April 12th’s Boston Bigfoot Event

On April 12, 2008, the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute (GBBRI) will celebrate its grand opening with the North American Symposium on Sasquatch Research (NASSR), which will feature two unique events.

From 12:00 – 4:00 p.m., GBBRI will be open to the public, featuring family writing activities, product demonstrations, music and author readings, and a ribbon-cutting by Mayor Tom Menino at 1:30 p.m.

From 6:00 – 10:00 p.m., GOOD Magazine is co-sponsoring a gala event, the proceeds of which will support 826 Boston’s free writing and tutoring programs for kids. A mere $20 registration fee will get you in the door, free drinks, and a one-year subscription to Good Magazine. Plus, the event will feature some very special guests, a real, live Cryptozoologist, Bigfoot films, and other surprises.

826 Boston is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6-18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write.

12:00 – 1:00 Writing workshops
1:00 – 2:00 Author Readings & Presentations (including Loren Coleman’s brief talk)
2:00 – 2:30 Mayor’s Ribbon Cutting

6:00 – 7:00 Symposium Check-in & Cocktails
7:00 – 7:15 Mammalologist Eugene Mirman
7:15 – 7:45 “Does Sasquatch exist?” panel (includes Loren Coleman)
7:45 – 7:50 Giant Crab Wrestling
7:45 – 8:00 Yeti Researcher Author, Josh Bearman
8:00 – 8:05 Leech Ballet
8:05 – 8:25 Author Jim Shepard
8:30 – 9:00 Product Demonstrations & Bigfoot Films
9:00 – 10:00 DJ Set & Dancing

Train
We are within walking distance of the Jackson Square and Stony Brook stations on the Orange Line.

* From Jackson Square, exit the station onto Centre St.
* Turn left and walk down the hill one block to Columbus Ave.
* At the intersection, turn right onto Columbus Ave.
* Walk 10 minutes, passing Dimock Health Center on your left, then Walgreen’s on your left.
* You’ll hit the intersection with Walnut Park St., there is a Dunkin’ Donuts and a Citgo station on the left.
* Turn left on Walnut Park St., and walk one block to Washington St.
* You’ll be right in front of 826’s front door!

* #22: Ruggles-Ashmont: Columbus Ave. at West Walnut Park Stop
* #29: Mattapan-Ruggles: Columbus Ave. at Washington St. Stop
* #42: Forest Hills-Dudley/Ruggles: Washington St. at West Walnut Park Stop
* #44: Jackson Square-Ruggles: Columbus Ave. at West Walnut Park Stop

* Take 93 South through Downtown Boston
* Merge into the right lane for Exit 18, Mass. Ave./Andrews Square
* You’ll take two slight rights, then a slight left to stay on the Mass. Ave. Connector
* Mass. Ave. Connector becomes Melnea Cass Blvd.
* Continue on Melnea Cass Blvd. for almost 1 mile
* Turn left at Rt. 28/Tremont St.
* Follow Rt. 28 through Roxbury Crossing as it becomes Columbus Ave.
* Pass Dimock Health Center and Bragdon St. on your left.
* Just before the Citgo station, where you see the Dunkin’ Donuts on your left, take a left at Walnut Park St.
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* 826’s front door is at the end of the block where Walnut Park meets Washington St.

* Take 93 North to Exit 16, Southampton St./Andrews Square
* Turn left at Southampton St. and continue for 0.6 miles
* Take a left at Melnea Cass Blvd.
* Continue on Melnea Cass Blvd. for almost 1 mile
* Turn left at Rt. 28/Tremont St.
* Follow Rt. 28 through Roxbury Crossing as it becomes Columbus Ave.
* Pass Dimock Health Center and Bragdon St. on your left.
* Just before the Citgo station, where you see the Dunkin’ Donuts on your left, take a left at Walnut Park St.
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* 826’s front door is at the end of the block where Walnut Park meets Washington St.

* Take the Mass. Pike/90 East to Exit 22 towards the Prudential Center
* Merge onto Huntington Ave./Route 9
* Continue on Huntington Ave. for 1.5 miles
* Turn left on Tremont St.
* At Roxbury Crossing, turn right onto Columbus Ave.
* Pass Dimock Health Center and Bragdon St. on your left.
* Just before the Citgo station, where you see the Dunkin’ Donuts on your left, take a left at Walnut Park St.
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* 826’s front door is at the end of the block where Walnut Park meets Washington St.

Free parking is usually available on Washington St. north of Egleston Square or in the free public parking lot on Washington St., facing our front entrance.

Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman’s appearance is a voluntary, unpaid, contribution to 826 Boston’s efforts.

Loren Coleman About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. 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. Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct). Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015. Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.

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