Scientist Seeks To Launch Aerial Bigfoot Search With Blimp

Idaho scientist Jeffrey Meldrum is shrugging off skeptical fellow scholars in his quest for evidence of Bigfoot. He has turned his sights skyward, with plans to float a blimp over the U.S. in search of the mythic, ape-like creature. Idaho State University has approved the unusual proposal Meldrum, an anatomy and anthropology professor ridiculed by some peers for past research of a being whose existence is widely disputed by mainstream science.

Now Meldrum is seeking to raise $300,000-plus in private donations to build the remote-controlled dirigible, equip it with a thermal-imaging camera and send it aloft in hopes of catching an aerial glimpse of Bigfoot.