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Welcome back to The Bigfoot 
Project. 

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Tonight's stories come from 
people who are never looking for

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Bigfoot, but may have found him 
anyway. 

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Sit back, relax, and prepare to 
hear stories that become more 

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unsettling with every passing 
minute. 

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12 foot tall Bigfoot gives chase
40 year veteran Bigfoot 

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investigator Peter Gatila sent 
me a yellowed article published 

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in the Post Register Idaho 
Falls, ID. 

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It reported a most unusual 
encounter with Bigfoot by two 

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men from Jackson Hole, Teton 
County, Wyoming in 1980. 

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Robert Goodrich and Glenn Towner
excitedly reported to 

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representatives of the Jackson 
Hole Police Department in 

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Jackson, WY that they were 
chased off Snow King Mountain by

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a Bigfoot like creature that 
was, according to the witness 

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report, a full 12 feet tall with
long dark hair and arms that 

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hung to the ground. 
The report said that the two men

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were trying to visit a friend at
his lean to on the mountain when

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the encounter took place. 
There was concern for their 

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friend because he had not been 
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They decided to check on him 
around 3:00 in the morning, but 

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when the pair of would be 
rescuers got within a few yards 

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of their friends lean to, they 
met up with the 12 foot Bigfoot 

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instead. 
The report stated that the 

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creature breathed heavily and 
made a moaning kind of growl. 

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They described the creature as 
having a face as big as a stop 

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sign and said the 12 foot beast 
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The two men turned and ran, and 
the Bigfoot followed in hot 

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pursuit. 
The last time they saw the 

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creature, it was standing under 
the street light near the Ramada

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Snow King Inn in Jackson. 
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had been drinking. 
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the fate of the man in the Lean 
to Ron Schaffner, 2000, and 

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Peter Gatila, March 21st, 2010. 
Other Chases There are several 

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more listings in the data 
describing A Sasquatch chasing 

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after various things, including 
people, cars, and recreational 

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vehicles. 
For unknown reasons. 

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It almost seems like the 
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perverse pleasure out of chasing
and bluff charging or whatever 

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behavior scares the. 
Wits out of us, arm waving. 

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In 2009, two men hunting 
bullfrogs were reportedly chased

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off a sandbar by a Sasquatch at 
the mouth of the Endless. 

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Brook that runs from Lake St. 
Catherine, Vt. 

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There were other witnesses to 
the incident watching from the 

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shore, who described the 
creature as enormous and wildly 

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waving its arms in a circular 
motion, yelling like Tarzan of 

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the Jungle. 
Hearing of the incident, the 

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owner of a rural. 
Cafe went to the site and poured

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2 castings of a left and right 
footprint that measured 16 

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inches from toe to heel. 
According to the cafe owner, the

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area is rich with the giant 
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eating, marinated in garlic and 
lemon juice. 

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It is supposed that the big 
people also enjoy eating frog 

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legs. 
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learn there's a very long 
history of Sasquatch sightings 

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in Vermont. 
In his book The First 

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Vermonters, former University of
Vermont anthropologist William 

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Havilland remembered that the 
Abenaki Indians recounted 

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stories of a forest wanderer, a 
giant humanoid creature that 

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occasionally left footprints 
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The accounts parallel Algonquin 
tales of the Wendigo, said to be

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a hair covered cannibal giant. 
The Wendigo legend of hulking 

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hairy man beasts can be found 
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states among all Algonquin 
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According to one early date 
Native American description of 

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the Wendigo. 
It is a giant thing, swift and 

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covered with hair. 
It has eyes like 2 pools of wild

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fury. 
They say his smell is like 

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rotting meat. 
This description is similar to 

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reports today, except not all 
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Slapping his sides, a Sasquatch 
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A description was sent to me 
recounting a coyote being chased

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out of an Elm tree woodland 
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He never spoke to anyone about 
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while. 
Counting trees killed by Dutch 

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Elm disease, the former 
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Department reportedly observed a
Bigfoot slapping his sides as he

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galloped after a coyote. 
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his head was wild looking, was 
dark brown, curly, and that 

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there was an unmistakable stench
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to run. 
If it was not a Bigfoot, if my 

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eyes deceived me, then it was a 
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In the woods of the USA National
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Wearing a bearskin coat on a day
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96° of the coyote. 
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wolf, or a domestic canine. 
Charles AR 2002 chasing 2 

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Rottweilers. 
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account was of a light brown, 8 
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chasing a family's two yelping 
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River in Washington state in 
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The event casually told to me in
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Secretariat. 
J Richard Greenwell named the 

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three observers Rich interviewed
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estimate, which ranged from 8 
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He said the men were so 
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height of the Sasquatch that 
only one of the three noticed 

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other details, such as its color
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female. 
Rich grumbled in character. 

