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Amazon Review ***** Reviewer :Lawrance M. Bernabo "Sasquatch Odyssey" is a rather interesting look at the world of those obsessive people who are out there in the woods tracking down Bigfoot. Director Peter von Puttkamer talks to those scientists and hunters who are looking for the living missing link, including the late Rene Dahinden, who has spent 45 years searching for Bigfoot. This 60 minute documentary, presented by Big Hairy Deal Films, also looks at the facts behind the myth. While there is some acknowledgment of the tabloid stories about Bigfoot, the focus of this documentary is on those who have mths and legends, siuch as Peter Byrne, John Green, and Grover Krantz. This 1999 film won the Best Foreign Documentary Award ( it is from Canada, after all) at the New York International Independent Film Festival. "Sasquatch Odyssey" takes those who search for Bigfoot at face value, and even if dismiss their dogged attemps as futile efforts, you can certainly appreciate what compels them to go on looking. **** Reviewer: Ellie K edward The first thing to note about this film is that, contrary to most accounts, it is not really a humorous film and certainly not a comedy. In a few instances, you cannot repress a chuckle athe the old-man animosity with which the so-called" four horsemen of sasquatchery" regard each other. Ever since their departure from each other's company in 1960, Peter Byrne, John Green, Rene Dahinden, and Grover Krantz have not had much pleasant to say about each other. Krantz and Dahinden have both since passed away, which makes the video all the more of a historical record, and in that sense when someday the " mystery" of Bigfoot is fiannly resolved (one way or another) "Sasquatch Odyssey will probably be regarded as the only worthwhile video on the subject. This video is not about Bigfoot; it is about the search for Bigfoot by the four most notable characters to ever pursue the creature. It is definitely a very well-made production, and highly entertaining for anyone who ever wondered whether the Big Hairy Guy really exists. What marks this production as very different from the "A & E" Ancient Mysteries" or " In Search of" productions is that there is no creepy background music peripherally suggesting that the creature really does exist (though of course, we will leave it up to the viewer to decide for himself... blah, blah) In short: what makes the these Bigfoot hunter guys tick? After watching Sasquatch Odyssey, you can't really tell if the producers support the existence or regard it as total folly, that is why it really succeeds as a documentary In summary, Sasquatch Odyssey is a worthwhile video for Bigfoot fans or , inded, anyone with a penchant for off-the-beaten-track documentaries. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it also features though briefly, an number of genuine nut cases who think Bigfoot is a visitor from another planet. One such Bozo, who authored "The Psychic Bigfoot," believes Bigfoot is a "para-physical being from another dimension" who can materialize on the mother ship at will. the producers could have spared us this nonsense. If I want to hear the opinions of lunatics, I can always listen to Rush Limbaugh.
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