Renowned ISU Anthropologist Jeff Meldrum, Bigfoot Researcher, Dies After Brief Battle with Brain Cancer POCATELLO, Idaho — Dr. Don Jeffrey Meldrum, a longtime professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University (ISU) renowned for both his academic rigor and his public exploration of cryptozoology, passed away after a short illness, his family has announced. Meldrum died on September 11, 2025, following a brief but determined battle with brain cancer. An Academic Career Grounded in Evolution and Curiosity Dr. Meldrum joined ISU’s faculty in 1993, teaching in graduate-level health professions programs where he focused on human anatomy, vertebrate evolutionary…