This Land, Your Land

Not only does a man in central North Carolina think Bigfoot lives in the Uwharrie National Forest, the Animal Planet cable channel is sending a crew into the forest to find the half-man-half-ape beast.

Animal Planet and Michael Greene, who says he already has video of Bigfoot from about two years ago, plan to search the Uhwarries on Saturday, according to the Montgomery Herald. Any useful footage captured is to become part of the network's six-episode series on Bigfoot sightings around the United States.

The 78.7-square-mile national forest encompasses the Uwharrie Mountains, some of the oldest in North America. According to geologists, the 1,000-foot hills of today's Uwharries were created from an ancient chain of volcanoes that once had 20,000-foot peaks.

Greene, who has a master's in Behavioral Psychology and is a court-qualified Questioned Documents Expert, says he's been on the trail of Bigfoot for some 20 years.

The Public Broadcasting System sent a film crew with archaeologists to excavate at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site for a show about the equally mysterious Lost Colony, which aired in July 2009. OK, maybe not "equally mysterious."

Greene, the cable channel's film crew and volunteers are set to head for the treeline about 3 p.m. Saturday.