In Search of...
Bigfoot
TV Flash files “Bigfoot” as a desk essential hour — In Search of... (1977–1982) on Syndicated, season 1, episode 5, aired 1977-04-28, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 152 in the In Search of... guide, hour 5 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1977-04-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Bermuda Triangle” (S01E04). Next is “Killer Bees” (S01E06).
Essential hour: “Bigfoot”. Bigfoot is the creature-hour the series was born to intone. Occult-chic meeting mass habit: the voice, the grain, the pleasure of a maybe that television would later call a documentary.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Bigfoot: An evaluation of giant footprints and other evidence which some believe proves that the half-man, half-animal creature really exists.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Bigfoot sit in the In Search of... guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 152 — hour 5 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did In Search of... S01E05 air?
Bigfoot aired 1977-04-28 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this a skeptical documentary?
It investigates with serious tone and does not require a closed answer. Nimoy's calm is the gravitas; the hypothesis can stay open.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Leonard Nimoy narrates Bigfoot, Atlantis, and every late-night rabbit hole with Spock-grade calm. Syndicated paranormal documentary as mass habit, occult-chic 1970s meeting proto-cable mystery television. The voice, the grainy reenactments, and the pleasure of a hypothesis that never has to close.
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Filed against
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