The Rookie: Feds Fans Are Buzzing About Bigfoot After Episode 7 – Looper

Many “The Rookie: Feds” viewers shared Simone Clark’s astonishment over Carter Hope’s openness to the idea of Bigfoot. Yet given his usually-serious demeanor, they agreed that it added a fun and unexpected element to the character.

On Twitter, @raysgal said, “I love that the uptight guy believes in Bigfoot.” @nancysleuth tweeted in disbelief, “PLS CARTER IS SUCH A BELIEVER IN BIGFOOT.” @Kakashi316 wrote, “Lol, I’m enjoying seeing Carter geek out to Bigfoot.” @Steph_11and78 added, “Carter is open to believing in Bigfoot? I did NOT expect that!”

The thought of an FBI agent taking an interest in the Bigfoot legend isn’t completely unfathomable. As reported by CNBC in 2019, a staunch Bigfoot believer and investigator named Peter Byrne, who was 93 at the time of his interview, once requested the FBI to test a hair sample that he felt would prove the creature’s existence. On November 24, 1976, Byrne wrote a letter to Jay Cochran Jr., FBI assistant director, detailing his discovery. The FBI obliged, but the answer wasn’t what Byrne wanted. Cochran said, “It was concluded as a result of these examinations that the hairs are of a deer family origin.”

Alleged Bigfoot sightings, which according to Smithsonian Magazine began over 60 years ago in Northern California, continue. A recent example came in August 2022, when three visitors to Hunting State Park in South Carolina spotted a creature that was between 5 and 6 feet tall and walking upright (via WIS News 10). It had, according to their report to The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, “dark brown, splotchy black hair that was approximately 2 inches long.”

We’d love to hear what Simone and Carter have to say about that one.