IamSundog
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While on vacation in Maine this week I managed a visit to Loren Coleman’s International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland. It was great fun and IMHO worth the $10 admission fee.
The museum is basically two large rooms crammed with exhibits, curiosities, well-aged newspaper articles, and pop culture trinkets. I would have to say that it is a fairly random mishmash of stuff and not terribly well organized overall, but with some cabinets worthy of delving into.
I was particularly thrilled to see a bigfoot cast taken by Patterson and Gimlin on the day of and at the site of their famous film. My uber-skeptic 23 year old son was actually a little bit impressed and became thoughtful at an exhibit showing the animals that transitioned from myth to scientifically established over the past century.
Pictures to follow.
The museum is basically two large rooms crammed with exhibits, curiosities, well-aged newspaper articles, and pop culture trinkets. I would have to say that it is a fairly random mishmash of stuff and not terribly well organized overall, but with some cabinets worthy of delving into.
I was particularly thrilled to see a bigfoot cast taken by Patterson and Gimlin on the day of and at the site of their famous film. My uber-skeptic 23 year old son was actually a little bit impressed and became thoughtful at an exhibit showing the animals that transitioned from myth to scientifically established over the past century.
Pictures to follow.