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In the crowded world of cryptozoology, the star attraction remains Bigfoot. Broadly, there are two schools of thought regarding the big hairy ones: first, that Sasquatches are living, breathing creatures that are a natural part of the ecosystem; second, that Sasquatch is a paranormal being, a spiritual entity long enshrined in indigenous folklore. (There is a third if you count the “there’s no such thing” camp, but as they think bears can talk to one another and throw stones we tend to ignore them.) As a result, programmes made about them tend to favour one school over another, (Prime) is a diptych of films which fully invests in each stream, one at a time, to quite remarkable effect.

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