Is Bigfoot Real? The Evidence, the Film, and 118 Kentucky Sightings

Is Bigfoot real? More than one in four Americans say it probably is. In this special report we dig into the legend, the famous 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, where people are seeing Bigfoot (including right here in Kentucky), and what DNA tests and scientists say. Have you seen something in the woods? Tell us in the comments. Both narration voices in this video are AI-generated. Music: "Static on the Ridge", an original song by Mixbreed Entertainment. Try Popularity of the World free: https://popularityoftheworld.com CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro: "Static on the Ridge" 0:26 Cold open 1:04 Welcome 1:47 What is Bigfoot? 3:02 How the legend went national 4:08 The film that changed everything 5:45 Where people see it 7:11 A word from Popularity of the World 7:53 What the science says 10:34 Why we keep looking 12:40 Outro: "Static on the Ridge" SOURCES YouGov survey of 1,114 U.S. adults, 2025 Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) sighting database Sykes et al., Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2014 Foxon, 2023 study of Bigfoot sightings and black bear populations Zhang et al., Nature, January 2024 (Gigantopithecus)