Local Creamery Holds First "Bigfoot Day" As Family-Friendly Event

It might be the closest sighting Selwyn and Peterborough may get of the legendary creature as Central Smith Creamery held its first ‘Bigfoot Day’ as a family-friendly event on Friday afternoon.

"‘Bigfoot’ (left) with Isabelle Greer, 6 (right) in a photo op. All visitors were welcome to interact and have their picture taken with the mythic figure. Photo by David Tuan Bui.

The Bigfoot is a nod to one of the creamery’s flavours that consists of vanilla ice cream, peanut butter cups and chocolate ripple.

“Bigfoot ice cream has been a staple around Central Smith for about 25 years and we just felt it was time to really highlight the flavour,” said Jenn Scates, Central Smith Creamery co-owner.

The event features ‘Bigfoot’ as a costume, one dollar kiddie cones of the respective flavour, a search for 10 hidden ice cream vouchers and children’s activities.

Visitors were allowed to have their photos taken with Bigfoot and interact with him while getting ice cream.

The event is the creamery’s first that doubles as a playful joke towards Trent University.

"There's apparently a group at Trent University who's been looking for Bigfoot so we wanted to tell them that we 'found' him," said Scates.

The event was originally scheduled for last Friday but was postponed due to the weather. Central Smith has over 60 flavours of ice cream that are in regular rotation.

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