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The damn thing could have been 
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stripes and they didn't notice. 
Richard Greenwell chasing a 

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rabbit. 
A West Virginia fish hatchery 

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management worker described 
watching a bellowing Bigfoot 

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haul in butt after something 
running in deep grass that he 

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couldn't make out, but thought 
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Apparently the Bigfoot was 
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flying leaps out into the field,
each time falling down by 

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regaining itself to continue the
pursuit which lasted maybe 2 

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minutes before the worker went 
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The Bigfoot was black haired, 
built well, but thin looking and

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about 6 feet tall. 
DM 1996. 

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Jackson and Tulane Porter knew 
of several sightings, this one 

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also involving a rabbit. 
A fellow told them there was a 

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family of hairy giants seen 
crossing Stud Mill Rd. north of 

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Lower Sabeo Lake in northern 
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What made that behavior 
memorable was the hair giant was

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carrying a horseshoe hair by the
ears that was alive, kicking and

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squealing, eating rabbit. 
East Coast Bigfoot author Bill 

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Bran posted an interesting 
article published in the Capital

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Journal in Salem, OR, which said
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Division officials were 
investigating A sighting by 

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multiple witnesses. 8 North 
Ogden residents reported seeing 

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a 10 foot tall creature covered 
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while they were hiking a Ridge 
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drainage between Past Lake and 
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Witness Jay Barker told the Utah
Conservation the group looked 

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down and observed the creature 
standing at the edge of a small 

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Alpine lake. 
It walked off after a youngster 

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in the group knocked a bunch of 
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The hikers found a dead rabbit 
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seen. 
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partially eaten. 
For all the confusion, disbelief

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and opinions floating around, 
there are still great reports of

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encounters with the Sasquatch 
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West Coast through mid America 
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It appears there are no 
differences in descriptions, no 

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subspecies. 
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is a fully modern human with a 
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cause the physical differences, 
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eliminated. 
Hudson Falls, NY Archaeologist 

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Dr. William Bill Bran, founder 
and director of Northern 

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Sasquatch Research Society, is 
an investigator, researcher and 

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co-author of the 1992 book 
Monsters of the Northwoods. 

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Along with Paul Bartholomew, 
Robert Bartholomew and Bruce 

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Hollenbeck. 
The book is one of two books 

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that speaks solely to the issue 
of Bigfoot in Eastern USA. 

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Bran filed a report with Bigfoot
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regarding the creature alleged 
to have crossed the road in 

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front of a fire engine in 
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The Eastern Sasquatch was 
described much like the Western 

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archetype, except this one in 
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A portion of Doctor Brand's 
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The man who put it out over the 
web was also the driver of the 

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car that almost hit the 
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He is 29 year old Joe Sabin. 
He and his brother encountered 

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what they described as being a 7
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It was 9:00 PM. 
The creature moved. 

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From the left of the road, 
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truck. 
It was stooped at the shoulders 

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with arms swinging at its side. 
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took exactly 3 or 4 seconds. 
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fire truck was 60 mph, so they 
nearly collided with the 

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Sasquatch at this point, he 
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I felt that I've seen something 
I shouldn't have, he and his 

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brother said almost 
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It's a Bigfoot it. 
Didn't look anything like the 

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one in the Patterson film. 
It was much leaner, resembling a

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basketball player in a fur suit.
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the cornfield by the side of the
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The next day he went back and 
found broken branches where it 

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came up. 
Out of the swamp, which also 

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borders this particular stretch 
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I feel he continued that the 
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spooked it. 
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the Nisqually River, also from 
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A Nisqually gentleman C1 Eye, 
nicknamed that after he lost his

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right eye in a dark game with 
drunks, described a tribe of 

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Sasquatch chasing salmon up the 
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They fish with their hands and 
take only what they can eat in a

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away, they are quick. 
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once to tell by himself. 
It is a good sign to see a 

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family of the Satelle. 
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guard the river. 
Salmon C1 eye 2001 Hair covering

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Bigfoot's face In this example, 
the Sasquatch is described with 

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hair covering its face. 
This is a common description. 

