The Weird Culture War Over Bigfoot as a COVID-19 Icon

As the coronavirus pandemic really started to rip through America in mid-March, Todd Disotell wondered how he, a biological anthropologist locked down in his central Massachusetts home, could help others through what was shaping up to be a long and brutal crisis. Then, the answer hit him: the six-foot tall bronze Bigfoot statue his father gave him for Christmas. Disotell, a well-known Bigfoot skeptic who is nonetheless cordial with many people…