René Dahinden (1930–2001) was a Swiss-born Canadian researcher whose name became closely associated with the modern Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, phenomenon. Emigrating to Canada in 1953, he devoted much of his adult life to investigating reports of a large, human-like, hairy creature said to inhabit the remote regions of the Pacific Northwest. Over several decades, he conducted field investigations, interviewed witnesses, examined footprint evidence, and assembled an extensive archive of reports.
Don Hunter was a British-born journalist, educator, and newspaper columnist. After teaching in both England and British Columbia, where he earned a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia, he joined the Vancouver Province, serving in a variety of editorial and reporting capacities. Hunter collaborated with René Dahinden in bringing Dahinden's Sasquatch research to a wider readership.
Written by Hunter in collaboration with Dahinden, this volume presents a survey of Sasquatch traditions, reported encounters, footprint evidence, and major investigations in western North America. The work discusses several of the best-known cases associated with the phenomenon while also outlining Dahinden's views and experiences accumulated during more than two decades of research.