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There are cases that describe 
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and hair draped over or hanging 
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Missouri and Tennessee, and also
in the Pacific Northwest. 

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Here's another example, this one
out of New York, Chenango 

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County, South of Bainbridge, NY.
My Bigfoot sighting occurred on 

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our dairy farm in Chenango 
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in May 1961. 
I was 14 years old. 

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The sighting was around 1:00 PM 
in the afternoon in our farm 

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Hillside wood lot, which was 
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cherry and Beech trees. 
At the time, I was active in Boy

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Scouts and having my own 
campsite was a priority. 

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I located my campsite next to a 
small spring. 

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Now to a 14 year old boy, this 
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in a campsite. 
Plenty of wood for campfires, 

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plenty of water, and plenty of 
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in this section of woods. 
I was making my way to the 

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campsite when I heard a rustling
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I thought it might be a deer 
coming in for a drink, so I 

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moved as quietly as I could in 
the underbrush. 

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Instead of a deer about 50 to 
100 feet from me, up rose this 

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coal black form looking directly
at me. 

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At first I couldn't figure out 
what I was looking at. 

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My brain just couldn't sort it 
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It wasn't a bear in the shade of
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Its eye reflected a brilliant 
yellow and its coat was shiny 

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black. 
Very broad shoulders, no neck to

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speak of, and its head was 
rounded like a human's. 

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What bothered me was I could not
discern a face. 

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It seemed covered in hair. 
The eyes seemed to be peeking 

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out of the hair that fell over 
its face. 

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Its arms were at its side and I 
could not see below its torso as

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brush covered its lower half. 
So I could not see its hands or 

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feet. 
It had a very broad trunk. 

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It's estimated height was around
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It just stood there swaying side
to side looking at me as if to 

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say what am I looking at, just 
as I was. 

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It never made a sound. 
John Nichols Sasquatch runs 

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alongside. 
Vehicle Oregon City veteran 

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Sasquatch investigator Cliff 
Olson was able to recall for 

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this effort a story about a 
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He. 
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It might have been from Ray 
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story goes that this older gal 
was driving South of Lapine, 

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Oregon on Hwy. 97 headed for 
Chilloquin when this Sasquatch 

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ran up alongside her vehicle on 
the shoulder side of the road 

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and was able to somewhat bend 
over while running and looked 

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into the window at her. 
The creature scared the bejesus 

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out of her. 
She speed the car up and the 

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Sasquatch veered off. 
Seems that there were other cars

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on the road at the time too. 
Cliff Olson, Oregon City, OR. 

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The Track Record was a monthly 
newsletter Raycro published in 

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Hillsboro, OR, often referring 
to the newsletter as the TR 

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Track Record. 
Issue #1 was published in July 

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1991 and the final issue, 144, 
was published in December of 

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2004. 
Joe Bielhardt told me the Track 

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Record was sold April 30th, 
2008. 

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Crow always reminded people to 
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they read his newsletter. 
I took his warning to heart and 

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put aside many a case simply 
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believe them. 
When I asked Ray about some of 

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the questionable reports he 
published, Ray told me great 

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entertainment, Bobby. 
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had never seen a Sasquatch. 
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last adjective I would have used
to describe a Bigfoot sighting. 

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To raise credit, he worked 
tirelessly with his wife Theta, 

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famous for her Yeti spaghetti 
until her passing, to keep 

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Bigfoot research solvent in 
years when interest was low. 

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Ray was the muscle behind many 
of the West Coast conferences in

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summertime every year, beginning
with Bigfoot Days, an outdoor 

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gathering for Bigfooters 
generally held in Carson, WA for

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five consecutive years, then in 
Hillsboro OR for another three 

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years, and finally four years 
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Sweet Home OR where Vice 
President Patty Reinhold took 

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over reserving the park. 
All of Ray's events were 

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successful, including once a 
month dinner meetings that 

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included speakers and lively 
discussions at Dad's in Portland

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and then home plate. 
Regulars included Trapper, Steve

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Woody Woodruff, Doctors Ruth 
McFarland and Lloyd Sipes, Joel 

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Bielhardt, Henry Franzoni, Dr. W
Henner, Fahrenbach, Rainy 

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Knight, Cliff Olson, Peter 
Byrne, John Cordell, Todd Neese,

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Sally Newberry, Patty and Bob 
Reinhold. 

