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I visited the Seattle Museum of the Mysteries. In the first picture you see the sandwich board sign on the sidewalk in front of the stairs.
A look down the stairs.
A close up of the Bigfoot Map/Poster in the window.
Inside the"Museum," I was disappointed to find it was more geared to ghostly phenomena and UFOs.
The Bigfoot "exhibit" consisted of a display case with two plaster casts, said to be made by Roger Patterson. There were a number of photographs concerning the Skookum Cast.
Skookum Cast photo #1 shows a topograhic map, with Skookum Meadows within the Red circle, and a diagram of the Cast itself.
The Bigfoot "exhibit" consisted of a display case with two plaster casts, said to be made by Roger Patterson. There were a number of photographs concerning the Skookum Cast.
Skookum Cast photo #1 shows a topograhic map, with Skookum Meadows within the Red circle, and a diagram of the Cast itself.
Skookum Cast photo #2 shows two more photos of the Cast.
Skookum Cast photo #3 shows a diagram of the Skookum Casting site, presumably hand-lettered by Rick Noll.
This last photo is, I believe, of two photos, one of which shows an alleged Bigfoot.
All in all, nearly a waste of $3... except for an interesting notebook full of newspaper articles on Bigfoot and Sasquatch. But for comparison's sake, I saw more in Larry Lund's basement.
Thanks Tug! Nice photos!
that was fun 
thank you tug
gael
Thanks, Jerry. Great photos.
Has that picture ever been closely studied by anyone on this forum? I haven't seen it before. Are there any digital copies of it available? Can you elaborate on the "Larry Lund's basement" comment?
Thanks Tug, for the time and post. 
The Bigfoot pictures were taken in Victoria, BC... Bush Gardens (sic) I believe.
QUOTE(damndirtyape @ Jan 7 2005, 10:40 AM)
The Bigfoot pictures were taken in Victoria, BC... Bush Gardens (sic) I believe.
It's after the beer?
QUOTE(Missing Link @ Jan 7 2005, 06:19 AM)
Can you elaborate on the "Larry Lund's basement" comment?
Go to the following link - http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?showtopic=5353&hl= - and see my report (with pictures!) of My Afternoon with Larry Lund.
QUOTE(Missing Link @ Jan 7 2005, 08:19 AM)
Has that picture ever been closely studied by anyone on this forum? I haven't seen it before.
Neither have I. For a second generation reproduction it's pretty cool. Looks like a powerfully-built reddish-brown bipedal ape to me, which is what I would expect. Surprised I've never seen it before.
Of course, knowing my luck, it's probably a guy in a suit.
Avindair
QUOTE(tugboatwa @ Jan 7 2005, 01:06 AM)
All in all, nearly a waste of $3... except for an interesting notebook full of newspaper articles on Bigfoot and Sasquatch. But for comparison's sake, I saw more in Larry Lund's basement.
Did you at least steal the notebook?
Cool stuff, tug! The pics are great! I love places like that!
QUOTE(Sachmo @ Jan 8 2005, 05:28 AM)
Did you at least steal the notebook?
Alas... there were too many eyes.
interesting compared to the information you showed us from lary lund's basement. i really enjoyed that.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/lifestyle/20...terymuseum.html
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Mysteries lurk between the walls of Capitol Hill museum
By D. PARVAZ - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
The truth is out there -- heck, it could even exist in a basement in Capitol Hill. Amid the bars, fetish shops and cool-kid boutiques on Broadway you'll find Seattle Museum of the Mysteries. If for some reason you miss the museum's name on the brown awning outside, just look for the purple-clad dwarf inhabiting the stairwell (hello, photo opportunity!).
The space downstairs can be underwhelming. You may find either one of the museum's co-directors, Philip Lipson or Charlette LeFevre, manning the front desk. Pay the $3 suggested donation and go inside to see ... a room lined with shabby bookshelves.
Wait. Don't leave. It's three bucks -- you can't even buy a large latte for that kind of chump change. In a city accustomed to high-tech razzle-dazzle, this place is an oddity. It's a bit like the dusty basement of an eccentric aunt or uncle.
Those old bookcases hold some pretty neat stuff -- and if you just let your guard down, you could get sucked into all the ghost stories, UFO tidbits and Bigfoot info.
"We're really not into the whole New Age thing," says Lipson, adding, "We're not really true believers either." In other words, he and the other members of the Seattle UFO Paranormal Group (which formed in 1998) just find this stuff interesting.
They opened the museum a year ago, and Lipson says they've been thrilled with the response.
"We get all sorts of people through here," he says, including large groups of school kids.
There's a little bit here for everyone.
From ghost stories and photos of apparitions in Seattle Landmarks (Did you know Pike Place Market is haunted?) to information on the gadgets used by the Amateur Ghost Hunters of Seattle Tacoma (A.G.H.O.S.T.) -- they actually use equipment to hear the voices of ghosts, like Michael Keaton does in the movie "White Noise."
