PORT TOWNSEND — Scenarios about life on other planets and whether Bigfoot is an extraterrestrial being living on Earth will be explored in Port Townsend on Saturday.
“The idea that life exists on other planets is almost a given,” Peter Davenport, one of the event’s four scheduled speakers, said in an interview.
“Even those who don’t believe there are sentient beings from other planets now visiting Earth feel that life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.”
Saturday’s “Truth Event” takes place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Fort Worden USO building, 326 Eisenhower Ave., and will include speaker presentations followed by a question-and-answer period.
Tickets are $40 cash and are available at the door.
150 expected
Organizers expect about 150 people to attend, with about 75 percent of attendees from out of the area.
In addition to Davenport — his address is titled “Are We Alone in the Galaxy?” — other speakers will include James Clarkson, who will talk about UFO reporting in Washington state and a UFO crash that he said happened in the 1970s; author Nicholas Redfern, addressing government involvement in UFO research; and Jack “Kewaunee” Lapseritis, who said he will present evidence that creatures known as Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, are extraterrestrial beings.
Davenport doesn’t think people should pay attention to modern science fiction material to develop an opinion about extraterrestrial life, since most of it “is made to scare you.”
Still, his theories are compatible with a common sci-fi theme that the government is not honest about extraterrestrial life and is not sharing what it knows with the general public.
Thousands of reports
“We have already documented more than 71,000 reports of UFOs on our website [www.ufocenter.com] by using one person, one computer and an open webmaster,” he said.
“The government has trillions of dollars in equipment and resources, and they certainly must be studying this and must have a lot of material.”
Davenport has no proof to support this assertion but said he was interviewed several years ago by the FBI, which was “very interested in what I had to say.”
Davenport characterizes himself as a scientist and is careful to separate facts from theories.
One of the most common questions he is asked is whether extraterrestrials are threatening or benevolent; he answers they could be both.
“It’s like asking the question whether an animal you meet in the jungle will hurt you, but that depends whether the animal is a butterfly or a Bengal tiger,” he said.
Lapseritis, who lives in a rural area near Duval in King County, has written two books about Sasquatch, reporting that the creatures are actually extraterrestrials with psychic powers.
Lapseritis said he, as an unbeliever, was contacted psychically by a Sasquatch in 1979.
He said he has maintained a relationship with the creature ever since.
In addition, he has shared the experience with nearly 200 people, sometimes inviting them to his home, where the Sasquatch makes an appearance.
Some attempts at contact are unsuccessful, since the Sasquatch chooses whom to approach.
A shapeshifter?
The Sasquatch’s abilities to shift its physical form and its psychic powers explain why there is little documentation of its existence and why it has never been captured or killed.
“If you go into the woods with the intention of shooting a Sasquatch or taking a picture, it will pick that up and stay out of your way,” Lapseritis said.
“They have been shot accidentally — when someone goes into the forest intending to shoot a rabbit, the Sasquatch won’t pick that up.”
Lapseritis said the Sasquatch are ecologically minded and sense that Earth has become a dying planet.
He said they may have technology to help but are reluctant to share because they are here as observers.
“They have been here for thousands of years and are very concerned about the planet,” Lapseritis said.
For more information, visit www.truthevent.com.
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Jefferson County Reporter Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or charlie.bermant@peninsuladailynews.com.
