Bigfoot Town Hall to bring speakers, music, food trucks and more to Seale
For those interested in cryptids, creatures and figuring out whether tall tales are tall or not, an event coming to Seale, Alabama, this weekend might be for you.
The third annual East Alabama Bigfoot Town Hall, conducted by the Squatch Seekers of the South, will be Saturday, starting at 9 a.m., at the Old Seale Courthouse, 5 Jackson St.
The event will feature speakers from the Bigfoot community, vendors, food trucks and live music. Tickets for the event will be $15 at the door, according to Jessie Porter, vice president of the Squatch Seekers of the South.
Porter told the Ledger-Enquirer the group comprises close friends who have a similar interest in the subject of Bigfoot and are outdoorsmen who “use it as another good reason just to get out in the woods and camp, hike and, you know, get outdoors and do that whole thing.”
“We pretty much like getting out and doing research, and we want to prove it to ourselves if it’s true or not, more than anything else,” Porter said. “What we gain and learn in the process, we share.”
The group has been around for 10-15 years, Porter said, and was started by his friend Chris Price.
Porter said he worked for Price for a while and Price would play a podcast about Sasquatch (the indigenous name for Bigfoot) on job sites. Porter said he hated it at first but got more into the subject the longer he listened to it.
“I’ve never really been a skeptic,” he said. “I’m like, ‘Something could be out there, something could not be, you know?’”
Porter said he listened to the podcast more and eventually fell in love with the subject and found a really good reason to go into the woods.
The Squatch Seekers of the South’s logo features the phrase, “Believe, disbelieve, or simply Sasquatch-Curious.” Porter said some people don’t believe Bigfoot is real, some believe it could be real, and some are just interested in the unknown and paranormal.
“We don’t try to push anything on anyone saying, ‘You have to believe this, or you’re wrong because you don’t believe,’” Porter said. “We’re open to everything, and we’re just trying to find the definitive proof for ourselves.”
Porter said if anyone has any questions about the Squatch Seekers of the South, they can contact the members individually or through the group’s Facebook page.
He said the group has had people who own property where unexplained things go on but don’t lean toward Bigfoot. Porter said the group encourages those people to reach out, and the group is willing to investigate and research with proper permission being given. Porter said the group doesn’t charge people money to visit.