And again, he attained no absolute proof. The best he had on his 65th birthday was a plaster cast of a very large footprint. Time was running out. But then, in 1992, good luck struck. Byrne received from Boston's Academy of Applied Science a very generous five-year grant.
Every detail is logged onto computers.
Eventually, if all goes as planned, Sasquatch's migrational patterns will become clear, and Byrne can jump into a helicopter. There are, on standby, two Bell 206 choppers equipped with the infared sensors used to track prison escapees. These would zero in on the beast, and Byrne would shoot a small dart. You know the tabloids would be there. Indeed, they can't wait.