Looking for Bigfoot

In the fall of 1992 Tim Stover, a housing contractor in Kent, went bow hunting at Salt Fork State Park. He was hoping to catch a doe, but what he caught was a sight that has stayed with him for the past 20 years, and is as real to him today as it was the day he saw it.
What was it? Most people discredit Stover, but he insists that he saw a Bigfoot walking through the woods on that autumn afternoon. Since the encounter he has dedicated most of his free time to researching the storied ape-man. He says that it's okay that most people don't believe in it, but since the start of the Internet more and more people have come forward saying they saw or heard something very strange in the wilderness to him.
Stover is very involved in the community of Bigfoot believers. He used to host a call-in Internet radio show and he posts his research videos on Youtube, which receives thousands of hits. While Stover has gained much notoriety for his research he hopes that one day he will see it again, and when he does it will not be as terrifying as it was in 1992.

A 150 ton Family Tradition The Little River Railroad of Coldwater, Michigan has been running the Holiday Express for over a decade.
Terry Bloom runs the railroad and restored the railroad's engine 110, which was built several months before the Titanic sank. Since he was a child Bloom has always had a fascination with steam engines. His children grew up with 110 and now consider it a member of their family.

Picking and a grinning in Hanover

R.J. Thomas of the bluegrass band The Windy Mountain Boys, talks about playing during the annual winter music jams at the Hanover-Horton Area Historical Society.

Forth of July in the Park

The annual Independence Day fireworks display at Cascade Falls Park in Jackson, Michigan. 

One Heartbeat

On February 27, 2012 the small Ohio town of Chardon was previously known for the maple trees that stand in the front yards. But on that day the people of Chardon experienced a tragedy that thrust them into the national spotlight. A student at the high school fired his gun at random in the cafeteria that morning. After the shooter was apprehended three students were dead and another three were injured. 

One year after the shooting, relatives of one of the victims and the police chief reflect on how the community has healed, and how Chardon will not be defined by this event.

This video was co-produced with Shane Flanigan.