Recent podcast, youtube & radio appearances:
-December 11th, 2025: The legend of Ape Canyon & other topics on the Where the Weird Ones Are podcast: podcasts.apple.com/legend-of-ape-canyon-aleks-petakov
-November 12th, 2025: Talking about various projects on the Midwest Mythos podcast: spotify.com/episode/65ciQcqNITFUeFpMRNebfM
-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
Upcoming events & speaking engagements:
-The Ohio Bigfoot Conference, Salt Fork State Park, Cambridge, Ohio on May 2nd, 2026: I will be speaking about my Alaskan Sasquatch adventures at the oldest if all Bigfoot conferences in the US. More info: ohiobigfootconference.org
-Sasquatch Calling Festival, Whitehall, New York on Saturday September 26th, 2026: I am honored to be speaking at the 10th anniversary of the Sasquatch festival in the legendary Whitehall, New York. More info to be released here: facebook.com/CallingTheBeast
-Maine's Bigfoot Festival, Stratton/Eustis, Maine on October 17th & 18th, 2026: I will be screening a film and participating in a speaker panel at this event in the beautiful mountains of western Maine. More info: facebook.com/events/mainebigfootfestival
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