Last Call: Bigfoot Footprint Forensic Analysis Workshop
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on September 12th, 2013
Last call. There are 14 definite registrants and another 4 tentative. Get you spot asap.Jeff Meldrum
Forensic Analysis of Quadruped and Biped Footprints: Bigfoot to cougars, wolves, and grizzlies
by Dr. Jeff Meldrum and Dr. Jim Halfpenny
Learn the techniques used to find and document rare species. Topics covered include: Cryptozoology and the public, defining and locating rare species, trace and physical evidence, footprints and gaits, recognizing what is important, collecting quality evidence, photography and casting evidence, analysis of evidence, presentation of analyses, case studies and peer review.
The two-day workshop with pre- and post-events will be taught at the Track Education Center in Gardiner, MT. The Track Education Center is located at the north gate into Yellowstone National Park and it houses the largest forensic tracking collection in the world.
Workshop briefing packets will be available by the end of July and will be emailed to participants.
Registration info here.
I can’t express how excited and privelaged I am to be collaborating with a professional tracker of Jim Halfpenny’s stature on this first-of-its-kind workshop on tracking rare, elusive and “unknown” species. September 10th is the closing date for registration. Please spread the word. Share this post with friends you think may be interested. A successful course of this nature will set a precedent for interest and cooperation in the tracking community and provide the opportunity for investigators to gain invaluable skills that will aid them in identifying, collecting, and documenting credible reliable data — not to mention spend a weekend in one of the most spectacular spots on the planet — the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem!Jeff Meldrum
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
I hope that Messer’s Meldrum and Halfpenny will include someone who is well versed in plaster effects and casting procedures or lack thereof, so that some of these dermal ridges can be properly explained for what they actually might be…poor casting techniques. Having been a professional sculptor for over 35 years, I am well versed in plaster castings and if the casts were showing such small details as dermal ridges (more properly friction ridges) they would also be showing toe prints and callus formation and all manner of identifiable marks. Crime investigation techs have been using feet print databases for years.