>>>
>>> DARK
>>> DARK BROWN WITH TERRIBLE EYES.
EYES.
EYES. HIS
EYES. HIS HEAD WAS RECEDED.
HE HAD BIG TEETH.
LONG HAIR.
LONG HAIR. I SUPPOSE IT WAS THREE OR FOUR
INCHES LONG.
INCHES LONG. >> THAT COMES FROM THE
ARCHIVES, SHOT BACK IN 1971.
SHE IS TALKING ABOUT HER FACE
TO FACE ENCOUNTER WITH FOOT.
FACE-TO-FACE.
FACE-TO-FACE. YOU HAVE TO READ INTO THAT A
LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE SHE ALSO
DESCRIBED WHAT SHE SAW AS BEING
12 FEET TALL.
SO HERE'S FACE-TO-FACE.
SHE TOLD THE REPORTER ALMOST 50
YEARS AGO IN 1971 THAT THE
SASQUATCH CREATURE, 12 FEET IN
HEIGHT.
HEIGHT.
HEIGHT. >> I LOVE THE ARCHIVE VIDEO.
THAT IS SO COOL.
THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE
LEGEND RESURFACE LAST MONTH
AFTER 40-YEAR-OLD FBI DOCUMENTS
WERE MADE PUBLIC. A LOT OF
PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY DO NOT
BELIEVE IN BIGFOOT.
SOME PEOPLE DO.
>> CHRISTINE PITAWANICH CHAS
THE SUNRISE REWIND THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. I KNOW THAT YOU SPEND TIME WITH
A BIGFOOT EXPERT.
THIS GUY IS 93 YEARS OLD AND HE
IS STILL ON THE HUNT FOR
SASQUATCH.
SASQUATCH. >> HE MIGHT BE IN HIS 90s, BUT
THAT IS NOT STOPPING HIM.
BACK IN THE 70s, HE RAN THE
BIGFOOT INFORMATION CENTER OUT
OF THE DALLES.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS THERE.
WE DECIDE TO TRACK HIM DOWN
AFTER SEEING HIS NAME IN THESE
RECENTLY RELEASED FBI
DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS. AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE,
THE BUREAU WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING
INTO BIGFOOT.
INTO BIGFOOT. HE SENT SAMPLES OF HAIR THAT HE
THOUGHT WAS SUSPICIOUS.
>> I TURNED AROUND AND I WAS
FACE-TO-FACE WITH THEM.
>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS
A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE AND
I AM 95 TO 98% SURE THAT THERE
IS AN ANIMAL.
>> NOT JUST ANY ANIMAL, BIGFOOT.
>> THERE WAS NO NECK.
HIS HEAD JUST SAT RIGHT INTO HIS
SOUL SHOULDERS.
SOUL SHOULDERS. >> IT IS ACCRETIVE SUPPOSEDLY
LIVES IN THE WOODS OF THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS IS KGW FILLED FROM STORIES
WE TOLD WHAT PEOPLE WHO SAID
THEY SAW IT OR KNEW SOMEONE WHO
DID .
DID .
DID . >>
DID . >> THAT CREATURE WAS BROWN, IT
HAD TERRIBLE EYES.
THE HEAD WAS RECEDED.
THERE WERE BIG TEETH.
LONG HAIR.
LONG HAIR. >> Reporter: IT WAS THESE
STRANDS OF HAIR THAT SPUR THE
FBI TO DO TESTING BACK IN 1976,
LOOKING INTO THE EXISTENCE OF
BIGFOOT.
BIGFOOT.
BIGFOOT. >> THERE WAS A CREDIBLE
SIGHTING.
SIGHTING.
SIGHTING. >> Reporter: THAT IS PETER
BURNS.
BURNS.
BURNS. >>> WE GOT THERE QUICKLY.
WE SEARCH FOR THE HAIR AND WE
FOUND HAIR SNACKED ON SOME
BUSHES.
BUSHES.
BUSHES. >> Reporter: HE WAS ONE WHO
SENT THE SAMPLES TO THE FBI FOR
TESTING.
TESTING.
TESTING. AT THE TIME, HE WAS AHEAD AND
FOUNDER AND CHIEF INVESTIGATOR
OF THE BIGFOOT INFORMATION
CENTER, HEADQUARTERED IN THE
DALLES.
DALLES.
DALLES. >> IT WENT PRETTY WELL.
>> AS FOR THE SAMPLE, HE WAITED
AND WAITED FOR A RESPONSE FROM
THE FBI.
THE FBI.
THE FBI. >> HE NEVER GOT BACK TO ME.
>> THE FBI TRIED TO CONVEY THE
FINDINGS BUT THE MESSAGE NEVER
GOT THROUGH.
GOT THROUGH. MORE THAN 40 YEARS LATER, THE
PUBLIC RELEASE THE DOCUMENT.
>>> IT WASN'T BIGFOOT OR
ANYTHING ON IDENTIFIED.
BUT FOR HIM, THAT DOESN'T
MATTER.
MATTER.
MATTER. IT NEVER REALLY DID.
>> I INTERVIEWED FAR TOO MANY
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> TO ME PEOPLE WITH CREDIBLE
STORIES TO TELL.
THAT HIS WIFE HE STILL WALKS
THE WOODS IN THE OREGON COAST
RANGE.
RANGE.
RANGE. >>
RANGE. >> WE KEEP OUR VOICES DOWN.
WE SPEAK IN WHISPERS.
>> THEY SET UP MOTION SENSOR
CAMERAS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
>> THERE IS SOME GREEN GRASS
CRECHE DOWN RIGHT HERE.
>> THE HOPE IS THAT THEY JUST
MIGHT CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE
ELUSIVE SASQUATCH.
ELUSIVE SASQUATCH. >> Reporter: HAVE YOU CAUGHT
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING? >> HUNDREDS OF DEER.
>> NO BIGFOOT?
>> NO BIGFOOT.
>> PEOPLE PANIC.
PEOPLE PANIC.
PEOPLE PANIC. THE ASK WHAT IT IS AND IT IS
GONE.
GONE.
GONE. >>
GONE. >> Reporter: THEN THERE IS
VIDEO TAKEN IN 1967.
IT HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY
DEBUNKED AND CONTINUES TO
MYSTIFY MANY.
MYSTIFY MANY. >> I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> SO THE SEARCH FOR SASQUATCH
IS STILL ON.
>> THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> HE IS SERIOUS ABOUT IT.
TO BE CLEAR, AND 93 YEARS OLD
THESE DAYS, IT IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE OF A HOBBY FOR HIM.
A VERY PASSIONATE HOBBY, I
WOULD SAY.
WOULD SAY. ALSO, HE SAYS HE HAS NEVER
PERSONALLY SEEN OR INTERACTED
WITH A BIGFOOT, BUT HE SAYS
THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY
CREDIBLE STORIES OUT THERE FOR
HIM NOT TO BELIEVE.
>> SO WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT
HE HAS NOT FOUND BIGFOOT, BUT
HE HAS FOUND THE MOUNTAIN OF
YOUTH.
YOUTH.
YOUTH. THERE IS NO WAY HE IS 93.
>> MAYBE IT HAS KEPT TIM YOUNG.
HE IS VERY MOBILE.
IS MOVING EVERYWHERE.
HE WILL BE 94 NEXT MONTH.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON HIM ON OUR
WEBSITE, KGW.COM.
WEBSITE, KGW.COM. THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> THAT WAS A FUN LOOK