If UFOs are more your speed, you're in the right spot: The first official UFO sighting took place near Mount Rainier on July 24, 1947. It turns out someone else spotted a UFO on July 21 of the same year over Vashon Island, but the July 24 one is considered the first official, reported sighting.
You can hear a tape recording of Kenneth Arnold, the man who clocked the UFO's flight between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams at just under 2 minutes, being interviewed by a radio station. It's oddly gripping: There's a sense of wonder in Arnold's voice that's infectious, nearly 60 years later.
For those who like their mysteries in a more organic package, there's Bigfoot -- a map of sightings, replicas of casts, photos, etc. This isn't to say that there really is or isn't a Bigfoot, but somehow the idea of a big, friendly giant ape-type roaming through heavily wooded areas is kinda sweet.
There's much more in there -- the shelves are crammed with books on all sorts of conspiracies, and, yes, Elvis has a place there, too.
"We're hoping to offer something to inspire people's sense of wonder," says Lipson.
To that end, you'll find some non sequiturs there -- a little something on Frances Farmer (the tragic Seattle actress), mysterious and overlooked inventor Nikola Tesla and even an oxygen bar ($5 for a five-minute treatment). Why this stuff? Because all of them have an outsider-ish element to them. Farmer was forcefully institutionalized; Tesla (aka the Forgotten Father of Technology) died a pauper despite his prolific knack for invention and innovation.
As for the oxygen tank: "Well, that's just here because it's considered alternative," says Lipson. "It's not accepted by the traditional medical community."
Ultimately, he says the museum should be a place where people feel free to come in, take a load off and chat about whatever -- a community center of sorts.
"We're a lot of different things to a lot of different people," says Lipson.
"There are very few places like this."
By D. PARVAZ - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
The truth is out there -- heck, it could even exist in a basement in Capitol Hill. Amid the bars, fetish shops and cool-kid boutiques on Broadway you'll find Seattle Museum of the Mysteries. If for some reason you miss the museum's name on the brown awning outside, just look for the purple-clad dwarf inhabiting the stairwell (hello, photo opportunity!).
The space downstairs can be underwhelming. You may find either one of the museum's co-directors, Philip Lipson or Charlette LeFevre, manning the front desk. Pay the $3 suggested donation and go inside to see ... a room lined with shabby bookshelves.
Wait. Don't leave. It's three bucks -- you can't even buy a large latte for that kind of chump change. In a city accustomed to high-tech razzle-dazzle, this place is an oddity. It's a bit like the dusty basement of an eccentric aunt or uncle.
Those old bookcases hold some pretty neat stuff -- and if you just let your guard down, you could get sucked into all the ghost stories, UFO tidbits and Bigfoot info.
"We're really not into the whole New Age thing," says Lipson, adding, "We're not really true believers either." In other words, he and the other members of the Seattle UFO Paranormal Group (which formed in 1998) just find this stuff interesting.
They opened the museum a year ago, and Lipson says they've been thrilled with the response.
"We get all sorts of people through here," he says, including large groups of school kids.
There's a little bit here for everyone.
From ghost stories and photos of apparitions in Seattle Landmarks (Did you know Pike Place Market is haunted?) to information on the gadgets used by the Amateur Ghost Hunters of Seattle Tacoma (A.G.H.O.S.T.) -- they actually use equipment to hear the voices of ghosts, like Michael Keaton does in the movie "White Noise."
If UFOs are more your speed, you're in the right spot: The first official UFO sighting took place near Mount Rainier on July 24, 1947. It turns out someone else spotted a UFO on July 21 of the same year over Vashon Island, but the July 24 one is considered the first official, reported sighting.
You can hear a tape recording of Kenneth Arnold, the man who clocked the UFO's flight between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams at just under 2 minutes, being interviewed by a radio station. It's oddly gripping: There's a sense of wonder in Arnold's voice that's infectious, nearly 60 years later.
For those who like their mysteries in a more organic package, there's Bigfoot -- a map of sightings, replicas of casts, photos, etc. This isn't to say that there really is or isn't a Bigfoot, but somehow the idea of a big, friendly giant ape-type roaming through heavily wooded areas is kinda sweet.
There's much more in there -- the shelves are crammed with books on all sorts of conspiracies, and, yes, Elvis has a place there, too.
"We're hoping to offer something to inspire people's sense of wonder," says Lipson.
To that end, you'll find some non sequiturs there -- a little something on Frances Farmer (the tragic Seattle actress), mysterious and overlooked inventor Nikola Tesla and even an oxygen bar ($5 for a five-minute treatment). Why this stuff? Because all of them have an outsider-ish element to them. Farmer was forcefully institutionalized; Tesla (aka the Forgotten Father of Technology) died a pauper despite his prolific knack for invention and innovation.
As for the oxygen tank: "Well, that's just here because it's considered alternative," says Lipson. "It's not accepted by the traditional medical community."
Ultimately, he says the museum should be a place where people feel free to come in, take a load off and chat about whatever -- a community center of sorts.
"We're a lot of different things to a lot of different people," says Lipson.
"There are very few places like this."
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