WPACASE 2024 "MOUNTAIN MONSTERS"

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Stan Gordon was trained as an electronics technician who specialized in radio communications.
Stan has been researching UFO sightings, Bigfoot encounters, and other mysterious events in Pennsylvania since 1959. Since then, he has been involved with the investigation of thousands of unusual incidents.  For many years, Stan led teams of scientists, engineers, and research specialists to investigate mysterious occurrences across Pennsylvania. He is the primary investigator of the 1965 UFO crash incident that occurred near Kecksburg, PA.

He is the producer of the award winning UFO video documentary, “Kecksburg The Untold Story.”  Stan is the author of four books and he has appeared on numerous radio and television programs discussing his research on these topics. He has been interviewed for TV and radio programs nationally and internationally. Stan also has been featured in a number of documentaries, including “Invasion On Chestnut Ridge.” Stan has presented lectures on the UFO and Bigfoot topics locally and nationally for many years. His website is:     www.stangordon.info

Maxim W. Furek is an avid student of the paranormal. His eclectic background includes aspects of psychology, addictions, and rock journalism. He has a master’s degree in Communications from Bloomsburg University and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Aquinas College. 

He has been interviewed on numerous podcasts, including Exploring the Bizarre with the legendary Timothy Green Beckley and on Paranormal 60 with Dave Schrader. His book, Sheppton: The Myth, Miracle, and Music, was featured on Australia’s Mysterious Universe and investigates supernatural themes during the deadly 1963 Sheppton mining disaster — including Pope John XXIII’s alleged miracle, humanoid creatures, and the Sheppton rescue technology that saved 33 Chilean copper miners, as documented in the film “The 33.” 

With Coal Region Hoodoo: Paranormal Tales from Inside the Pit, Furek continues his sociological exploration inside the Pennsylvania high strangeness that gave birth to The Night of the Living Dead, The Blob, and The Philadelphia Experiment. His book is described as “A fascinating look into Pennsylvania’s paranormal wormhole through a never-seen-before sociological and popular culture lens.” 

His journey takes us beyond the netherworlds of Centralia, Sheppton, Chestnut Ridge, and The Pennhurst Asylum. It looks into the eyes of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren and the twisted souls of serial killer Gary Heidnik and con artist Richard Sharpe Shaver while exploring the preternatural secrets of Bigfoot, cryptids, Kecksburg, The Smurl Haunting, Pennsylvania Dutch Powwowing, and Roman Catholic Mysticism.

Maxim W. Furek contributes to Fate Magazine, Normal Paranormal, and Paranormal Underground. 

His website is www.maximfurek.com

Welcome speaker Eric Altman 

Eric Altman is a Cryptozoologist and Paranormal enthusiast specializing in researching the Bigfoot/Sasquatch phenomenon with a combined 43 years of study, field research, and investigations. Eric is a well-respected field investigator, contributing author, founder, and Director of the Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society, one of the founding members and Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society. Eric was also the host and co-founder of Beyond the Edge Radio, a live weekly radio program covering a variety of paranormal and fringe topics for over 12 years from 2007 to 2019.

Eric has and actively investigates cases, sighting claims, and continues to conduct fieldwork dating back to 1997. He has investigated and assisted in investigating hundreds of Bigfoot sightings, encounters, and claims in Pennsylvania and across the country. Eric served as host and organizer of the East Coast Bigfoot Conference from 2000 to 2011, and the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Camping Adventure, an annual charity fund raising event from 2017 to 2019.

For over 23 years, Eric is a much sought-after public speaker on the topics of Bigfoot and other paranormal topics across the country. Eric has appeared in various documentaries, films, and television programs about Bigfoot on the Travel Channel’s Paranormal Declassified and the Discovery plus series “Fright Club” and the Recent Small Town Monsters 6 episode series “Sasquatch Unearthed: The Ridge.” Eric has written for and contributed to numerous books and magazine articles on the subject of Bigfoot. He has been interviewed as a featured guest on hundreds of national radio programs and podcast shows. He has also been featured in national and local newspapers, magazine articles, and various forms of print media. To learn more about Eric, visit his websites https://www.ericaltman.net. https://www.pabigfoot.com and https://www.pacryptosociety.com

Ron is speaking on "Paranormal Bigfoot: A Quest Through History" looking at the archetype of the wild man throughout world history and how often they are seen in conjunction with other phenomenon.

Ronald Murphy has been investigating the stuff of nightmares and researching things that go bump in the night for over 30 years. He has followed the tracks of such cryptids as Bigfoot and werewolves throughout the historical record in an attempt to get to the source of their true origins and nature. A student of Jungian psychology, he strives to ascertain the genesis of the archetype within various phenomenon. He views the paranormal through a multidisciplinary lens in hopes to find the interconnectedness that links the mystical with humanity through collective folk memories. He has appeared in every episode of the Travel Channel's True Terror with Robert Englund and for three years on various episodes of the Canadian program Red Earth Uncovered.

Welcome speakers and founders of Goosebumps Paranormal Society - Jimmy and Dee Trick

Sights and Sounds of the Paranormal

Jimmy and Dee Trick are a husband-and-wife team of investigators of anything weird, spooky, and bizarre and the founders of Goosebumps Paranormal Society.

They have investigated haunted homes, cemeteries, businesses, battlefields, sanitariums, and the like, looking for anything paranormal. Ghosts are not the only thing that is paranormal, it includes anything that cannot be explained scientifically.

They have been on numerous podcasts, radio shows, and on an episode of Finding Bigfoot, where they tried to link possible bigfoot activity to possible ghost activity in the Western Pennsylvania area.

Their recently co-written book, Weird..Spooky.. Bizarre.., includes some of their favorite paranormal cases. It's written conversationally and takes you along as a virtual member of their team. They enjoy sharing some of their encounters with you and are eager to hear about experiences that other folks have had.

Jimmy and Dee Trick