MATT PRUITT

Field research & Media cv

Tracking

  • Basic Tracking Certification: Joel Hardin Professional Tracking Services

  • "Introduction to Mantracking" (w/Emphasis on Tracking Sasquatches): Course Co-Instructor (Georgia, 2007; Utah, 2009)

Sasquatch Field Research

  • Project Director: Sasquatch Contact Initiative (2012-2017)

  • Investigator, Administrator, Field Coordinator and Expedition Organizer - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (2007 - 2014)

  • Invesigator, Camera Corps - North American Wood Ape Conservancy (2016-2023)

  • Conducted Active Field Research in over 20 US states, as well as in Canada.

Attended/Organized the Following BFRO Public Expeditions: 

  • North Carolina - 2007

  • South Carolina - 2007

  • North Carolina - 2008,

  • Georgia - 2008 (Expedition Organizer)

  • Washington (Cascades) - 2008

  • Washington (Olympic Peninsula) - 2008

  • Georgia - 2009 (Expedition Organizer)

  • Washington (Cascades) - 2009

  • Washington (Olympic Peninsula) - 2009

  • Oregon - 2010 (Expedition Organizer)

  • Washington (Olympic Peninsula) - 2010

  • Georgia - 2010 (Expedition Organizer)

  • Oklahoma - 2011 (Expedition Organizer)

  • North Georgia (1) - 2011 (Expedition Organizer)

  • North Georgia (2) - 2011 (Expedition Organizer)

  • Arkansas - 2012 (Expedition Organizer)

  • North Georgia - 2013 (Expedition Organizer)

  • North Carolina - 2013 (Expedition Organizer)

  • North Carolina - 2014

  • Kentucky - 2014

 Participated in the Following NAWAC Extended Field Operations:

  • Operation Dauntless - 2017

  • Operation Intrepid - 2018

  • Operation Variance - 2019

  • Operation Trinity - 2020

  • Operation Phoenix - 2021

  • Operation Pursuance - 2022

  • Operation New Dawn - 2023

 Media Appearances / Consulting

  • Hot 99.5 (Washington DC) 2007

  • WNNX 99.7 (Atlanta, GA) 2007

  • WNEG 32 (Toccoa, GA) 2008

  • Strange Days with Bob Saget: "Let's Go 'Squatchin" (A&E) 2010

  • Finding Bigfoot: "Bigfoot Crossing in Georgia" (Animal Planet) 2011

  • Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide (Consultant) (History Channel) 2011

  • The Jay Thomas Show (Sirius/XM) 2012

  • Charlie Langton Show (CBS Detroit, MI) 2012

  • Presenter/Speaker "Sasquatch 101": Park Ranger Institute (NC) 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020

  • Strange Evidence: "Chasing Bigfoot" (Science Channel) 2017

  • Presenter/Speaker “Sasquatch: The History of North America’s Great Ape”: Appalachian State University (NC) 2018

  • Presenter/Speaker “Sasquatch Research Concepts & Theories” Squatchachussetts Conference (MA) 2018

  • Presenter/Speaker “Sasquatch: North America’s Relict Hominoid”: Nashville Library (Hermitage Branch) 2019

  • Presenter/Speaker “The Relict Gigantopithecine Hypothesis”: Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference (TN) 2019

  • Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad: “Smoky Mountains” (ITV) 2020

  • Presenter/Speaker “Phenomenology & the Sasquatch”: Ohio Bigfoot Conference (Salt Fork State Park) 2021

  • Master of Ceremonies: Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference (TN) 2021

  • Master of Ceremonies: Cryptid Con (KY) 2021

  • Master of Ceremonies, Presenter/Speaker “The Value of Claims & Evidence”: Cryptid Con (KY) 2022

  • Presenter/Speaker “The Georgia Dashcam Footage”: Texas Bigfoot Conference (Jefferson, TX), Cryptid Con 2023

  • Presenter/Speaker “The Phenomenal Sasquatch: Origins”: sQuatchFest (WA), Ohio Bigfoot Conference, Great Florida Bigfoot Conference, Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Conference (TN), Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival (OH) 2024

  • Various podcast appearances and internet radio interviews (2007-Current)

Production Work

Finding Bigfoot - Field Coordinator/Fixer: 

  • "Bigfoot Crossing In Georgia" (Season 1, 2011)

  • "CSI Bigfoot" (Season 3, 2012)

Apes Among Us - The Official Podcast of the NAWAC - Co-Host, Co-Producer (2019-2022)

Bigfoot and Beyond with Cliff and Bobo - Producer, Editor (2019-Current)