Since that first meeting, over 4,300 people have attended the over 150 meetings, all of which have taken place in Newcomerstown. What follows are photos of many of the speakers, and contact information as well as a schedule through the year 2001.
Here is the list of scheduled meetings for the year 2001 for the Tri-State Bigfoot Study Group. NOTE... There are no scheduled meetings for January and February.
June 2
July 7
August 4
September 1
October 6
November 3
December 1
All meetings will begin at 8 p.m. promptly and will be held in the Conference room of the Super 8 motel located at I-77 & US 36 near Newcomerstown. You may phone Marc DeWerth for directions. His number is (440) 236-6301. You may e-mail Mr. DeWerth at MADBIGFOOT@aol.com for additional details from northern Ohio.
Since the study group began holding meetings in the summer of 1985, I have kept a record of how many people attend each meeting. The first meeting in July of 1985 hosted 32. The most recent meeting in December of 1999 hosted 35. In between those meetings, a record number of 208 have attended (the 10'th Annual Bigfoot Conference) and a low number of only 2, that's right, TWO attended in December of 1986. People from as far away as British Columbia Canada, and as far east as Portland, Maine have attended. In fact, one man who was attending Arizona State University in 1991 drove all the way up here from Tucson to attend and do research. He was here from mid-September to early December. His name... Yasushi Kojo. Originally from Japan!
There have been more guest speakers than I can keep track of. Right off, though, I'll mention a few of the more noteables....
Larry Lund of Vancouver, Washington speaks to the 55 in attendance at the June 6'th, 1999 meeting of the Bigfoot Study Group. Lund is known as the Sasquatch Sleuth to those who know him.
Daniel Perez from the Center for Bigfoot Studies in Norwalk, California speaks at the 10'th Annual Bigfoot Conference. Mr. Perez also spoke at the October 1996 meeting.
Dr. John Bindernagel, wildlife biologist from Courtenay, B.C. at the 10'th Annual Conference.
Ray Crowe of the Western Bigfoot Society in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Crowe spoke at the September 1996 regular meeting as well at the 10'th Annual Conference.
Loren Coleman from Portland, Maine at the 11'th Annual Conference.
J.E. "Smokey" Crabtree with Don Keating at the 11'th Annual Conference. Smokey is well known for his major role in the movie "The Legend of Boggy Creek" which was filmed at his home town of Fouke, Arkansas.
Bob Chance of Bel Air, Maryland speaks to the 143 in attendance at the 11'th Annual Conference. Chance has been researching for many years.
Robert W. Morgan who resides in Canton, Ohio was the speaker at the Bigfoot Study Group in July of 1991 as well as December of 1992. Morgan heads the American Anthropological Research Foundation or AARF for short.
Scott Herriott of San Francisco, California has spoke to the Bigfoot Study Group on two occasions. April of 1997 and June of 1998. He host' ZDTV's Internet Tonight TV show and was one of our speakers at the Annual Bigfoot Conference in April 2000.
Look for additional pictures of some past speakers to be posted and if you'd like information on a future meeting, feel free to contact me, Don Keating in Newcomerstown, Ohio.
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