What caused the influx of hardcore Twilight fans to flood Forks?
Most were there for Stephenie Meyer day as well as Isabella Swan’s 20th birthday. The Forks chamber of commerce was the one responsible for instigating and promoting the event by posting it on the city website in which the other fan sites (like ours!) sucked it up and added to the buzz. PENNINSULA DAILY NEWS REPORTS: Stephenie Meyer Day, named after the author of the four-novel series, kicked off with breakfast at the Congregational Church, just across from Forks High School where mortal Isabella Swan met her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen and ended with a bonfire in LaPush. “To those of you who have found your Edward, and to those of you who are still looking, I wish you a very happy day,” said Mayor Nedra Reed, after formally declaring the the third annual Stephenie Meyer Day, and the second annual celebration. Said Marcia Bingham, executive director of the Forks Chamber of Commerce, the primary organizers: “We had at least 900 to 1,000 people here today. It has been unbelievable.
