Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nice to top this list of one of the best ‘cryptozoology’ books of last year www.cryptozoonews.com/topczbks2025/cryptozoonews.com 011
Reposted by Jamie LewisLana J. Pratt @lanajpratt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New review of Jamie Lewis & Andrew Bartlett's "Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry" by Justin Mullis - "This book is a tremendous work of scholarship, rich in both data and ideas, destined to become one of the most important academic works on cryptozoology ever written" aiptcomics.com/2026/09/18/b...aiptcomics.com‘Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry’ looks at those who search for the beastWhether the animal is real or not, the culture persists. 001
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This paper we wrote about Bigfoot testimony encounters should now be available to read for free journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 001
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026With all that is going on, this was really lovely to come across this evening 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Final touches to an edited book on Monsters as Motifs. This first one considers the environment, the Anthropocene and the unruly Earth. Please share. 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Andy and I speak about our book in this podcast 022
Reposted by Jamie LewisSome Other Sphere Podcast @sphericalpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Podcast Wednesday! Episode 155 - Jamie Lewis and Andrew Bartlett - Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry @drjamielewis.bsky.social #Podcast #Science #Bigfoot #Sasquatch #Cryptozoology #Paranormal #WyrdWednesday podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEpisode 155 - Jamie Lewis and Andrew Bartlett - Bigfooters and Scientific InquiryPodcast Episode · Some Other Sphere · 19 August · 1hr 27min 071
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is out Wednesday 19/8. A podcast with Andy and me discussing our book and the broader research project #STS #Bigfooting 072
Reposted by Jamie LewisSome Other Sphere Podcast @sphericalpod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Episode 155 is out next week and is Bigfoot related! @drjamielewis.bsky.social and Andy Bartlett joined me to discuss their book 'Bigfooters and Scientific Inquiry: On the Borderlands of Legitimate Science'. You can enjoy listening to our conversation from next Wednesday. #Podcast #Bigfoot #science 031
Reposted by Jamie LewisAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 09/08/2026The hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists. An Essay by Andrew Bartlett & @drjamielewis.bsky.socialaeon.coThe surprisingly scientific methods of Bigfooters | Aeon EssaysThe hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists 042
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Got 20 minutes spare to listen to an essay? This is our piece maintaining that Bigfooters are far from anti-science and their activities are empirical but ultimately Bigfooting is not science - aeon.co/essays/the-s... #STS #Bigfoot #Bigfooting #Aeonaeon.co 031
Reposted by Jamie LewisAeon Magazine @aeon.co · 07/08/2026In today’s Essay the sociologists Andrew Bartlett and Jamie Lewis draw on over 160 interviews with Bigfooters to explore the thinking behind the hunt for this elusive creature and what it says about the boundaries of sciencebuff.lyThe surprisingly scientific methods of Bigfooters | Aeon EssaysThe hunt for Bigfoot sounds like the opposite of good science, but those pursuing the creature are often serious empiricists 033
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A piece we write for @aeon.co aeon.co/essays/the-s...aeon.co 011
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 30/07/20261/3 Earlier this year we did an interview for The Conversation UK. Our English language version has now had over 510,000 reads lnkd.in/eXm-rfaS whilst the French language version has had just shy of 130,000 reads.lnkd.inChecking your browser - reCAPTCHA 111
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We have a piece shortly coming out with @aeon.co that draws from our #STS book on #Bigfooting. You can get 30% off the book by using the code ADC26 here: www.routledge.com/Bigfooters-a.... The piece also discusses our Open Access paper journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... #Bigfootroutledge.comBigfooters and Scientific Inquiry: On the Borderlands of Legitimate ScienceBigfoot exists. Not necessarily as a biological creature, but certainly as an object around which thousands of Americans organise their lives, analysing evidence, and making knowledge. This book exami... 011
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Our interview is now available in French theconversation.com/en-tout-cas-...theconversation.com« En tout cas, ce n’était pas une licorne… » Des sociologues ont interrogé 130 chasseurs de BigfootIls passent leurs week-ends dans les forêts, analysent des sons mystérieux et débattent de la validité des empreintes. Une enquête sociologique explore de l’intérieur l’univers méconnu des chasseurs d... 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Congratulations @thierryaaron.bsky.social on becoming a doctor (for the second time). A well deserved result for what is an excellent thesis written by a very good person. I’m sure you’ll build on this in your future endeavours. 110
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026@sphericalpod.bsky.social got a podcast coming out in August with Some Other Sphere where Andy and I talk about the sociology of Bigfooting 041
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026If anyone is interested in a 30% code, give me a shout. 121
