01/03/2023
The Ohio Bigfoot Organization would like to welcome as our 5th and final confirmed speaker for the world famous Ohio Bigfoot Conference May 6th, 2023 at Salt Fork Lodge and Conference Center the Legend himself, the man who invented the Buckeye Bigfoot, the founder of the Ohio Bigfoot Conference scene, the one and only Don Keating of Newcomerstown, Ohio.
👣 Don joins the following speakers to complete our lineup.
👣 Cliff Barackman- of the North American Bigfoot Center & Finding Bigfoot
👣 Ranae Holland-the skeptical scientist of Finding Bigfoot
👣 David Bakara- of Expedition: Bigfoot The Sasquatch Museum in Blue Ridge, GA
👣 Adam Davies- the famous world cryptid explorer
As we celebrate the 35th straight year of an Ohio Bigfoot Conference, who other than the founder himself to tell us all the ups and downs of the wonderful world of the Buckeye Bigfoot.
How about a warm welcome to Don as we all celebrate our 35th straight Bigfoot Conferences in Ohio. Good to have you back Don. 👣👣👣👣
The Ohio Bigfoot Conference Salt Fork is held at the beautiful Salt Fork Lodge and Conference Center just outside of Cambridge, Ohio located in Guernsey county.
Although all the tickets 🎟 to see the speakers are sold out, the rest of the event on Saturday, May 6th, 2023 is FREE and open to the public from 10 AM to 7 PM. There will be three levels of vendors, speaker booths, massive displays, and a multitude of food trucks set-up. Bring one, bring all to this fancy friendly event.
Once again, a HUGE thank you Don 😊👣
and welcome back to the OBC 👣😊👣👣😊
His BIO is as followed-
DON KEATING BIOGRAPHY
Don Keating of Newcomerstown, Ohio started his search for the elusive Bigfoot / Sasquatch in July of 1984 when he read John Green’s book “Sasquatch The Apes Among Us”. Ironically in late August of that
same year a local newspaper “The Newcomerstown NEWS” ran a story on the front page about strange out of place animals being seen in the local area. These included a large cat, such as a Mountain Lion, not a pet cat. A large exotic looking bird such as a Parrot, and last but certainly not least, a large animal walking on two legs, covered in dark brown or dark hair, resembling “Bigfoot”. Considering the fact
Keating had Bigfoot fresh in his mind, and he knew the staff at the local newspaper, he took a chance to find out who the witnesses were of the alleged sighting and interview them. One thing led to another… In October of 1984 Tom Archer of Reynoldsburg, Ohio contacted Keating as a result of Keating sending the August newspaper article to John Green, who in turn sent it to Archer in Reynoldsburg. Archer and Keating began digging into areas where Bigfoot had apparently been seen in parts of Ohio. They
attended the October 1984 meeting of the “Tri-County UFO Study Group” in Alliance, Ohio.
Keating held his first regular meeting in July of 1985 and held his first “Annual Bigfoot Conference” in March of 1989. Speakers at the event were Art Caruso of Youngstown, Ohio, John Regoli, eyewitness
from St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Betty Parks of Eaton, Ohio. As a result of the descent turnout at that first Conference he decided to hold another in 1990. In fact he held them every year from thereon
through 2012 when he turned over the event to Marc DeWerth of Cleveland, Ohio.
This year, 2023, is the 35th CONSECUTIVE YEAR that the conference Don Keating started has taken place! The number of speakers, attendees, and eyewitnesses is unknown, but just the number of people who have attended reaches far into the thousands.
Keating has written five booklets on the subject and his research. They are…
THE SASQUATCH TRIANGLE
THE EASTERN OHIO SASQUATCH
THE BUCKEYE BIGFOOT
BIGFOOT AT SALT FORK
BIG DREAMS AND BIGFOOT
He has been seen on countless TV programs, most notably including…
*The Today Show with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Gotb
*Monster Quest “The Ohio Grassman”
*Leigh Harts “Mysterious World” out of New Zealand
*The Comedy Channels “The Daily Show” interviewed by A. Whitney Brown
*WUAB-TV CLEVELAND
*WBNS-TV COLUMBUS
*WHIZ-TV ZANESVILLE
*WSYX-TV COLUMBUS
*WJW-TV CLEVELAND
*WDTN-TV DAYTON
*WEWS-TV CLEVELAND
He has also been the guest on countless radio programs across the world.
Don Keating currently works locally and resides in his hometown of Newcomerstown, Ohio in Tuscarawas County.