Bigfoot: truth or tale?

For #FolkloreFriday, and #RockSolidHistory from upstate NY, today we will focus on #BigFoot.

The annual Sasquatch Calling Festival, held in Whitehall, NY every September, highlights the sub-culture of people who believe in this large, elusive, hairy, human-like creature, also known as a cryptid. A main feature of the festival is a sasquatch calling competition.

Many locals have heard this strange calling over several centuries at least. The local Native American people, members of the Six Iroquois Nations, also recorded it centuries ago, calling it a “Kiwak.” Big Foot is also regularly sighted today.

Whitehall is so ardent that Big Foot is real, that there is an ordinance from 2004 against the hunting of this creature. It is considered a protected species. It is also the town’s official mascot.

I went to the Sasquatch Calling Festival this year with family members who believe in bigfoot. I listened to some lectures, shopped in the creative vendors area, and ate out of some really fantastic food trucks. Overall, it was a really fun day in a beautiful area of New York. Events like this draw a great mix of people, most of them curious about it all.

Do you believe?
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