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Bigfoot Festival Coming To Southeast Ohio In 2022

The 2022 Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival is scheduled to take place in early August in Logan, about 50 minutes southeast of Columbus.

LOGAN, OH β€” Bigfoot is coming to southeast Ohio in August.

The 2022 Hocking Hills Bigfoot Festival is scheduled to take place Aug. 5-6 in Logan, about 50 minutes southeast of Columbus.

Logan is in Hocking Hills, known as the Bigfoot Capital of Ohio, event organizers said in a video produced by WOUB. This will be the town's first Bigfoot festival held in August.

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"We're able to have this festival to help encourage not only Bigfoot, fun, education, conservation but a little bit of restoration," Festival organizer Bea Mills told the TV station in a video posted on the festival's website.

Part of the proceeds will go toward restoring the Logan Theater.

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A flyer for the event said festivities include:

  • National and local presentations at the Logan Theater
  • Jeep Show
  • Live Music
  • Crafts & Vendors
  • Squatch & Seek
  • Local Cuisine
  • Meet & Greet

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