So what exactly does a "Hawaiian Bigfoot call" sound like?
Find out tonight on the newest episode of Animal Planet’s "Finding Bigfoot," as Kauai musicians John Rivera and Tin Tin Puulei join the show’s team of researchers and explorers in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The two were invited along to provide the sounds and smells of the islands in hopes of drawing out the legendary creatures.
The "Surf’s Up Sasquatch" episode premiering at 8 p.m. features Rivera and Puulei singing Hawaiian songs, playing ukulele and roasting a pig huli-huli style.
After all, if most humans can’t resist the alluring aroma of roast pork, how could Bigfoot?
"Finding Bigfoot" host James "Bobo" Fay said the guests also try out some Hawaiian calls of the wild that "you’re gonna need to tune in" to hear.
Fay is friends with both Rivera and Puulei, who previously accompanied him on off-camera explorations. With the unique Hawaiian angle and the musicians’ lively personalities, Fay knew the episode would be entertaining.
"These guys are full, natural comedians," Fay said via phone Wednesday from the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where the crew was shooting another episode.
Fay, originally from Manhattan Beach, Calif., met Rivera more than 10 years ago in California, when the latter was playing football for Humboldt State University. He has known Puulei for more than 15 years after meeting him at a luau on Kauai.
Fay, a surfer, said he tries to visit the islands at least once a year, typically during the Pipeline Masters surf contest unless he’s shooting for the show, as is the case this year.
Aside from the new episode, "Finding Bigfoot" has another Hawaii tie. Story producer Cassandra Bohe is a 2004 graduate of Moanalua High School.
So does the ukulele, pig or Hawaiian call work? Does the team finally, after three seasons, get that irrefutable evidence that Bigfoot beasts roam the forests of North America? Stay tuned.
