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Awesomest Halloween guest lecturer ever

Wed, 2012-10-31 23:51 -- John Hawks

Here's a shot making the Twitter rounds today:

Sasquatch appears in UW 105 lecture

That's me introducing Sasquatch as a guest lecturer in my introductory anthropology course today. Sorry for the grainy, low-resolution photo...but that's what you get when your guest lecturer is Sasquatch!

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Anthropology 105
cryptozoology
Bigfoot

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