INTERNATIONAL BIGFOOT SOCIETY 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
by Richard Noll
2002 - May 11 & 12
Here is the schedule for the next Bigfoot Meeting in Oregon.
INTERNATIONAL BIGFOOT SOCIETY 10TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Scheduled for May 11-12, Washington County Fairgrounds, Hillsboro, Oregon (that's off Hwy 26 to the coast, and get off at exit 61 for the fairgrounds). 10AM-5PM. Open to the public, $5.00 donation. The IBS is a 501 (C) 3 Institution. There are many exhibits planned and people have been invited to show off their art or Bigfoot memorabilia. One professional artist from Seattle will have pictures for sale. There will be books and other items for sale. Fri, Sat, and Sun night there will be a no-host dinner at local restaurants (I'll be pretty busy Fri with set-up, and Sun with tear down...could use help) , and we'll try to work in some field trips.
More info: Ray Crowe, Director IBS
225 NE 30th Ave, Hillsboro, OR 97124 (503)640-6581
InternationalBigfootSociety.com
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SPEAKER SCHEDULE (subject to change without notice). In the event that speakers run overtime, I won't discourage them...the information being all-important. If necessary, we will run later than 5:00 PM, and cut the lunch break short. Ray Crowe will introduce the speakers at the podium.
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Saturday May 11th
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**10:00 AM Joe Beelart and Cliff Olson. The Glenn Thomas reports. Include where the Bigfoot family ate golden mantled ground squirrels after digging pits in rocks. Both are first rate investigators with a lot of time in the field. Joe has published a fiction book. Both live near the Clackamas River drainage, where there are many sightings.
**10:30AM Regan Dickenson, of Dawson Creek, BC, Canada, tells of a BC sighting. Regan spoke at the conference last year and had some very interesting visual material. Regan does surveying, and at one time took a photo of a possible Bigfoot.
**11:00AM Gordon Strasenburgh of North Bend, OR, will discuss the Patterson/Gimlin Bigfoot sighting of Bluff Creek, California, on Oct. 20, 1967. Gordon gave an excellent talk in Bellingham last October. He will speak again Sunday afternoon at 2:00PM.
**11:30AM Thom Powell. Thom has shared many experiences with us and is an excellent speaker. He hasn't at this time decided on a topic.
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**1:00PM John Andrews, MA. Geographical distribution of Bigfoot throughout the US and Canada, plus notes on some foreign observations. John did a terrific job in Bellingham, and we all marveled at the extent of his knowledge.
**1:30PM Jerry Mitchell. Jerry lives at Ripplebrook in the Cascade Mountains, and is going to tell us of the Ripplebrook Bigfoot sighting.
**2:00PM Sue Lindley. BFRO Curator Sue recently moved to Oregon to learn about Bigfoot firsthand. As an artist, she had sculpted several Bigfoot related items. Her talk will be on the Sighting and Vocalization of a White Sasquatch.
**2:30PM Rick Noll, another BFRO Curator, Rick will tell us about the recent Waynesboro, PA track find, and display some plaster tracks made at the site by BFRO Investigators.
**3:00PM Ron Morehead and Al Berry, and two more BFRO Curators. They will talk on the Sierra Sounds, a unique tape that Al made as a newspaper reporter of Bigfoot noises in the Sierra's of California.
**3:30PM Dr. John Bindernagel, also a BFRO Curator and biologist from Vancouver Island is going to speak on what a Sasquatch/Bigfoot is.
**4:00PM Dr. William York. African adventurer and author. Studied both primates in Africa and Bigfoot in Oregon, will talk on that subject. Book "Out In The Midday Shade," is available through Safari Press.
**4:30pm Dr. Matthew Johnson. "They're Back," the return of a Bigfoot group to the southern Oregon Cascades and the evidence and clues they are leaving behind.
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SUNDAY MAY 12TH SPEAKERS
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**10AM Thomas Steenburg of Calgary, Alberta, will show a video of a Bigfoot filmed in British Columbia, and tell us of other Canadian sightings.
**10:30AM Jason Valenti. A Bigfoot sighting in Florida. This unique report explains how the creatures mysteriously appear to disappear.
**11:00AM Steven Harvey of Vancouver, BC, will display a video of and early Sasquatch Symposium at Harrison Hot Springs, BC. Steven hosts the Symposium annually...last October in Bellingham, WA.
**11:30AM Dean Harrison of Australia is sending a video greeting with talk on recent Yowee events. Last year, a similar tape, described how aggressive the Yowee was.
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**12:30PM Mary Jo Florey, MA, will explain the intricacies of DNA, concentrating of Neandertal and Bigfoot.
**1:00PM Rob Alley, from Ketchikan, Alaska, will tell of the Alaskan Bigfoot, and tell us of a book written on the topic, due to be published soon.
**1:30PM Dr. Jean-Paul Debenat of Nances, France. Will discuss European Cryptozoology in comparison to North American cryptids.
**2:00 PM Gordon Strasenburgh. Will speak on Native American artifacts representing Sasquatch. This program was a humdinger in Bellingham last October.
**2:30 PM Ryan Layton of Utah, will tell us of Bigfoot in Utah, and what the recent Olympic visitors might have seen.
**3:00 PM Terry Reams, had an incident on I-84 that was witnessed by his family and several others as the Bigfoot crossed the busy freeway. Four of the other witnesses were police officers. We've had this report before, but for the newcomers I've asked him to repeat this important and well documented sighting.
**3:30 PM Laura Hecota. A sighting at Silver Lake, Oregon. Laura, a Klamath Indian Native American, has some good stories to relate, and we look forward to them. I'm hoping daughter Molly will come and contribute her experience also.
**4:00PM Dr Ed Fusch. Bigfoot on the Lummi Reservation, WA. Ed has been researching a possible granddaughter related to Bigfoot. He plans an interview in Western Washington. We're all anxious to see if he is able to obtain DNA evidence.
**4:30PM Tim Cassidy, CIG. Tim, recently moved west from Indiana, has been studying Bigfoot on the Lummi Reservation, WA. He plans to bring a tape of a police investigation conversation from over radio.
**NOTE: Mr Peter Byrne, FRGS, has been invited, but has not been able to confirm yet, but doesn't look like he will be attending.
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HILLSBORO, OREGON AREA HOTELS
Price for a single, one night, for comparison
(There are some RV slots at the Fairplex, call early, 503-648-1416
**Best Western, 3500 NE Cornell Road, 800-528-1234 503-648-3500
$76.00...But tell them your with Bigfoot group and rate is $59.00. Walking distance to Conference. Restaurant next door
**Candlewood Hotel, 3133 NE Shute Road, 1-888-CANDLEWOOD 503-681-2123 $59.00 12 blocks to conference
**Courtyard By Marriott (at 185th & Greenburg)
3050 Nustuki Place 800-321-2211 503-690-1800 $79.00
**Stonebrook Suites, 6550 NE Brighton Drive
877-877-0807 503-268-6000 at 229th and Cornell Road $69.00
**Travelodge, 622 SE 10th 800-578-7878 503-640-4791 $48.15 A long walk from conference
**Wingate Inn, 5900 Ray Circle at Orenco Station $69.00 new 800-228-1000
503-844-9696
**Phoenix Inn, 15402 NW Cornell Road 503-614-8100 www.phoenixinn.com
$79.00 888-944-8100 nice place
**Dunes Motel, 452 SE 10th 800-547-5550 503-648-8991 $40.66 close to downtown
Contact information: Ray Crowe
Posted on May 10, 2002, 3:43 PM from IP address 12.230.53.185