2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference

By Daryl Colyer and Alton Higgins
The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy (TBRC) announced today the finalized location for the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference. Over the last several years, the annual fundraising event has continued to grow in size from 150 attendees in 2001 to over 500 attendees in recent years. In 2006, the event was combined with the Bigfoot in Texas? exhibit in San Antonio at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute of Texan Cultures. This year’s event will be in Tyler, Texas at the Caldwell Auditorium and is scheduled for 26 September 2009. The all-day conference event features an impressive list of speakers who present the latest in bigfoot sightings and research. The list of speakers will be announced at a later date.
The TBRC is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit scientific charitable organization, comprised of volunteer investigators, scientists and naturalists, pursuing education and research activities pertaining to the centuries-old "wildman" phenomenon in North America. The TBRC proposes that the source of the phenomenon is a biological entity, probably an unlisted large primate. The organization is actively engaged in activities designed to test that hypothesis, including the onsite investigation of credible reported sightings in the Ark-La-Tex-Oma region.

The TBRC is funded by membership dues, fundraisers, and the annual Texas Bigfoot Conference, in addition to donations and grants. The TBRC desires to enhance the credibility of bigfoot/sasquatch research and facilitate a greater degree of acceptance by the scientific community and other segments of society of the likelihood of a biological basis behind the sasquatch mystery.

The host hotel for the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference is the Sleep Inn and Suites, located at 5555 South Donnybrook Avenue in Tyler (903-581-8646). For those planning to attend, it is recommended that hotel rooms be reserved well in advance. In order to qualify for the discounted price of $89 plus tax, the hotel needs to know that the person or group is in town for the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference. The Sleep Inn and Suites will provide a complimentary hot buffet breakfast and a meeting room for Conference attendees. The overflow hotels are: Comfort Suites (903-534-0999); and Holiday Inn Select (903-561-5800).

General admission to the Conference is $15, but there is a package that includes a catered fundraiser banquet with the speakers, TBRC researchers and other bigfoot researchers after the Conference on Saturday night, 26 September at the Discovery Science Place in Tyler. This also includes premium reserved seating at the Conference and lunch. This package is $60 if paid prior to the event.