OHIO
Tri-State Bigfoot Meeting/ Study Group
Date of next meeting will be posted once announced, in the meantime be sure to join us at the 2009 Bigfoot EXPO
2009 Expo Information:
The 21st Annual Bigfoot Conference will be held the weekend of May 1st-3rd, with the conference its self being held on
Saturday May 2nd. Please contact Don Keating at: eobic@yahoo.com for more information inquiries.
Only a few days left until the 21st Annual Bigfoot Conference / EXPO !!!
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DATE... MAY 2ND, 2009
TIME...4 p.m. to approximately 10 p.m. There will be a 1 hour dinner break included as well.
ADMISSION...No admission charge anticipated although donations are greatly appreciated
LOCATION... SALT FORK STATE PARK LODGE located just off of US Route 22 in Guernsey County, Ohio.
2008 ANNUAL BIGFOOT CONFERENCE / EXPO WAS ATTENDED BY 425 PEOPLE +
** SPEAKERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE!
BILLY WILLARD from MANASSAS, VIRGINIA --- Billy Willard is a vice-president of an environmental consulting firm. He oversees
various types of environmental assessment and cleanup projects (e.g., leaking underground petroleum tanks, environmental site
assessments, and soil/groundwater remediation). Billy is an OSHA Hazwoper Supervisor and holds many other credentials.
Billy became interested in the Bigfoot phenomena early in life as a kid after watching such movies as the Legend of Boggy Creek
and the Creature From Black Lake. In 2005, Billy and his son Josh formed Sasquatch Watch of Virginia in which Billy currently serves
as Director. Billy is also a member and investigator for the American Bigfoot Society (ABS), The Alliance of Independent Bigfoot
Researchers (AIBR), the Northeast Sasquatch Researchers Association (NESRA), the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society (PBS) and the
Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center (MABRC).
Billy is the host of an internet radio show called Sasquatch Watch Radio on the BlogTalk Radio Network which started in September
of 2008. The show airs every Monday night at 9:00 pm Eastern. The webpage link to the show is http://www.blogtalkradio.
com/sasquatchwatchradio The radio show features those who have been eyewitnesses of a Bigfoot-like creature, other
researcher/investigators, book authors of the subject as well as different subjects on the matter.
DIANE STOCKING from PORTLAND, OREGON --- Diane was raised in Cutler Ridge, Florida, which was the Black Swamp, and
part of the Everglades before it was drained and built on in the early 50's. With the early 70's came many Sasquatch flaps in South
Florida; this is what grabbed her attention, and subsequently, became her life's passion.
Diane is President of Stocking Hominid Research, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Florida. Diane spent many years as a
BFRO Curator and is well known and well respected in the field of Bigfoot/Sasquatch.
Diane's degree is in Forestry, and she thrives in the woods. Diane also enjoy's wildlife photography. She has 3 great boys; George,
Boomer, and Curtis. Diane has a reputation as a no non sense tell it like it is researcher.
DOUG HAJICEK from MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA --- Doug Hajicek (pronounced high-check), president of Whitewolf
Entertainment Inc, is a television documentary veteran. He has produced over 200 TV features since 1987, covering the globe from
Russia, the un-explored jungles of Belize, up to the Arctic. He has experienced the diversity and adversity of the business, making
him a strong director and field producer. He knows what’s needed to tell a compelling story, in long or short form. He is also a
seasoned offline editor, having tested and helped with development of an early computer system and then used it as the first non-
linear editor for a TV series in 1990. Hajicek has been dubbed “The Camera Explorer” by some, inventing and implementing new
camera systems in untested places. In 2006 his greatest accomplishment may have been his development of the Trojan Squid Cam,
used to film the worlds first free swimming Giant Squid in 2006 that was over 54 feet long.
Hajicek is also a skilled Video photographer, and often a Television story writer. His interest in the famous 1967 Patterson Film lead
him to forensically 3D animate the strange rotating lower leg walk, he dubbed “The Mountain Gait.”
Doug Hajicek has been featured on many News stories, Talk shows and National Newspapers such as USA today. He has been
featured on TV Shows on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, The History Channel, Animal Planet, to mention a few
His successful Television career has now spanned more than a quarter century and he continues with innovative hit series like
Monster Quest. Now airing on the History Channel Wednesdays at 9 pm central time.
OTHER ACTIVITIES.
.. On FRIDAY the 1st of May there will be a "meet and greet" in the lodge. If you go to the floor where the main conference rooms are
located, there will be an area you can overlook the swimming pool. It will be in that area where all of the chairs and big screen TV and
tables are located. This activity will take place at 8 p.m.
