The legendary search for Bigfoot may be nearing its end thanks to the power of drones.
Jeffrey Meldrum, a professor at Idaho State University and author of “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science,” is preparing to launch a drone that will fly over suspected Bigfoot territory in the Pacific Northwest in the hopes of capturing footage of the illusive creature without scaring him off.
According to the Idaho Mountain Express, Meldrum will use a remote-controlled airship with a 45-foot-long camera attached to it – a contraption he calls “The Falcon Project.”
The drone would approach and observe Bigfoot “with minimal or no disturbance of the subject’s natural behavior,” Meldrum told Boise Weekly. He believes the aircraft’s “sustained vertical perspective is essential for locating animals on the forest floor.”
“These unmanned drones, I believe, are the next step in proving the nature of these creatures,” he added.
Meldrum has been searching for the ape-like mythical creature believed to roam the Pacific Northwest and Canada for years, despite the fact that many other scientists have discredited the creature’s existence. His research is being sponsored by the University of Idaho, and he is currently fundraising tour to raise money for the project.
“If it’s just a really good story, a coincidence, it is one of the most eternally coherent and consistent stories ever told,” he told the IME.
Bigfoot was last reported to be seen in May of 2012, when a group of high school students from Pocatello, Idaho, saw a figure that they thought resembled Sasquatch in the woods according to Boise Weekly. Earlier this month, however, Chinese tourists hiking in Mission, British Columbia claimed to have captured footage of the mythical creature.