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... this is awful. Infantino completely silent of coursebbc.co.ukWorld Cup 2026: Does referee case show Fifa has lost control of its tournament?With referee Omar Artan denied entry to the United States and worries over staff and supporters being turned back, what does this tell us about the World Cup? 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 31/05/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...podcasts.apple.comCatching the Bigfoot HuntersPodcast Episode · Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast · 30 May · 19min 000
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 31/05/2026podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... interview with ABC on. Bigfootingpodcasts.apple.comCatching the Bigfoot HuntersPodcast Episode · Sunday Extra - Separate stories podcast · 30 May · 19min 000
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I will be on Sunday Extra on ABC radio at 08:05 (AEST) this coming Sunday discussing our Bigfooting book www.abc.net.au/listenabc.net.auABC listenListen - anywhere, anytime. Your personal audio companion. 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The story of a quiz show final 25 years ago in three photos: 010
Reposted by Jamie LewisDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"The key questions we faced when writing this book - and which you will face when reading it - concern issues of credibility and credulity" - @drjamielewis.bsky.social & Andrew Bartlett Questions we'd all do well to ponder in these times of epistemic confusion! This books a great place to start.routledge.comBigfooters and Scientific Inquiry: On the Borderlands of Legitimate ScienceBigfoot exists. Not necessarily as a biological creature, but certainly as an object around which thousands of Americans organise their lives, analysing evidence, and making knowledge. This book exami... 162
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 21/04/2026A piece in @iflscience.com about our work: www.iflscience.com/how-do-bigfo... 040
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Some snaps from the @forteanlondon.bsky.social event this afternoon including @tetzoo.bsky.social up on stage talking about sea creatures and Andy and me on Bigfooting @forteantimes.bsky.social 1165
Reposted by Jamie LewisLauren (LJ) McMenemy @laurenwrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Post-lunch at #StrangeCentral for @forteanlondon.bsky.social has us hit the forests: sociologists of science @drjamielewis.bsky.social & Andrew Bartlett say “Bigfooter” communities are moving from hunting to citizen scientists as the problem of habeus corpus keeps the skeptics loud. 1176
Reposted by Jamie LewisIFLScience @iflscience.com · 14/04/2026Bigfooting is a specific activity within the Bigfoot believer communities. Rather than being antagonistic to science, they mobilize science-like activities to support their views. www.iflscience.com/how-do-bigfo... 052
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026@iflscience.com an interview we did for @iflscience.com www.iflscience.com/how-do-bigfo...iflscience.comHow Do Bigfoot Hunters Use Scientific Evidence? We Asked Two Sociologists Who Have Spent Years Among The BigfootersBigfooting is a specific activity within the Bigfoot believer communities. Rather than being antagonistic to science, they mobilize science-like activities to support their views. 110
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Flyer for our STS book on Bigfooting including a 20% discount code. 020
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026If anyone is at a loose end in London this Saturday, I will be talking at this event at 2pm. 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Some words from Andy and me on the status of Bigfooting 060
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Didn’t find Bigfoot but might have captured a stork 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I shall be speaking at this a week on Saturday. Details below. @tetzoo.bsky.social will also be speaking on the same day! 042
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Hover over the play button and move cursor to around 49 minutes and you’ll hear me talking about Bigfooting and our book www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #Bigfooting #Bigfoot #BBCbbc.co.ukSaturday Breakfast - 04/04/2026 - BBC SoundsThe big weekend news and sports stories with Eleanor Oldroyd and Jeanette Kwakye. 020
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 04/04/2026On at 06.48 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukRadio 5 Live - Listen Live - BBC SoundsListen live to Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds 000
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026An interview piece for BBC Wales www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCardiff lecturer interviews 160 Bigfoot hunters over three yearsThere have been thousands of reported Bigfoot sightings since it rose to prominence in the 1960s. 183
Reposted by Jamie LewisRob Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Applications for the ESRC WGSSS postdoctoral Fellowship are now open. If you have recently completed a PhD in the U.K. and are interested in coming to Cardiff to work with me and the small, but lively and lovely, CEEIT research group, do get in touch. wgsss.ac.uk/fellowships/ #EMCA #Ethnographywgsss.ac.ukPostdoctoral Fellowships – Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences 033
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026When your co-author finds your article in a newsagents 010
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Speaking at the EASE anthrozoology conference this Friday 010
Reposted by Jamie LewisDarren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026I bought the new ish of Fortean Times for the Lewis and Bartlett article. I already have their book and am part way through it. 4244
Reposted by Jamie LewisLondon Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026One month to go until Andrew J Bartlett & @drjamielewis.bsky.social explore contemporary Bigfoot belief at #StrangeCentral @conwayhall.bsky.social 18 April 2026 Link and tickets below: 122
Jamie Lewis @drjamielewis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Our piece on Bigfooting is pages 30-37 of the new edition of the Fortean Times 121