POCATELLO, ID.- The Idaho Museum of Natural History presents the exhibit “Bigfoot: How Do We Know?”. This exhibit will look at the Bigfoot phenomenon and the different ways we “know” about the creature. The exhibit will examine Bigfoot through the lenses of scientific method, belief, mythology, folklore and traditions. Featuring work by Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Chris Murphy and other Bigfoot researchers, as well as scholars from Idaho State University and the Pocatello area, the exhibit is sure to expand your thoughts on how we understand the mystery of Bigfoot.

The exhibit will open June 16, 2006, in conjunction with Pocatello’s Bigfoot. Rendezvous, which will be held from June 16-18, 2006. The Museum will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the Friday and Saturday of the Bigfoot Rendezvous. For more information on the Rendezvous, contact Falling Rock Productions at 1-877-FALL-ROK or visit www.sasquatchprints.com or www.bigfootrendezvous.com. The exhibit is scheduled to be on display through the summer of 2007. Regular hours of admission are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays year-round.

Bigfoot, (also known as Big Foot and Sasquatch), is the name of a phenomenon which has polarised people around the world, being either the product of vivid imagination or a creature that has somehow avoided close observation or capture by man.

Bigfoot is described as a large, bipedal hairy humanoid creature living in remote wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, specifically those in southwestern Canada, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountains, the forests of the U.S. Northeast, and the U.S. Southern states. Some claim it is a creature which may be found around the world under different regional names, such as the Yeti, or is at least a closely related species. Sightings have allegedly occurred in Malaysia, China, Russia, Australia, South America and Hawaii.

The majority of scientists reject the possibility of the creature's existence, and consider the stories of Bigfoot to be a combination of unsubstantiated folklore and hoax. This is due to current scientific knowledge plus the lack of bones or a body.