This past weekend in upstate New York, more than three dozen people unleashed their best Bigfoot-inspired howls, hoots, and whoops at the third annual Sasquatch Calling Festival. The unique event took place in the town of Whitehall, a community which made news back in June by declaring Bigfoot to be their 'official animal' and, in a stroke of fantastic timing, a Sasquatch was subsequently spotted a few weeks later.
The festivities, a local newspaper reports, drew approximately 200 people who took in Bigfoot-related exhibits and lectures along with the usual staples one might except from your usual fall festival. But unlike the Harvestfest in your hometown, Whitehall's Sasquatch-centric celebration culminated with an amusing and odd competition in which participants bellowed like Bigfoot in the hopes of taking home a small cash prize as well as this year's title.
Over the course of what we imagine was a wildly entertaining hour, 21 children and 18 adults competed for the honor of being named this year's Sasquatch calling champion for their respective divisions. Check out some awesome video of the event at the Coast to Coast AM website.