Recent podcast, youtube & radio appearances:
-September 8th, 2025: Discussing various mysteries on the Haunted Vermont podcast: podcasts.apple.com/haunted-vermont
-September 7th, 2025: Talking about Sasquatch on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska with my buddy Chuke of Chuke's Outdoor Adventures: youtube.com/watch?v=xJGIQ82bzkM
-July 29th, 2025: Bigfoot or the Jersey Devil discussion on the Talking Weird show: youtube.com/watch?v=xP6Y34uzIE0
-July 21st, 2025: Talking about my Appalachian Bigfoot Files series among other topics on the Sasquatch Experience podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/appalachian-bigfoot-files
-May 23rd, 2025: Discussing my various projects on the Broadcasting Seeds Podcast: spreaker.com/episode/interview-with-aleksandar-petakov
Upcoming events & speaking engagements:
-Anomacon 2025, September 20th, 2025: I am once again speaking at this fantastic online conference put on by Ryan Sprague of Somewhere in the Skies. For this presentation I'll be joined by STM colleague Aaron Deese as we discuss "Observer to Adventurer: Joining the Search". Free to watch, more info here: anomacon.com/anomacon-2025.html
-Sasquatch Calling Festival in Whitehall, New York on September 27th, 2024: I will be a speaker at one of my favorite annual events. Come hang out! More info: facebook.com/CallingTheBeast
-Park City Bigfoot Festival in Park City, Kentucky on October 11th, 2025: I will be speaking at this awesome event near the incredible Mammoth Cave National Park. More info: facebook.com/p/Park-City-Bigfoot-Festival-61550704474652/
-The Ohio Bigfoot Conference, Salt Fork State Park, Cambridge, Ohio on May 2nd, 2026: I will be a speaker about my Alaskan Sasquatch adventures at one of the oldest Bigfoot conferences in the US. More info: ohiobigfootconference.org
granite state bigfoot comic book
A collaboration in 2018 with Mitchell Comics about my personal research into accounts of "Bigfoot" sightings in New Hampshire that took place in the 1970's. Featured as a character in the comic!
Order the comic here: Granite State Bigfoot
Articles/features:
"At a glance: Aleksandar Petakov" (2025): sentinelsource.com/news/local/at-a-glance-aleksandar-petakov/
"Hillsborough County Adventurer takes viewers into the unknown" (2025): concordmonitor.com/Hillsborough-County-adventurer-takes-viewers-into-the-unknown
Articles by me:
On the Trail of...Champ, Part I: Origins: smalltownmonsters.blogspot.com
On the Trail of...Champ, Part II: Interviews: smalltownmonsters.blogspot.com
On the Trail of...Champ, Part III: Filmmaking gear: smalltownmonsters.blogspot.com