(Skeptic) Benjamin Radford

Benjamin Radford is a well-known skeptic and frequent contributor to Skeptical Inquirer magazine. He is the co-author (with Robert E. Bartholomew) of Hoaxes, Myths, and Manias: Why We Need Critical Thinking (2003). Radford has spoken at bigfoot/sasquatch conventions, including, for example, the 2006 Bigfoot in Texas? museum exhibit and lecture series, sponsored by the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy and the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Culture, and the 2006 Bigfoot Rendezvous, sponsored by Idaho State University, and he was interviewed regarding mysterious creatures for The Ultimate Ten Mysteries, which appeared on The Learning Channel.

Radford states that he has been to the area of bigfoot and wildman sightings in North and Central America; he typically discounts witness statements as the product of misidentifications and culturally or socially induced constructs. Critics counter that Radford focuses on debunking the poorest or most obviously hoaxed evidence and then dismisses all comparable evidence with broad generalizations.

Benjamin Radford