Episode 37: The FBI Bigfoot File: What Do They Really Know? With Marian Gant

For more than forty years, the FBI quietly held onto a Bigfoot case file that most people never knew existed. A slim, 22-page document created in the 1970s, involving a suspected hair sample and one of the most respected Bigfoot researchers of the era, sat sealed away in government archives until it suddenly resurfaced in 2019.

In this episode of Dark Florida, host Brooke Moreland opens the official FBI Bigfoot file and looks beyond the surface-level conclusion to ask the questions that actually matter. Why did the FBI agree to analyze Bigfoot evidence at all? Why preserve the case for decades if it was insignificant? And why release it during the same period the U.S. government began publicly acknowledging UFOs and UAPs?

Brooke is joined by seasoned field researcher Marian Gant to discuss the role of investigator Peter Byrne, the controversy surrounding the FBI’s “deer hair” conclusion, and whether a researcher of Byrne’s caliber would have submitted such a mundane sample. Together, they explore the idea that this file feels less like a closed case and more like an X-File. Carefully trimmed, selectively released, and possibly only a fragment of a much larger story.

The conversation also dives into long-standing claims of government monitoring within Bigfoot research, including reports of Men in Black encounters, unmarked helicopters appearing near research sites, and evidence allegedly being removed from the field. While none of these claims can be easily proven, their persistence across decades raises an unsettling question: is Bigfoot research still being quietly watched?

This episode isn’t about definitively proving what Bigfoot is. It’s about secrecy, timing, and patterns. And what it means when the government briefly pulls back the curtain, only to leave us with more questions than answers.

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