Every year, the WNC Bigfoot Festival continues to draw an increasing number of attendees lured by all things squatchy and unusual.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
The Kickin’ Kountry 101 radio had a booth at the City Stage during the WNC Bigfoot Festival.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
We sought out our favorite eateries in Marion’s North Block as we got hungry. When it comes to good food in the downtown, it’s hard to find anything better than Elevate for breakfast or lunch.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
This year, there were more than 165 vendor booths featuring a variety of Bigfoot-themed products.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
People from all over the United States and even some foreign countries flock here to enjoy our city and our Main Street Heroes in the downtown.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
These vendors had a good variety of dog treats and Dandy gave them his strong approval.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
Marion’s nonprofit organizations, restaurants and businesses created a variety of Sasquatch-themed activities, dishes, drinks and memorabilia that visitors can indulge in before, during and after the festival. This is outside our favorite taproom Refinery 13.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
These vendors were offering their moonshine products at the WNC Bigfoot Festival.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
As for us, we greatly enjoyed the WNC Bigfoot Festival. It was Dandy’s first outdoor festival and it certainly won’t be the last.
MIKE CONLEY, MCDOWELL NEWS
Editor's Note
Editor’s note: The following is the third in an occasional series of features about reporter Mike Conley’s young dog Dandy, who is part schnauzer. During the spring and summer, Dandy will travel to different places in and outside of McDowell County and our readers can follow along and learn something about these sites, all of which are dog-friendly.
Editor’s note:The following is the third in an occasional series of features about reporter Mike Conley’s young dog Dandy, who is part schnauzer. During the spring and summer, Dandy will travel to different places in and outside of McDowell County and our readers can follow along and learn something about these sites, all of which are dog-friendly.
McDowell News reporter Mike Conley and his wife Karin adopted Dandy, who is mostly a schnauzer, in December of last year and added him to their brood of two cats and two other dogs. Dandy’s still a puppy and they are trying to get him better acquainted with other people and other dogs. Here, Dandy got to meet with Sasquatch at the 2024 WNC Bigfoot Festival in downtown Marion.
The weather for the WNC Bigfoot Festival turned out to be ideal for the most part. But later in the afternoon, a horrendous storm swept through as the festival was nearing its end.
McDowell News reporter Mike Conley and his wife Karin adopted Dandy, who is mostly a schnauzer, in December of last year and added him to their brood of two cats and two other dogs. Dandy’s still a puppy and they are trying to get him better acquainted with other people and other dogs. Here, Dandy got to meet with Sasquatch at the 2024 WNC Bigfoot Festival in downtown Marion.
We sought out our favorite eateries in Marion’s North Block as we got hungry. When it comes to good food in the downtown, it’s hard to find anything better than Elevate for breakfast or lunch.
The weather for the WNC Bigfoot Festival turned out to be ideal for the most part. But later in the afternoon, a horrendous storm swept through as the festival was nearing its end.
Marion’s nonprofit organizations, restaurants and businesses created a variety of Sasquatch-themed activities, dishes, drinks and memorabilia that visitors can indulge in before, during and after the festival. This is outside our favorite taproom Refinery 13.
