Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center

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Ivan Marx (b. 1921 d. 1999) was a well-known bigfoot researcher and nature photographer who made several allegedly hoaxed films of bigfoot, most of which were gathered into 3 films, The Legend of Bigfoot (1976), Bigfoot Alive in '82 (1982) and In the Shadow of Bigfoot (1983).

Many researchers allege that Marx's films are nothing more than hoaxes, and that Marx's wife Peggy was in the gorilla suits filmed by Marx. Marx was involved in the Bossburg, Washington Cripple Foot track finds of November 1969, and in October 1970, claimed to have captured film footage of the crippled bigfoot, although he turned down an offer of $25,000 for the footage if he could confirm its authenticity.

Marx was a mentor to controversial researcher Tom Biscardi.

Marx worked as an animal trainer and nature photographer for Walt Disney, the two became good friends and Disney himself provided Marx with a small ranch in Burney, Shasta County, California.