Dr. Jeff Meldrum and his 3D printed Bigfoot skeleton project has really created a lot of debate in and around the Bigfoot community.

The 3D Bigfoot skeleton was featured in the docu-fiction show “Bigfoot Captured” on History channel which didn’t get a very favorable response from the majority of Bigfooters including Dr Meldrum. Although the show itself may not have hit a good note with most Bigfooters the 3D skeleton created by Meldrum and the team has really gained a lot of interest. The huge skeleton took over three months to create included the 3D scan of a Neanderthal skeleton which had its proportions adjusted to match feature of the Bigfoot from the Patterson-Gimlin footage from Bluff Creek.

The 3D Printed Bigfoot skeleton is a hypothetical facsimile of what Bigfoot may actually look like according to Meldrum, who has been studying the elusive cryptid for over 20 years now. Here is part of an article done by the Isubengal on the development of the skeleton:

Medrum Said: “First and foremost, it turns out there were other things that we can start to work with on that scale. Instead of starting from scratch we took an existing hominid skeleton, the most complete being a Neanderthal.” The printing started after Dr. Meldrum agreed to make an appearance on the History Channel, talking about Bigfoot. While studying the Patterson-Gimlin film, researchers took the remains they were permitted to use by the archaeological corporation, Bone Clones, which collects natural history artifacts, and proportioned them to the exact specifications a Sasquatch ought to be. “They gave us permission to do a 3-D scan on a Neanderthal skeleton they found,” Meldrum said. “We compared that to the Patterson-Gimlin film. We had to widen the shoulders and increase the thickness in the torso. The hips are as wide as the shoulders; the body was built like a tank.” The model skeleton used in the research was that of a Paranthropus boisei, another type of primate. According to several witnesses of possible Sasquatch sightings, the creature has no neck; this is why researchers analyzed these specific remains. As it turns out, a Paranthropus boisei has a large jawline and chin, and therefore, covers the neck. However, before there was printing, there was scanning. The Idaho Virtualization Lab (IVL) located in the Idaho Museum of Natural History completed the scans. “Their staff, with these expert technicians, is able to use some state-of-the-art equipment to create 3-D models and create a digital model that allows all sorts of manipulation and space to do all sorts of analysis,” Meldrum said. “You can show the animation, the variation, the position of the reflection, extension, or split and the traceability of the foot rather than the imprint of the static prosthetic leg or fake foot.” The IVL scanned the footprint casts, which revealed the proportions of the body to the feet. It became conclusive that the size of Bigfoot is about eight and a half feet tall.

This is without a doubt one of the coolest looks into what Bigfoot may actually look like. Beyond all of the Bigfoot videos, Bigfoot sightings and reports, footprints and other types of Bigfoot evidence we have seen throughout the years, this new technology offers us a whole new take on this mysterious creature. Is this really what Bigfoot looks like?