Little did most folks know what was in the UHaul truck moving along Congress Street in downtown Portland.

Bigfoot, the Civil War Pterodactyl, the FeeJee Mermaid, the coelacanth, and other residents of the International Cryptozoology Museum have been moved from Mass Ave to Congress Street.

Movers Jeff Meuse, Andy Cash, Eric Russell, Jeff Whitehouse, and Sean Casey, with assistance by Jessica Meuse, carried the day, as well as Bigfoot.

Look for New England media coverage…

Tuesday October 13, 2009 on WCSH – NBC – Channel 6 on the 6:00 pm report;

Tuesday or Wednesday, October 13 or 14, 2009 on NECN out of Boston; and

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in the Portland Daily Sun.

More images from the day…

Moving photography (above) by Jessica Meuse.

Moving crew and lunch provided through the assistance of Ricetta’s Brick Oven Pizzeria in South Portland and Falmouth, Maine.

The ICM gratefully thanks the support from our paid crew, volunteers, docents, and individual donators and sponsors. Today’s relocation of the majority of the collection was a group and community effort.

Please click on the button below (not the one up top) to take you to PayPal to send in your museum donation.

Thank you.