Peter Cyril Byrne (August 22, 1925 - July 28, 2023) was an Irish-American explorer, author, media personality, and cryptozoologist, probably best known as a Bigfoot investigator.[1][2][3][4] He, René Dahinden, John Green, and Grover Krantz have been dubbed the “Four Horsemen of Sasquatchery”.[5]
Peter C. Byrne | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1925 |
| Died | 28 July 2023 (aged 97) Tillamook, Oregon, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, Media personality and cryptozoologist |
| Years active | 1950-2023 |
Filmography edit
A partial list of film and series credits
- A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed (2022)
- Unexplained Mysteries (Series) (2004)
- Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt for Bigfoot (1999)
- Shaawanoki: The Mystery of the Swamp Apes (1998)
- Ancient Mysteries (Series) (1997)
- Sightings (Series) (1994–1995)
- In Search of... (TV series) (1977, 1979)
- Manbeast! Myth or Monster? (1978)
- The Force Beyond (1977)
- The Mysterious Monsters (1975)
Bibliography edit
- Peter C. Byrne (2016). The Hunt For Bigfoot (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-1-5233-6545-6.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Peter Cyril Byrne, 2023, retrieved November 2, 2023
- ^ Tarica, A. (1994). "In the Land of the Bigfoot Believers / The Sasquatch legend is alive and well in the Pacific Northwest". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Mangan, D. (2019), He got the FBI to test “Bigfoot” hair in the 1970s — and this 93-year-old man is still searching for Sasquatch, retrieved November 2, 2023
- ^ Thebault, R. (2019), "He asked the FBI to analyze 'Bigfoot' hair 40 years ago and never heard back. Until now.", The Washington Post, retrieved November 2, 2023
- ^ Coleman, Loren (2015). "John Willison Green" (PDF). The Relict Hominoid Inquiry (4): 3. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
Further reading edit
- Britschgi, Christian (June 5, 2019), "Newly Released Files Document the FBI's Participation in the Hunt for Bigfoot", Reason Magazine, retrieved November 8, 2023
- Coleman, L., "Yeti and Bigfoot Seeker Peter Byrne Dies", CryptoZoo News, retrieved November 8, 2023
- Eberhart, George M. (2002). Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1576072835. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
- Hill, Matthew (December 27, 2011). "Tracing the origins of a 'yeti's finger'". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- Letzter, R. (June 6, 2019), "Bigfoot's FBI File Reveals Strange Story of a Monster Hunter and 15 Mysterious Hairs", Live Science, retrieved November 8, 2023
- Williams, Austin (June 7, 2019), "Man who sent FBI physical evidence of 'Bigfoot' waited 43 years to learn they took him seriously", Queen City News, retrieved November 8, 2023
External links edit
- Peter Byrne Homepage
- "OBITUARY: Peter C. Byrne – August 22, 1925 – July 28, 2023", Tillamook County Pioneer, August 4, 2023, retrieved November 8, 2023
- The Bigfoot Information Center, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- Peter C. Byrne at IMDb
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