The Bigfoot BBQ UFO Festival takes place at Camp Milton Loop in Dayton, PA. There, the festival celebrates the cryptids through stories, merchandise and food.
2024 DATE: June 22, 2024
Location: Camp Milton Loop
114 Milton Loop Lane
Dayton, Pennsylvania 16222
Website: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090280386066
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This post documents my experience on June 15, 2019.
Throughout my festival career, I’ve seen festivals about Bigfoot…
…BBQ (photo from a different festival)…
…and even UFO’s (photo from a different festival)…
…but never have I seen one about all three..until now.
Located at the Milton Loop Campground in Dayton, Pennsylvania, the Bigfoot BBQ UFO Festival was a newer, more intimate festival…
…where cryptozoologists and/or those who have experienced such cryptids as Bigfoot, the Mothman and the Kecksburg UFO, could talk about their experiences and research on stage, answer questions and share their message…
…through books (Ron Murphy, Jr.)…
…podcasts (Beyond Midnight)…
…and even physical evidence (Pennsylvania Bigfoot Project).
In-between speakers, festival fans could visit the campsite’s merchandise tent…
…for some Bigfoot and UFO souvenirs to take home…
…and there was even more in the vendor area…
…including great Bigfoot and UFO woodwork (Glenn’s Woodart/John Chestnut)…
…some slick Bigfoot and UFO tumblers (Anna Dear)…
…and various other Bigfoot products from pillows and quilts to T-Shirts and luminaries (Legendary Luminaries).
Other vendor offerings included goats milk soap (Farmstead Hare & Fare)…
…CBD oils…
…crystals, books and New Age gifts (Cybele’s).
Finally, in terms of food…
…the festival did have one BBQ food truck offering pulled pork and chicken dishes (The Pig Rig)…
…as well as refreshments, snacks…
…and other items like cabbage and noodles, hot dogs, and sausage in their concession stand.
And while I wish there were more BBQ options (ribs in particular), I was impressed that the festival offered piping hot plates…
…of “Sasquatch Scat”.
It was was actually chocolate funnel cake (thank goodness) and something I hope the festival and food vendors do more of for future festivals.