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Darr Addington, Datis Perry, 
Fred Bradshaw, Bill Harper, Rob 

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Butler, Dave Mann, plus others 
whose names I've probably 

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forgotten. 
So many are gone now. 

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The first meeting was in July 
1991. 

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Guest speaker was Datis Perry. 
The first outdoor conference in 

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Carson, WA was in September 
19th, 1992. 

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RIP Little talked about 
Gilgamesh and Beowulf. 

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The meeting included a trip over
to the Ape Cave site, Mount 

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Saint Helens, Washington, August
1991. 

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The overwhelming opinion in the 
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was that the Sasquatch was just 
an ape and shooting them was 

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permissible. 
Canadian newspaperman John Green

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in Harrison Hot Springs, British
Columbia, was the cause of that 

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heavy influence. 
But he was wrong. 

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Those that were in Green's camp 
were also wrong. 

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Why? 
Because the Sasquatch could not 

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be an ape and still be able to 
produce viable offspring with 

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Native American women. 
Humans can only reproduce A 

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viable offspring with other 
humans. 

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There is no hybrid human ape 
cross. 

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The Sasquatch must be human to a
major extent for the early 

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stories of live births between 
the Sasquatch and Indian maidens

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to be true. 
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the pH DS interacting with this 
research and others who swore 

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Bigfoot was real and that they 
were apes that evolved to walk 

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upright. 
No ape has evolved to walk 

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upright. 
No ape human cross exists. 

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The genetic makeup of each would
need dramatic changes for that 

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to occur. 
So I puzzled over the insistence

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of anthropologists and anatomy 
professors who, conference after

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conference, postulated that 
hypothesis. 

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Humans cannot reproduce anything
with an animal, apes in 

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particular. 
Green, of course, went about 

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demeaning government teacher JW 
Burns on his work for suggesting

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there was any truth to the 
Chehalis stories of captive 

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Indian women giving birth. 
Again, Green was wrong. 

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According to the work of Doctor 
Ed Fuchs, PhD Beyond the work of

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JW Burns, there are still living
descendants of Sasquatch and 

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Indian couplings alive on the 
Coalville Indian Reservation 

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today. 
It wouldn't surprise me to find 

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Sasquatch DNA on other 
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Chehalis Reserves. 
But I digress. 

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Back to the Oregon Sasquatch 
types, I was recently reminded 

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that Cape Apes is a 200 year old
Oregon coastline idiom for a 

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Sasquatch like life form. 
Who it was said frequented the 

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beaches of Coos Bay OR at low 
tide to harvest rich beds of 

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oysters, clams, mussels and 
other shellfish during certain 

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times of the year both at dawn 
and sunset. 

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The term Cape Apes was early 
white man slang. 

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The Indians watched from the 
dunes and learned from the 

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haired ones where the largest 
clam fields were located. 

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Other tribes often joined in the
seasonal dig. 

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The hair covered giants were 
seen digging without a care and 

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then observed crushing shellfish
between the palms of their 

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hands, picking out the shells, 
then eating the meat. 

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Some Cape Apes would break open 
the shells with their teeth, but

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most open shellfish with a quick
slice from their thumbnail. 

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I have these brief chase 
listings. 

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A white Sasquatch ran after 
departing Volkswagen Bug, 

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following it up a dirt Rd. in 
Texas at roughly 30 mph. 

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That was Arizona Bigfoot 
enthusiast Randall Chapman's 

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father, a story he told on 
discussion list back in late 

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1996. 
Ken Johalski cited an incident 

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where an off white Sasquatch 
that chased a group of kids off 

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a bike path not far from 
Jamestown, NY. 

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Djokovsky reported that during 
his own frightening encounter, 

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there was no smell associated 
with his sighting and no 

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vocalization, only heavy 
breathing and what sounded like 

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a low guttural growl and some 
form of what sounded to me to be

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lip smacking. 
As time goes on, I've come to 

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realize that low tones that 
sound like growling as well as 

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heavy breathing and this lip 
smacking behaviour is apparently

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a common notation by witnesses. 
Bears also smack their lips and 

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make mouth popping, tooth 
clacking noises in apparent 

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contrast to the Sasquatch. 
However, bears will eventually 

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wander into camp or make 
themselves known. 

