Ken Walker believes Bigfoot is real. And since he can’t find the creature, he’s set out to make it.
1091 Media will be releasing Dan Wayne‘s documentary Big Fur: A Wild Love Story on Digital August 11th, and the official trailer is here to give you a small taste of Walker’s journey.
The plot rundown explains, “Ken Walker is a World Champion taxidermist. Ken specializes in re-creating extinct and endangered species out of other animal’s hides, like his famous saber-toothed tiger and giant panda. But these days, his Pretty Woman is eight feet tall and covered in fur — his re-creation of ‘Patty’, the female Bigfoot seen in that shaky 1967 movie.”
“Big Fur documents Ken’s meticulous Bigfoot re-creation from start to finish, where it is unveiled at the World Taxidermy Championships. While Ken would love to win ‘Best in Show’, his real hope is that putting Patty on display will prompt some hunter to open his freezer and pull out the proof that Bigfoot is real. Instead, it’s Ken’s love life that gets thawed out.”
Described as “a wry portrait of an eccentric artist-hero, with an unshakable belief,” the documentary is said to also provide “an insider’s view of taxidermy as an under-appreciated art form. And finally, it’s a call to preserve the last wilderness. Because when there is no mystery left in the deep, dark forest, we’ll have lost more than Bigfoot.”
Yeah. We’ll definitely be watching this one. Check out the trailer below.
