This Friday, a supersized episode of The Proof Is Out There on History explores the lore and legend of Bigfoot, or Sasquatch or even Yeti to some. The preponderance of sightings in North America ...

Do you believe in Bigfoot? There are Bigfoot seekers and reports of sightings all over the world. Journalist and Boston College instructor John O'Connor wanted to find out more about members of this ...

‘The genius of Melville,” according to Carlos Fuentes, was his recognition that “this is a country that needs a monster.” So we do. Then again, so have many people across the ages. The Epic of ...

What does it mean that so many Americans believe a large ape-like creature roams the country’s forests? Journalist O’Connor attempts to answer this question in an amusing and thoughtful debut that ...

In “The Secret History of Bigfoot,” John O’Connor explores a legend that refuses to die — and his own place in a disenchanted world. By Virginia Heffernan Virginia Heffernan writes features for Wired.

Author John O’Connor embarked on a quest through the North American wilds in search of Bigfoot, its myth and meaning. “The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster” Love the ...

AUSTIN – On Monument Hill, a beautiful state park on the outskirts of La Grange, is a 48-foot-tall cenotaph erected in 1936, the Texas centennial year. The impressive monument at the edge of a high ...