Peter C. Byrne
Irish-American explorer, cryptozoologist and media personality
Peter C. Byrne | |
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| Born | (1925-08-22)22 August 1925 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 28 July 2023(2023-07-28) (aged 97) Tillamook, Oregon, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, Media personality and cryptozoologist |
| Years active | 1950-2023 |
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]
Filmography
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
- Peter C. Byrne (2016). The Hunt For Bigfoot (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-1-5233-6545-6.
See also
- Grover Krantz
- Jeffrey Meldrum
References
- ^ 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
- 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
- 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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