James "Bobo" Fay Wiki, Married, Net Worth, Illness, Health, Weight Loss - Celebrity Profiles (2024)

This big man, James Bobo, has a weird passion. It is amazing how one could eke out of life from finding the Bigfoot. He has spent a large of his life trying to learn and find the Bigfoot. The Bigfoot is a mysterious ape-like animal also called the Sasquatch. James Bobo is a famous reality TV personality, who appears on the Animal Planet seriesFinding Bigfoot. The show features Bigfoot finders. He is popularly known as “bobo.” Amazingly this show has run about one hundred episodes. No one channel would run an irrelevant show that long. This has built James a big name and net worth.

This article will give you details about James Bobo Fay illness and health updates. Stick with us for more information about James “Bobo” Fay’s net worth and family.

Who is James “Bobo” Fay? Wiki, Bio, Age

James Bobo was born on April 16^th, 1961, in Manhattan Beach, California. He is an American citizen of white ethnicity. It is not known much about his parents and siblings. All that is known is his passion for finding Bigfoot. He would go searching on the beaches and forest at a young age. Together with being a reality TV personality, James is also a commercial fisherman in Eureka, California.

Early life, Career, Education

Born and raised in the Manhattan beaches of California, James Bobo Fay developed a mysterious passion of finding the Bigfoot. He went to the lengths of learning how to surf to be able to search for the Bigfoot. He would surf the west coast to reach the Bigfoot habitat.

James “Bobo” Fay selected Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA, for the sole reason of its location near Bigfoot habitats. He would use his spare time after studies to walk in the woods to find the Bigfoot. After his graduation from the university, he took logging jobs from the Native Americans, just that he could find it. He went on to make a career in commercial fishing for this reason.

Caption: Finding Bigfoot cast James “Bobo” Fay in the show Team Coco

In one of his expeditions in 2001, with an old hand in Bigfoot investigations, John Freitas, he saw a Bigfoot for the first time. It is said that the same Bigfoot had been sighted by the locals in the same area.

It was this passion that then culminated into the Animal Planet series called; Finding Bigfoot. The show debuted on May 29^th, 2011 and has been running to-date. The show has shot over 100 episodes. He is the main cast member in this show along with Cliff Barackman, Ranae Holland, and Matt Moneymaker.

James “Bobo” Fay Net Worth

James who is a reality TV personality and commercial fisherman has a net worth of $400,000. Much of his wealth has been derived from his earnings from the Finding Bigfoot show. He is also a commercial fisherman who possibly earns a good amount of money from his business.

Is James Bobo Fay Married to Wife or Dating to Girlfriend?

James Bobo is a very private person regarding his personal life. He has no trace of a woman in his life making it very hard to tell whether he has any relationship going on or not. He has no records of any child called to his name. We, therefore, conclude that James is single and has no children until that time he comes out publicly to talk about it.

James Bobo Fay Illness and Health Update

James Bobo had started looking slimmer and lost hair in the last part of 2016. This made fans and viewers of the Animal Planet show, Finding Bigfoot, to start guessing about James’ health. There were rumors that James Bobo suffered from cancer of the neck and that there was abnormal growth of cells in his body. He later in early 2017 settled the worries on his Facebook profile by stating that he is very well and there was nothing to be worried about his good health. His loss of hair was just a normal clean shaven cut taken at Tin Tin in Hawaii.

James Bobo Fay Weight Loss

There were widespread rumors that he could be suffering from cancer or HIV that would have resulted in the loss of weight and hair at the same time. He, however, confirmed to his fans that his weight loss was due to his reduction in sugary foods like carbonated soft drinks, starchy and sugary foods. James had also adopted a healthy lifestyle of exercising at least four days a week.

James “Bobo” Fay Wiki, Married, Age, Family, Facts