Washington State Historical Society's Bigfoot Exhibit

Washington State Historical Society has an upcoming exhibit January 23 through June 27. The exhibit is titled "Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch"

The Washington State History Museum is where fascination and FUN come together! People of all ages can explore and be entertained in an environment where characters from Washington's past speak about their lives. Through interactive exhibits, theatrical storytelling, high-tech displays and dramatic artifacts, learn about our state's unique people and places, as well as their impact on the country and the world.

Explore the Sasquatch mystery, set in the Pacific Northwest region said to be home to these ape-like creatures. The exhibit examines how scientists attempt to explain and investigate the Sasquatch phenomenon. It also looks at hoaxes and popular cultural interpretations of Bigfoot. A look at tribal legends and masks provide yet another insight into this elusive being.

This exploration of Sasquatch stories looks at the Pacific Northwest environment, which provides a rich setting for the folklore surrounding these unexplained creatures.

Physical evidence collected by anthropologist and famed Bigfoot researcher, Dr. Grover Krantz, and Discovery Channel expert and professor Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum of Idaho State University, will be on display.

Organized by the Washington State History Museum.
1911 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
(253) 272-3500
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(253) 272-9518 Fax

EXTERNAL LINKS
Washington State History Museum Home Page
Giants in the Mountains: The Search for Sasquatch

G'Day Yowie!

G'Day Yowie! Yowie is the somewhat affectionate term for an unidentified hominid reputed to lurk in the Australian wilderness. It is an Australian cryptid similar to the Himalayan Yeti and the North American Bigfoot.

We get a double dose of Yowie on the web. First, Darren Naish at ScienceBlogs.com's Tetrapod Zoology reviews the book "The Yowie: In Search of Austrailia's Bigfoot."

Darren Naish is a vertebrate palaeontologist with six years of phd work on theropod dinosaurs behind him, he mostly spends long hours in the library, hunched over his laptop.

Naise makes it clear how he feels about cryptozoology--kind of.

"I'm of the opinion that the Australian Yowie is one of the most problematic of mystery beasts. It is, in fact, so ridiculous and inconvenient that it's difficult to take seriously. As if sasquatch, yeti and orang pendek aren't difficult enough...I don't reject the possible existence of these creatures out of hand.

The review of the book is fascinating and thorough, it almost goes chapter by chapter.

At Craig Woolheater's Cryptomundo, Loren Coleman says there has been an uptick in reports to him regarding Yowie.

Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

The Cryptomundo post also includes videos interviews with Yowie witnesses.

EXTERNAL LINKS
"What to Make of Yowies?" by Darren Naish at Science Blogs
"Awash with Yowies aplenty mate" by Loren Coleman at Cryptomundo
Update to AKA Bigfoot World Map by Epic Gilgamesh at Bigfoot Lunch Club

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BigfootHub.com Just Gets Better and Better

Fans, we love BigfootHub.com and now we love them even more due to the upgrade of their site. Last year we couldn't say enough good things about them, and not just because it almost rhymes with Bigfoot Lunch Club, it is the best Bigfoot aggregation site out there. Hands down! It's truly a dream come true for so many web-surfing Bigfooters!

In their own words the goal of the site is:

...to bring information about the very best Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Skunk Ape content the Web has to offer into one location.

We don't want to create new Bigfoot content; there's plenty of sites out there that already do that quite well. Our goal is showcase the best the web has to offer for anyone who's interested in the subject. It is our hope that by providing greater exposure to a broader range of Bigfoot content and websites that already exist, those sites will be inspired to continue to publish new and frequent information by being rewarded with more visitors to their sites and blogs.

So the purpose isn't to rip off anyone else's content...it's to show it off.

We were able to get a hold of the Hub Master at Bigfoothub.com and the Hub Master was kind enough to share their three-tiered strategy that has contributed to the greatest new developments on the site. You can tell they are really focused on the end-user and care about making the best product possible.

We are pleased to launch the completely new BigfootHub.com.

The site has been overhauled for three reasons:

1. Facilitate better back-end database operations
2. Feedback received from our visitors
3. Browser capabilities of our visitors

1. Database Operations
We have moved BigfootHub.com to the Force.com platform. From a database and web-design perspective, this new platform is significantly less complicated, resulting in expanded capabilities (for us) and faster page-loads for you.

2. Visitor Feedback
We sincerely appreciate the feedback provided by everyone over the past few months. As part of that feedback, we are incorporating new functionality that allows our Home Page to updated more frequently, as well as allow visitors to submit their comments on the headlines we post.

3. Visitor Browser Capabilities
Over 56% of our visitors are using the Internet Explorer browser. Further, 1 out of every 4 visitors has their screen resolution set to 1024x768.

Both of these statistics were unexpected during the original design, and the new site both addresses and better accommodates these visitor patterns.

We hope the new site design works well for everyone. As always, please feel free to share your feedback on anything happening here at The Hub.

Best Regards,

The BigfootHub.com Team

Rumor has it they may also repackage our Bigfoot World Map on their site. Which we can't wait to see, as usually we will keep you updated. You can also see BLC is even listed on BigfootHub.com

EXTERNAL LINKS
www.BigfootHub.com
BLC's Listing at BigfootHub.com