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Do You Think Bigfoot are from Another Planet?
Bigfoot, traditionally, is viewed as a simple creature of the woods while UFOs are considered sophisticated visitors from outer space.
Yet, could there be a connection between the two?
Speakers will discuss this possibility at the upcoming Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) of Pennsylvania’s seventh annual Pittsburgh UFO-Creature Conference, slated for Nov. 8 at the Westmoreland County Community College near Youngwood.
“There are two different fields of thought with Bigfoot: one that Bigfoot is flesh and blood and, two, that he is inter-dimensional or alien,’’ said Fred Saluga, MUFON’s West Virginia state director and Pennsylvania regional director, who is scheduled to speak with Brian Seech, director of the Center for the Unexplained, in a presentation called “Bigfoot and Mysterious Creatures.’’
A native of Luzerene Township now living in New Cumberland, W.Va., Saluga, 65, is one of several presenters who will speak on a variety of topics at the conference. Many of them are appearing on television shows. They include journalist Nick Redfern, who appears in “Ancient Aliens’’ on the History Channel, Derrel Sims, who appears in “Uncovering Aliens’’ on the Discovery Channel,’’ PA MUFON director John Ventre, of Greensburg, who appears in “Hangar 1’’ on the History Channel and “Alien Mysteries and Close Encounters’’ on the Discovery Channel. Seech also appears on “Monsters and Mysteries’’ on Destination America. Ventre said as a result of the shows, membership and case reports to MUFON have grown higher nationwide. In Pennsylvania, interest was already strong enough to support three annual conferences that take place in Westmoreland County, Erie and Philadelphia.
“We get six cases a week, about 300 a year,’’ said Ventre.
But the shows make it easier for people to discuss their own experiences.
“I think people are starting to come out now with shows like ‘Hanger 1,’’’ said Saluga, 65, a former police officer who is starting a group called the Bigfoot Research Project in Pennsylvania. “Before, everyone was afraid to say anything. The more you get into this, you realize there’s so much in the world we don’t understand.’’
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