photo by: Shawn Valverde

Filmmaker Dan Wayne is pictured with the Bigfoot from the documentary "Big Fur" Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, outside of Summerfield Hall on the University of Kansas campus, where Wayne was speaking to a class.

Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, paid a visit Wednesday to a University of Kansas classroom.

Student fears were minimal, however, as the legendary creature was manmade and needed lots of help getting around.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Filmmaker Dan Wayne, right, is pictured with the Bigfoot from the documentary “Big Fur” Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, outside of Summerfield Hall on the University of Kansas campus, where Wayne was speaking to a class.

Kansas City filmmaker Dan Wayne brought the 8-foot monster from his documentary “Big Fur” to a class of KU instructor Jon Niccum that focuses on ethics and storytelling. Wayne’s doumentary is about the quest of World Champion Canadian taxidermist Ken Walker to create a Bigfoot replica. Niccum was a producer of the film along with Wayne, who also directed it.

“Big Fur,” which was screened at multiple film festivals in recent years, “is a biographical portrait of a funny, passionate — some would say obsessed — artist. It’s also an insider’s view of taxidermy, which is misunderstood even while it’s experiencing a renaissance in some unlikely places,” according to the film’s website, bigfurmovie.com, which has a link for viewing the film.

photo by: Shawn Valverde

Filmmaker Dan Wayne is pictured with the Bigfoot from the documentary “Big Fur” Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, in Summerfield Hall on the University of Kansas campus, where Wayne was speaking to a class.