Apparently, he's hairy, giant and ape-like. And not at all the sort of person you want to bump into in a deserted place, on a dark night.

Unfortunately "Bigfoot", or the "Yeti" as it's become known, is out and about, on the prowl, and could be coming to a place near you.

Never fear, for The Morning Show’s gallant Ian McCaskill was here.

In the first week of February, he went off to Cannock Chase in Staffordshire to hunt down the eight-foot Yeti spotted recently in the area.

Watch Ian on the Yeti trail

Ian joined monster-hunters Jon Downes and Richard Freeman, from the Centre of Fortean Zoology based in Exeter.

Richard, a qualified zoo-keeper, and centre founder Jon describe themselves as "Britain's foremost professional monster hunters".

They were following-up the recent sighting on the side of the road near Stafford. It was only miles from another "Bigfoot" appearance four years earlier.

Although they have been mocked, a UK website devoted to Bigfoot research contains many reports, including yet another Staffordshire sighting.

In the end, they found no trace of the Yeti. The experts believe it could just be an apparition.

Lots of sitings occur near telecom towers, and one of the theories is that apparitions are caused by radiation surges from these towers.

About McCaskill's Myths

Ian McCaskill knows the UK. Or rather, as a former BBC weatherman, he knows what the map looks like and can recognise even the most obscure isobars and fronts.

But he faced new challenges on The Morning Show. He was given a mission – and not just any mission.

He chose to accept our challenge, and went out searching the length and breadth of the country, to expose the nation's mystical myths and weird worlds.

First he took us to Wales in search of the black panther which had been rampaging in the region (that's the panther, not McCaskill)!

Then, he was off to Edinburgh to check out a haunted pub with a spooky tale to tell.

McCaskill has been noted for his exuberance and ceaseless enthusiasm - which caused him to be endlessly imitated, particularly by Spitting Image and Rory Bremner.

A housewives’ favourite, he was voted the UK's sexiest weather forecaster in 1994. He retired from in front of the BBC weather map in 1998, just before his 60th birthday.

It was while he was doing National Service that he became a weatherman. In 1959 he joined the RAF's Meteorological Corps - a posting that took him from Scotland to sunny Cyprus.

In 1961 he joined the Met Office and in 1978 he started presenting the weather on the BBC. The rest is either history - or myth!