ANIMAL PLANET'S SEARCH FOR BIGFOOT IS NOT OVER YET! "FINDING BIGFOOT: BEHIND THE SEARCH" AIRS JULY 17

-- One-Hour Special Asks Tough Questions and Investigates the Bigfoot Phenomenon --

WHAT: This season, Animal Planet's successful series FINDING BIGFOOT gained a large audience and aroused Bigfoot curiosity nationwide. Now, the network announces the addition of a one-hour special FINDING BIGFOOT: BEHIND THE SEARCH. The special features members of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization (BFRO) team - Bobo, Cliff, Matt, and resident skeptic Ranae - as they discuss their "squatch" excursions in depth.

Gathering for a town-hall meeting in Oregon, bigfoot fans get the chance to ask the experts probing questions about the series and their Bigfoot adventures. Anything viewers didn't understand from the first season, they'll get answers to now! Bobo, Cliff, Matt and Renae promise to give their inside take on what really occurred in the field as they investigated the elusive Sasquatch.

WHEN: Sunday, July 17, at 10 PM (ET/PT)

FINDING BIGFOOT: BEHIND THE SEARCH is produced for Animal Planet by Ping Pong Productions. Keith Hoffman is the executive producer for Animal Planet. Brad Kuhlman and Casey Brumels are the executive producers for Ping Pong Productions. Marc Etkind is Vice President of development for Animal Planet.