I had a great time there last year and I thought my schedule was full for that one. This year’s will be even fuller for me.
October 12, 2005
I am going to be attending the 2005 TBRC conference. I will be speaking and videoing at the event. I am also going to try and post daily logs from it as well, with pictures of course. Craig and company put on a great show, one of the best I have ever been too. I hope I see quite a few of my friends there… maybe even a reader or two of this blog.
I had a great time there last year and I thought my schedule was full for that one. This year’s will be even fuller for me.
The first conference on the subject I ever went to also happened to be the first conference on the subject… the 1978 UBC (University of British Columbia), held on campus in Vancouver, B.C. The conference was star studded with academia. Scientists, for the most part though, spoke about the cultural significance and ramifications of the phenomena. That part was a little disappointing.
There were two excellent books produced from the proceedings:
Rene Dahinden, John Green, Bob Gimlin, Bob Titmus, Grover Krantz, Barbara Butler/Wasson, Tony Healy, Bob Walls, Bruce Bonney, Al Berry, Carleton Coon, Peter Matthiessen and Peter Byrne were among the group attending. Bob Walls and I roomed together during the event.
Many of the nights were spent in a campus pub… yeah they had one there. I met up with several writers, both newspaper and magazine. I will post one of the articles from that time concerning the conference in two posts… But my fondest memories come from right after the conference. More on that later… OK, I’ll give ya a hint… The "White film" and Rene draped over the hood of my truck like a hunters deer or elk being transported home.
About Rick Noll
Rick Noll has been actively searching for the Sasquatch since 1969 and continues his pursuit with extended field trips into the Pacific Northwest's most remote regions. Rick has worked with Peter Byrne, René Dahinden, Grover Krantz, John Green, Jeff Meldrum and the BFRO during all this. He helped with many documentaries on the subject including Animal X: The Skookum Expedition and Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.
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