Rick Reles is a BFRO investigator, currently living in Western North Carolina. Rick is recently retired from over 30 years of professional business life, where he traveled the world frequently. In 2010 while driving across Northern Wisconsin, with another business associate, they saw a Sasquatch cross the road ahead of their vehicle. This began his interest and research journey into the Bigfoot world.

He has attended and helped lead dozens of expeditions in the U.S and Canada, and speaks at Bigfoot conferences also. His Field guide to Bigfoot Stick structures is in its 4th edition. Rick is also a partner in IKNOWSQUATCH, a Wisconsin LLC, that sells leading edge Sasquatch related merchandise on Etsy and at conferences.