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Sasquatches prefer to stay 
covert. 

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I don't know which I'd rather 
meet up with. 

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Maybe take a chance on the 
Sasquatch since bears are so 

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unpredictably vicious, 
especially sows with Cubs 

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attacking cars. 
In an article published in the 

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Minneapolis Star Tribune in 
2002, long time researcher Mike 

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Quest, a resident of Moorhead, 
MN, is quoted as saying. 

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I think one of the main reasons 
why science doesn't take this 

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animal seriously is because we 
have labeled it a monster and 

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nobody is supposed to believe in
monsters, He said. 

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If it had just been thought of 
as a new species of wildlife, 

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there would have been scientists
out there looking for it. 

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Mike told a great story. 
It was one of the first he would

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chronicle. 
It was about a car being 

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attacked by a Sasquatch. 
Captivated by the behavior of 

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the Sasquatch and made note of 
the reported conduct in an old 

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computer. 
Then in 2010, I found the 

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reference again to this unusual 
behavior. 

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Ever the investigator, Qwest 
tracked down a mechanic who told

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his brother-in-law that he and 
his brother and his brother's 

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girlfriend were driving around 
in a wooded area near Vurgus, 

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Minnesota. 
Suddenly a hair covered creature

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leapt out at them as they went 
by. 

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When they turned the car around 
to get another look at it, it 

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attacked their car. 
They later found a large dent in

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the trunk lid. 
The description was typical 

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weight, approximately 300 lbs, 
standing 7 or 8 feet tall. 

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I wondered how anyone would 
explain a dent that size to 

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their insurance adjuster. 
An angry Sasquatch chased my 

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vehicle and with his first 
dented the trunk of my car. 

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Right. 
What insurance adjuster in their

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right mind would believe that 
story? 

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Chasing and attacking a swarm of
devil creatures? 

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Chase man. 
The Harry Culp story as told by 

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his daughter Virginia is fairly 
well known and being attacked by

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hairy giants is worrisome. 
Here is just the pertinent 

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excerpt. 
Looking over the top of this 

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tree from where I stood, I could
see out on Frederick's Sound 

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Cape of the Straight Light, the 
point of Vanderpot's Spit, and 

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turning a little to my left I 
could see Sukhoi Island, Kodiak 

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from the mouth of Wrangled 
Narrows. 

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Satisfied with that, I turned 
half round to get a back site on

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some mountain peaks, and lying 
below me on the other side of 

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the Ridge from the ledge was the
Half Moon Lake the Indian had 

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told me about. 
Right there, fellows, I got the 

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scare of my life. 
I hope to God I never see or go 

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through the likes of it again. 
Swarming up the Ridge toward me 

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from the lake were these most 
hideous creatures. 

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I couldn't call them anything 
but devils, as they were neither

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man nor monkeys, yet looked like
both. 

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They were entirely sexless, 
their bodies covered with long, 

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coarse hair except where the 
scabs and running sores had 

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replaced it. 
Each one seems to be reaching 

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out for me and striving to be 
the first to get me. 

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The air was full of their cries,
and the stench from their sores 

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and bodies made me faint. 
I'd forgotten my broken gun and 

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tried to use it on the first 
ones and then I threw it at them

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and turned and ran. 
God, how did I run? 

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I could feel their hot breath on
my back, their long claw like 

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fingers scraped my back. 
The smell from their steaming 

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stinking bodies was making me 
sick while the noises they made 

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yelling, screaming and breathing
drove me mad. 

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Reason left me. 
How I reached the canoe or how I

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hung on to that piece of quartz 
is a mystery to me. 

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When I came to it was night and 
I was lying in the bottom of my 

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canoe, drifting between Thomas 
Bay and Sukhoi Island, cold, 

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hungry and crazy for a drink of 
water. 

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But only to satisfy the latter 
urge. 

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I started for Rangel and here I 
am. 

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You no doubt think I'm either 
crazy or lying. 

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All I can say is there is the 
quartz. 

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Never let me hear the name of 
Thomas Bay again, and for God's 

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sake, help me get away. 
Tomorrow on that boat. 

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So past Charlie from our lives, 
we put his story down as fantasy

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caused by loneliness and morbid 
thought. 

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Harry D Culp via his daughter 
Virginia. 

