Joshua Cutchin will be on hand to tell us about his research in Bigfoot and Fairiy Folk. Prior to pursuing his dream of becoming a full-time author and musician in 2015,
Cutchin served as public affairs director of the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music for three years. During his tenure at UGA, Cutchin authored over one hundred articles, press releases, and blog posts. In addition to appearing in local media, his press releases have also been referenced and distributed by such media outlets as the Associated Press and National Public Radio. Before his time at UGA,
Cutchin provided content for the Georgia Symphony Orchestra (Marietta, GA), Athens Banner-Herald (Athens, GA), Walton Tribune (Monroe, GA), and Observer News Enterprise (Newton, NC).
Cutchin has appeared on a wide variety of paranormal programs discussing his work, including Coast to Coast AM, Mysterious Universe, Binnall of America, Expanded Perspectives, Radio Misterioso, and the Gralien Report.
He is the author of five books: 2015's A Trojan Feast: The Food and Drink Offerings of Aliens, Faeries, and Sasquatch (translated into Spanish as Banquete Troyano); 2016's The Brimstone Deceit: An In-Depth Examination of Supernatural Scents, Otherworldly Odors, & Monstrous Miasmas; 2018's Thieves in the Night: A Brief History of Supernatural Child Abductions; and 2020's Where the Footprints End: High Strangeness and the Bigfoot Phenomenon, Volumes I & II, with Timothy Renner.
2021 will see the release of Fairies on Film, a collection of essays of which he is editor and a contributor.
Cutchin's writing is also featured in Robbie Graham's 2017 collection of ufological essays UFOs: Reframing the Debate, as well as David Weatherly's Wood Knocks: Vol. 3 (2018) and Peach State Monsters (2021).
Excerpts of his work have appeared in Fortean Times and Edge Science.
Cutchin has been featured on the hit History Channel television show Ancient Aliens, and is a recurring roundtable guest on the Where Did the Road Go? podcast.
Cutchin has been invited to speak at Georgia MUFON Events, annual ParaMania un-conferences, the International Fortean Organization's 2016 & 2019 FortFests, 2019's X-Filers United! conference, ConCarolinas (2019-2021), Strange Realities Conference (2019-2021), Tewksbury Public Library's 2020 Fright Nights, 2020's Phenomenacon (hosted by Greg & Dana Newkirk), and the 2021 Utopæon-Convention in Graz, Austria.
As a composer, Cutchin has had his music performed by Phonatopia Tuba-Euphonium Quartet, and the tuba ensembles of the University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin, and the Eastman School of Music. In addition to Stevens and Zerkel, Joshua’s teachers have included Connie Weldon, creator of the modern tuba ensemble, and David Mills, tubist of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
