During last summer's Olympic Trials in Eugene, 3,000 people visited the rock that commemorates the location where track legend Steve Prefontaine died in a car accident in 1975.Folklore professor Daniel Wojcik, who has been researching the legacy and lore of Prefontaine for years, decided to document this surge of visitors. Wojcik and a team of folklore students conducted interviews, took photos and captured more than ten hours of video of the pilgrimage.
Wojick hopes to create a feature-length documentary for public television.
Click to watch the initial rough cut of the documentary.
Click the link below to watch a time-lapse video that shows the crowds that visited Pre's Rock during the 2008 Olympic Trials.
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