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The Culp story is more of an 
account of Sasquatch attack 

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rather than a chase story. 
For me, the realism of it came 

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when I read his words. 
Stench from their sores and 

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bodies made me faint. 
That brought it home. 

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It would take a special kind of 
field man to soldier through an 

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ordeal like Harry Culp endured. 
Of interest. 

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Thomas Bay, Alaska gained the 
name Devil's Country when in 

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1900 people claimed to have seen
devil creatures in the area. 

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The locals refer to it as 
Kushtika, a shape shifting 

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creature of Tlingit legend that 
can take the form of either man 

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or Otter. 
There have been older reports of

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lives lost in untamed regions of
Alaska. 

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I remember I was sent an old 
September 1930s issue of Sports 

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Afield magazine, which ran a 
blurb about a hairy giant the 

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Nalchina aboriginals called 
Gileac. 

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In the article it said the 
cannibal giant killed one of the

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Indians and it left a sapling 
tree twisted to shreds as a sign

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of what he had done. 13 years 
later, John Mcquire, known as 

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the Flying Dutchman, was in 
Dewilde's camp some 18 miles 

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down the Yukon from Ruby, 
Alaska, when he was attacked by 

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a Sasquatch. 
Mcquire fought back but later 

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died of internal injuries. 
Bob Betts acquired the story 1st

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and then sent it to John Green. 
Many of these are very old 

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stories, but what it tells those
of us in general research is 

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that the stories continue with 
no regard for time or calendar. 

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In 1920, Albert Petka died after
fighting with an Alaskan bushman

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that openly attacked him on the 
boat where he was living near 

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Nolato, Yukon, Koyukboro, 
Alaska. 

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Petka's dogs drove the bushmen 
off, but Pekka died later from 

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his injuries. 
One of the Tanana elders 

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reported 19 inch tracks crossing
Berry Picking trail in northwest

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Nolato, Alaska in 1996. 
Stride length was reportedly 5 

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00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,440
foot lengths between the 
impressions in deep snow. 

451
00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:39,240
Snowmelt may account for some 
discrepancies in track length 

452
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:44,520
measurements. 
In 1996, George Yellowhand was 

453
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:47,720
fishing the Yukon with his 
brother when 2 male Bushmen 

454
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:49,600
began throwing rocks from the 
banks. 

455
00:26:50,360 --> 00:26:53,680
Startled, if not completely 
astonished, the two brothers 

456
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,400
watched the 2 black hair covered
giants wade into the river up to

457
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:00,320
their waists, gathering rocks. 
As they waded toward the 

458
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,920
brothers sitting in their John 
boat, the rocks gained 

459
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,160
inaccuracy and the men finally 
realized their situation and 

460
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:10,200
left the area. 
Yellowhand wrote that before 

461
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,400
they noticed the two Bushmen, 
they heard loud whistling but 

462
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,040
didn't know what. 
It was probably some strange 

463
00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:19,640
birds, but when the whistling 
stopped, the rocks begin flying.

464
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,040
They have not been back since. 
Yellowhand had no wish to talk 

465
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,840
about it further, so upsetting 
was the subject. 

466
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:31,400
It seems most of the brutal 
attacks occurred in years past. 

467
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,400
We don't hear much about 
deliberate attacks anymore. 

468
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:38,520
Are these attacks happening and 
just being covered up, perhaps 

469
00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,920
written off or blamed on bears? 
The Fred Beck attack story in 

470
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,520
1924 I believe was in 
retaliation for the shooting of 

471
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:49,080
a Sasquatch family member 
earlier in the day. 

472
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,720
Be mindful of what you might be 
in for if you shoot one. 

473
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,480
The Anchorage Daily News 
reported a teacher and his wife 

474
00:27:56,480 --> 00:28:00,120
at English Bay stated a hunter 
from Portlock failed to return 

475
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,360
home. 
In 1949. 

476
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:06,600
Giant man like tracks 18 inches 
long were found closing in on a 

477
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,160
moose kill. 
Tracks were found indicating 

478
00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,400
signs of a struggle. 
The 18 inch man like tracks 

479
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:14,040
headed up into the higher 
mountains. 

480
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,080
Residents were afraid to talk 
about the incident there in 

481
00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:21,080
English Bay and eventually the 
village was abandoned, so great 

482
00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,800
was their fear, the journalist 
for Sports Afield magazine 

483
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,200
reported. 
Gilliak, the cannibal giant, 

484
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,920
killed one of the Indians in 
Nalchina Plateau, Alaska in 

485
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,120
1930, according to Renee 
Dehindon. 

