Bigfoot in Portland
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 1st, 2009
On Halloween 2009, WGME-TV, Portland, ran a story and good video of the finishing preparation of the International Cryptozoology Museum, taken during the afternoon of October 31st.
It was entitled “Bigfoot in Portland.”
The video is said to exist online here.
The text of their story is below.
A new museum opening November 6th in Portland will play host to an eight foot tall, 400 pound model of Bigfoot.
The cryptozoology museum is located on Congress Street inside the Green Hand Bookstore.
The curator, Loren Coleman, is one of the country’s leading cryptozoologists.
He says cryptozoology uses the scientific method to expose new species. He also cites famous examples, such as the Mountain Gorilla and Giant Panda. Both of those animals were considered “cryptids” – known only through testimonials and scant evidence – before being fully discovered.
Other cryptids include The Loch Ness Monster, the Yeti and, of course, Bigfoot.
The Museum will include replicas of these creatures as well as artifacts and souvenirs from around the world.
Loren Coleman has a blog tracking the world of cryptozoology, Cryptomundo.com.
Posted: Saturday, October 31 2009, 07:42 PM EDT
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.
Congrats on the write up ! It’s a wonder to see this and the great publicity coming off on Halloween. Now, if you could call on McMahon and Tate for a publicity stunt involving a slew of Bigfoot sightings in the area. Give it top their top man Stevens as I’ve heard he and his wife are a good team! I’ll have a contribution to the museum by the end of the week to help the cause. Thank you for the opportunity and this fine site Loren.