I GREW UP I THOUGHT I'M
GOING TO WRITE A BOOK THAT
PROVES THEY'RE ALL FAKE.
AND I COULDN'T DO IT.
SOME ARE REAL.
SOME ARE FAKE.
MOST ARE MAYBES.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS THE PERFECT
OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH KIDS TO
EVALUATE EVIDENCE.
EVALUATE EVIDENCE. WHEN I DO SCHOOL VISITS OR TALK
TO KIDS.
TO KIDS.
TO KIDS. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE
EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE?
EVIDENCE? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> THAT'S SO GREAT.
>> IT IS GREAT.
>> AND IT'S SO NEEDED RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. BECAUSE WE SEE SOMETHING WE
THINK IT'S REAL.
YOU READ IT ON THE INTERNET.
IT'S IN SOMEBODY'S BOOK, IT
DOESN'T MAKE IT SO.
>> I TELL THE KIDS IS
EVERYTHING ON TV REAL?
IS EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET
REAL?
REAL?
REAL? AND
REAL? AND IT HELPS THEM REMEMBER
DON'T NECESSARILY THINK
EVERYTHING YOU REED IS TRUE.
FOR THE MOST PART I GOT
RELIABLE SOURCES FROM THE
BOSTON GLOBE AND NEWS PAPERS
AND MAGAZINES, I STUDIED
JOURNALISM IN COLLEGE.
IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE TWO
CREDIBLE SOURCES.
CREDIBLE SOURCES. I THINK THERE ARE TWO IN HERE
WHERE THEY WEREN'T QUITE
CREDIBLE.
CREDIBLE.
CREDIBLE. >> DO YOU IDENTIFY THAT?
>> I ABSOLUTELY DO.
I SAY THE SOURCES I FOUND ARE
NOT THE BEST SOURCES I WOULD
LEAN TOWARDS THINKING THIS
MIGHT NOT BE REAL.
>> WE WERE FLIPPING THROUGH THE
BOOK.
BOOK.
BOOK. AND
BOOK. AND I SAW A BABY HUG ZILLA.
THE DRAWINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
IN THE BOOK REMIND ME OF THINGS
THAT WE USED TO DRAW AS KIDS.
MINE USED TO DRAW A DRAGON
MIXED WITH A TIGER.
AND WE'RE FASCINATED WITH THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT
PROMPTS THAT FASCINATION AND
LOVE FOR PEOPLE.
>> PART OF IT BEING POSSIBLE
BUT NOT CONFIRMED MAKES IT EVEN
MORE PROVOCATIVE.
MORE PROVOCATIVE. ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS.
KIDS ARE ON THE REALM BETWEEN
WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT ISN'T REAL
TO BEGIN WITH.
HAVING A BOOK LIKE THIS, THEY
CAN READ THE INFORMATION AND
THE EVIDENCE AND IMAGINE WHAT
IF I WAS THE ONE TO PROVE BIG
FOOT WAS REAL OR PROVE THE LOCH
NESS MONSTER WAS REAL.
SO KIDS ESCAPE WITH THEIR
IMAGINATIONS THROUGH THESE
CREATURES AND TEACHERS CAN USE
THEM TO TEACH HABITATS.
THEY CAN HAVE KIDS CREATE THEIR
OWN CRYPTED.
OWN CRYPTED. >> WHICH IS VERY COOL.
YOU CAN COMBINE THE QUALITIES
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT.
YOU WANT. >> WE'RE LOOKING AT BIG FOOT
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I'M
HERE. I'M FASCINATED WITH THINGS LIKE
THIS THAT ARE REGIONAL.
BIG FOOT AROUND HERE OR LOCH
NESS, WHICH IS A LAKE IN
SCOTLAND AND THE LOCH NESS
MONSTER.
MONSTER.
MONSTER. HOW DO THESE GET STARTED.
>> IN BIG FOOT'S CASE, IT WAS
STARTED BY THE NATIVE AMERICAN
CULTURE.
CULTURE.
CULTURE. IT'S NOT JUST REGIONAL.
EVERY STATE IN THE UNITED
STATES HAS THEIR OWN BIG FOOT
SIGHTINGS.
SIGHTINGS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT NAMES FOR
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT.
BIG FOOT. WE CALL HIM OUR OWN.
IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WE
LOVE THAT GUY.
>> BUMMER.
>> BUMMER. I DON'T THINK I WANTED TO KNOW
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. I
THAT. I WANTED TO KEEP HIM.
DO YOU THINK YOU'VE EVER SEEN A
CRYPTED.
CRYPTED.
CRYPTED. >> NOT YET.
BUT I KEEP MY EYES OPEN.
EVERY TIME I DRIVE IN THE
WILDERNESS IN WASHINGTON, I
LOOK TO EITHER SIDE OF THE
ROAD.
ROAD.
ROAD. >>
ROAD. >> WE'RE GOING THROUGH A FEW OF
THE OTHERS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
ARE SOME OF THE MORE UNUSUAL
ONES THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE
EVER HEARD OF BUT OTHER PLACES
REALLY VALUE OR BELIEVE IN?
>> THE PICTURE YOU SAW.
THE CH CHUPACABRA.
THE GOAT SUCKER.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
>> THE LAKE MONSTER IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA. TWO TEENAGERS SWORE THEY SAW
THIS MONSTER BUT IT TURNED OUT
THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK
LAGOON WAS PLAYED THE NIGHT
BEFORE ON TELEVISION.
>> AND WHEN YOU HAVE A FEW
BEERS SOMETIMES.
BEERS SOMETIMES. >> OUR IMAGINATION.
>> MEGALADON IT'S A SHARK.
THAT WAS 60 FEET LONG IN THE
PREHISTORIC DAYS.
PREHISTORIC DAYS. THE KIDS WANT THIS TO STILL BE
ALIVE SO MUCH.
BUT THE SCIENTISTS SUGGEST IF
IT WAS ALIVE WE WOULD SIGHT IT.
BUT IT DID EXIST AT ONE TIME IN
THE OCEAN, 70% IS NOT EXPLORED.
SO I SUPPOSE IT'S POSSIBLE.
>> THAT RAISES THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER OR NOT MAYBE SOME OF
THESE THINGS DID EXIST BUT
DON'T NOW.
DON'T NOW. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S ENTIRE HI POSSIBLE.
THAT MAY BE TRUE OF BIG FOOT AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. ALTHOUGH I TALKED TO AN
ANTHROPOLOGIST AND SHE WORKED
FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
AND SHE DID A HABITAT
CONFIRMATION.
CONFIRMATION. SHE FIGURES THERE ARE PROBABLY
2,000 BIG FOOTS IN NORTH
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> DOES THAT MAKE THEM BIG
FEET?
FEET?
FEET? >>
FEET? >> MULTIPLES, YES.
YETI AND BIG FOOT ARE LIKE
COUSINS.
COUSINS.
COUSINS. >> IT'S SO INTERESTING.
I THINK THE ABOMINABLE SNOW
MAN, THE MOVIE WILL MAKE THIS
MORE POPULAR.
MORE POPULAR. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
>> I ONLY SAW THE TRAILER BUT
IT LOOKS ADORABLE.
IF WE CAN PAIR THAT WITH
DUMPLINGS, WE'RE GOOD.
WHEN WE COME BACK, A LOOK AT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS CALLED
FOR.
FOR.
FOR. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.