He Brought Scientific Rigor to The Study of Bigfoot

A professor at Idaho State University, he said he didn't just 'believe' the creature exists but found evidence for it.

- BY JON MOOALLEM

Jeffrey Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University in Pocatello, liked to begin his scholarly talks with a long and fastidious primer on human evolution before finally pivoting to his real subject: Bigfoot.