Jun 30 2009

Texas Bigfoot Conference Announced

The Texas Research Bigfoot Conservancy has announced its annual fundraiser and conference for Saturday, September 26th. This is a one day meeting with eleven researchers presenting talks throughout the day, with a panel discussion and banquet ending the proceedings.

The cost is a paltry fifteen dollars! If only UFO conferences could come to the public for so little change, maybe more people would attend, and new blood would be infused into the community. Perhaps smaller cities and towns (where facilities and services are not so expensive) should take note.

If you can make it to Tyler, Texas in late September, be sure to check it out. Here’s the press release:

The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy (TBRC) recently announced the finalized location for the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference. Over the last several years, the annual fundraising event has continued to grow in size from 150 attendees in 2001 to over 500 attendees in recent years. In 2006, the event was combined with the Bigfoot in Texas? exhibit in San Antonio at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures. This year’s event will be in Tyler, Texas at the Caldwell Auditorium and is scheduled for 26 September 2009. The all-day conference event features an impressive list of speakers who present the latest in bigfoot sightings and research. The list of speakers will be announced at a later date.

Dr. Esteban Sarmiento, functional anatomist of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, has been added to the speaker list of the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference. Dr. Sarmiento’s main field of study involves the biology of hominoids and their fossils, but he is also an African primatologist. He has taught and lectured throughout the United States, Europe, South America, South Africa, Uganda and Mozambique.

Internationally acclaimed author Peter Matthiessen will give a presentation at the 2009 “Texas Bigfoot Conference,” sponsored by the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy.

Matthiessen has written more than 30 books, many concerning vanishing cultures and exotic wildlife and landscapes. His 1978 book “Snow Leopard,” set in the remote regions of Nepal, won both the American and National Book Awards. In November 2008 Matthiessen received his second National Book Award for “Shadow Country,” making him the only author to receive both the fiction and non-fiction National Book Award. His remarkable life is profiled in the 2009 PBS documentary, “Peter Matthiessen: No Boundaries.”

Matthiessen’s fascination with the sasquatch phenomenon is longstanding. He mentions American Indian traditions and encounters with “Big Men,” a local expression for the sasquatch, in his 1983 book “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.” He had previously made references to the yeti in “Snow Leopard,” and he devoted a chapter to the subject in “East of Lo Monthang: In the Land of Mustang,” which is set in Tibet. In 2007 Matthiessen spoke at Idaho State University regarding his yeti and sasquatch insights.

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