Hunting Bigfoot - A Monster Mystery

I was on a stopover in Adelaide and it was the perfect thing to do with my time. My only regret was not having time to do more rooms! Wonderful flow of “ah hah” moments, enjoyable variety of puzzles and fun theming.

Absolutely stellar experience start to finish. Hunting bigfoot was the perfect level of challenge for my group- most members are fairly new to escape rooms (having played their first or second two days prior) and myself having the benefit of working at one. It is rated 8/10 on their scale. The room itself was spectacular, incredibly well themed and very immersive start to finish. One very small jumpscare in the room, though I was too busy solving it to see it happen- all others in my group were quite startled though so it did its job. My only real complaint was the lighting levels in the room- while it was amazing having the diegetic light in the room (lanterns), the lighting levels got lower the further in you got. Not at all impossible to solve puzzles and in fact we did still do all of it at a very good pace, but we did struggle at a few points having only the two lanterns for the 5 people. If anyone struggles with low lighting I would highly recommend asking for extra lighting within the room or perhaps having a flashlight if yoy would still like to complete this room. This was my first room at mindshift after recommendation from a duo who came to my work and said it was among the best in adelaide- and after playing I am absolutely inclined inclined agree! If only I lived here and could play more of them right away. Danny was amazing start to finish and was lovely to chat to! Another staff member (unfortunately did not get their name, but they were wearing a red shirt) greeted us at the desk and when we came down they asked "are you guys from hunting bigfoot? Did you finish already?" In a very fun tone so they were also amazing despite us not having seen much of them prior.

To preface, we did escape, but the room is absolutely impossibly dark and it makes so many of the puzzles exceptionally hard to see. The difficulty rating is what it is from the darkness, not the actual complexity of the puzzles. One room in particular gives you so many locks that you spend half your time trying to find which number goes into which lock with absolutely no direction or rhyme or reason.

A very good room with nice props and decor and atmosphere. Puzzles are pretty straightforward and most of them easy to get and solve. Just 1-2 to have slow you down a bit. Room doable with 2 people, without hints doable. Liked the dark and eerie atmosphere and the setting. Story could have been a little bit more immersive and puzzles a bit more according to theme and maybe a bit harder. Overall a very good room, though! Enjoyed it!!