11-Year Old Bigfoot Researcher Looking Forward Ohio Bigfoot Conference

Cal Marks wins 1st Prize at his Science Fair

"I tell them, well, with all the sightings, photographs and videos for evidence, how can they all be hoaxes?" -- Cal Marks' retort to skeptics

The StarGazzette has an inspiring story of an ambitious 11-year old who is an aspiring cryptozoologist and Bigfoot researcher. His name is Cal Marks; he sleeps under an inflatable globe marked with sightings, a poster-sized pinned map New York, and thick binder of sightings by county. To top it off, he won his school's science fair on the topic of Bigfoot.

Learn more about Cal Marks in the excerpt below.

Meet Cal Marks, of Wellsburg, Bigfoot researcher and aspiring cryptozoologist. His mom calls this amiable 11-year-old "Calisquatch," a play off his name and interests.

"Some kids think I am crazy because I believe in Bigfoot. They are trying to tell me that Bigfoot is not real," said the Broadway Elementary School fifth-grader. "I tell them, well, with all the sightings, photographs and videos for evidence, how can they all be hoaxes?"

Cal hasn't seen a Bigfoot, though he and his brothers went looking during one family vacation to the Adirondacks. He described how he would outfit himself for his next expedition: "I'd take a camera, number one, and probably a weapon, just in case. There hasn't been any Bigfoot attacks, except for maybe one or two."

Cal's research into locations of Bigfoot sightings earned him first place as a fourth-grader at his school's science fair last year. He thinks field research as a cryptozoologist for such creatures as the Loch Ness monster or Jersey Devil would be a great career.

"For anybody who doesn't believe, do you know how many new species of animals just last year alone were found? There are so many," he said.

Cal's whole family is going with him to the Ohio Bigfoot Conference and is looking forward to meeting Bigfoot legend Bob Gimlin.

OHIO BIGFOOT CONFERENCE DETAILS
Website: www.OhioBigfootConference.com
Where: Salt Fork Lodge and Conference Center
When: May 16, 2015

Tennessee Mayor Boast 2nd Finding Bigfoot Episode

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett

“[Bigfoot] always interested me, unusual animal stories and sightings and things like that...” --Mayor Tim Burchett

Knox News reports on Finding Bigfoot's return to Knox County, Tennessee. When Animal Planet's hit TV show aired the first visit to Tennessee it became one of the highest rated episode internationally. Read an excerpt below to find out what makes Knox County and the Mayor so nice they had to visit twice.

The episode chronicling their second visit to Tennessee aired this past Sunday, and the mayor is featured prominently in scenes at a “town-hall meeting” they held at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. He first connected with the show’s producers a few years ago through local Bigfoot enthusiasts.

“When they came to town to visit, I talked to them about what was going on around here, and the local club,” says Burchett. “They fell in love with it, and came here to film the first show. I was told that it was the best-ranked show overseas that they’d had. So, they decided to come back.”

“Finding Bigfoot” cast and crew returned last September and filmed at various area locations, including ASME, Frozen Head State Park, and some scenic rural farm lands. The show’s images of the attractions and scenery of East Tennessee are actually of keener interest to Burchett than whether or not they locate a Bigfoot.

You can read the Mayor Burchett's memories of Leonard Nimoy's In Search of at Downtown Randall Brown: Find your inner Bigfoot, outdoors 

Meet the Author of "The Oregon Bigfoot Highway"

The Oregon Bigfoot Highway by Joe Beelart and Cliff Olson

DATE: Sunday, may 17th

TIME: 12:30-3:00

WHERE: NW Quimby Lucky Lab  | 1945 NW Quimby St. Portland, OR 97209

WHO: Joe Beelart

Clackamas county can boast the largest amount of documented sightings than any other county in the United Stated. This book chronicles the best of the best! The accounts in this book span over a hundred years and were reported by persons of diverse professions from lawyers to loggers.

The Oregon Bigfoot Highway is the most comprehensive Bigfoot research book available. Complete with 13 detailed maps of the Clackamas Area, it uses the old Oregon's National Scenic Byway No.5 to tie the wildest collection of Bigfoot encounters, many of which have not been reported until now.

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE OREGON BIGFOOT HIGHWAY

• 31 Sightings and 43 Track Finds
• 69 Bigfoot-related Incidents
• 118 Photos and 13 Maps
• 188 Characteristics Reported in Appendix II

Join us at HopsSquatch for a book signing to meet the author Joe Beelart as he spins tales from one of the most anticipated books on Sasquatch research. This biggest names in the Bigfoot community have waited years for this book and now you can get your own copy signed by the "King of Clackamas" himself; Joe Beelart.

Clackamas County can boast the largest amount of documented sightings than any other county in the United Stated. This book chronicles the best of the best! The accounts in this book span over a hundred years and were reported by persons of diverse professions from lawyers to loggers.