On SUNDAY the 3rd of May there will be a "guided tour" around the park to different locations of sightings, track discoveries or other
unusual incidents in the park. A caravan of vehicles will line up in front of the main entrance on Sunday and leave at 12 noon.
ACCOMMODATIONS...Salt Fork State Park Lodge has once again agreed to give attendees who attend the conference and stay
at the Lodge a HUGE discount on room rates! Just contact SFSP at (740) 439-2751 for rates. Make sure to tell them you are
attending for the Bigfoot EXPO. Or you may check the RATES LISTING
Pennsylvania
No upcoming events at this time
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March 22, 2008 Tri-State Bigfoot Meeting in summary
The Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group hosted its first ever regular meeting at Salt Fork State Parks lodge on March 22nd. The meeting
was well attended with at least 51 persons showing up. While everyone seemed very pleased with the venue and accommodations
there are a few wrinkles that need to be ironed out if another meeting is to be held there.
The meeting started off by group founder Don Keating giving a final list of scheduled speakers for the 20th Annual Bigfoot
Conference / EXPO as well as a brief summary of alleged Bigfoot sighting in Ohio from 2007. He then showed two videotapes. The
first of which were the classic Kokanee Beer commercials and the second of which was the hilarious Comedy Channels "The Daily
Show" from the middle 1990's when Floridian David Shealy was highlighted regarding his Skunk Ape research.
There was a brief intermission and then after wards a woman in attendance stood before the audience and told of her encounter with
an apparent Bigfoot creature on the evening of November 12th, 2007 in rural Guernsey County.
The meeting concluded with chit chat regarding several different aspects of the Bigfoot phenomenon and talk of whether or not those
in attendance would like to hold regular meeting at the lodge. The vote was pretty much unanimous in favor of. After all cleared the
room and everything was packed away several of the attendees went to the handicap picnic area and huddled around a fire courtesy
of Terry and Treba Jahn of Sunbury, Ohio.
Summary of Dec 8, 2007 Tri-State (Ohio) meeting:
The Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group hosted a meeting on Saturday night December 8th, 2007. There were 48 in attendance. The
speaker for the evening was Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society (PBS) Director Eric Altman. Altman is from Jeanette, Pennsylvania.
Altman presented 100 photos in a power point presentation regarding his trip out to northern California during the weekend of
October 20th, 2007. He and fellow PBS member Tim Cassidy made the trek together.
The main reason for going out west was to attend the 40th Anniversary gathering in Willow Creek, California to commemorate the
filming of the Patterson / Gimlin Bigfoot film. Altman reported that 56 were in attendance for the event. Altman also told about how a
supposed 6 to 7 hour trip ended up being 10 and one half hours, how meetings with west coast Bigfooter's ended up having to be
cancelled but also reported and showed the density and beauty of the forest of the Pacific northwest (PNW). Overall Eric's
presentation was well received by the 48 in attendance at the Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group.
After intermission group founder / chairman Don Keating covered three audio recordings that have been taken since late October in
eastern Ohio, he covered a very good sighting of an alleged Bigfoot creature that took place on November 12th, 2007 in eastern
Ohio and he also gave a brief report on planning for the upcoming 20th Annual Bigfoot Conference / EXPO which is slated for May
17th, 2008. The location will be Salt Fork State Park lodge and the time will be from 4 to 10 p.m. Scheduled speakers were
announced last night, which there are three with the possibility of a four being added. The confirmed speakers for the event are...
Dr. Jeff Meldrum from Pocatello, Idaho
M K Davis from near Jackson, Mississippi and
Eric Altman from Jeanette, Pennsylvania.
Keating announced there will be special VIP seating (front row) available by reservation for the event in 2008. Along with the seating
there will also be one or two items tossed in with that package. Details are yet to be worked out. One person in attendance took
advantage of the package at the meeting and already reserved his seats for the event.
The next meeting of the Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group is scheduled for March of 2008. A date has yet to be set. It is likely to take
place in one of the meeting rooms at Salt Fork State Park lodge.
It should be noted that people from near and far attended the meeting last night. Several members of the "Legend Trackers" e-mail
community and group were in attendance.
For additional information on the upcoming meeting in March or how to reserve your VIP package which guarantees front row seating
at the conference, contact Don Keating at eobic@yahoo.com and for conference updates go to www.eobic.com and click on the link.
Thank you to those of you who attended last nights meeting.
DON KEATING
EASTERN OHIO BIGFOOT
INVESTIGATION CENTER
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