486
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,520
The article said the sign 
Gilliak left behind were sapling

487
00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:42,480
trees twisted to shreds. 
One end twisted left, the other 

488
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,000
end twisted right. 
One could postulate that the 

489
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,960
thick trees twisted into shreds 
may simply be a show of 

490
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,040
strength. 
Or it could be a warning to 

491
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,040
come. 
Meaning, notice what I can do to

492
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,800
this tree limb. 
I'm able to do it to you too. 

493
00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:00,600
A horrifying thought. 
Notice also that the mention of 

494
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,000
tree twists is not a product of 
this new Internet generation. 

495
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,120
Apparently it goes back to the 
1930s and maybe further. 

496
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,880
Little is understood about the 
branch twisting or the snapping 

497
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,280
off of the tops of trees. 
Some of them might be way. 

498
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,920
Markers, or perhaps a release of
frustrations or a message, 

499
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:22,920
meaning see what I can do. 
Blaming the broken top of a tree

500
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,440
on weather conditions doesn't 
always work, especially when 

501
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,080
only one or two trees among many
trees are tipped, the others 

502
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,960
untouched. 
Some of the First Nation people 

503
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,200
call the broken top trees a sign
of the black giants. 

504
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:41,240
To the Danaya Ine people of the 
Chickaloon region, Gileic was 

505
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:45,120
not a legendary creature. 
Their fathers grandfathers told 

506
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,480
them he was a reality and they 
spoke of the Gileac people with 

507
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,040
all the same realities as the 
bear and wolf. 

508
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,560
Gileac, they said, was a shaggy 
haired giant who wore a little 

509
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,040
hat and ate men, women and 
children. 

510
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,400
So goes their folklore. 
And according to the 

511
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,680
Athabascans, Gileac doesn't 
molest white men. 

512
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,080
The journalist for the Sports 
Afield article was Russell 

513
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,320
Annabelle. 
He stated it this way. 

514
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,560
The Gilex are a remote tribe of 
native people of Siberian 

515
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,800
ancestry who claim that there 
are animals inhabiting the 

516
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,760
frozen forests of Siberia that 
have human feelings and travel 

517
00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:27,840
in family units. 
However, in 2005, Ken Howell of 

518
00:30:27,840 --> 00:30:31,720
Quemato, New Mexico, wrote 
Russell Annabelle, a neighbor 

519
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,520
when I lived in Alaska, was a 
facile, skillful writer of pure 

520
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,360
fiction. 
His adventures were creations of

521
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,560
a fertile imagination fed by 
others experiences. 

522
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,360
I like to think of 1's 
imagination as his intelligence 

523
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:49,000
having a bit of fun. 
At any rate, perhaps Mr. Howell 

524
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,040
was a skeptic when it comes to 
stories of the haired primitives

525
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,560
because I find it hard to 
understand how Russell Annabelle

526
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,720
could fabricate a truth as 
regards tree twists in the 

527
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,880
1930s. 
Eighty years later we are still 

528
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:04,160
finding twisted tree limbs and 
tree trunks. 

529
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,160
Was Annabelle a liar? 
I think not. 

530
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,200
The Alaskan Danina, also the 
Tanena, are people whose 

531
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,320
traditions are not unique to 
them alone. 

532
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:18,360
Many First Nations and Native 
Americans have similar stories 

533
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,960
of kidnappings, killings and 
wars that broke up between them 

534
00:31:21,960 --> 00:31:24,920
and the herd ancients. 
They are not difficult to 

535
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:29,040
believe, so I am hard pressed to
think the Gileak stories untrue,

536
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,760
the Right Honourable Sir Winston
Churchill, Great Britain's Prime

537
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:37,600
Minister in the early 1940s, 
said of Arthurian legends. 

538
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:40,480
They are all true. 
If they are not, they ought to 

539
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,960
be from time to time. 
I think that applicable to what 

540
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,680
we hear. 
About the Sasquatch or not as 

541
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,760
you will. 
Hey everyone, I just want to 

542
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:53,480
remind you that my written books
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543
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Are available and the links are 
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544
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,120
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545
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546
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:11,880
Thank you. 
In the fall of 1998, a resident 

547
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:16,280
in a rural area outside Grants 
Pass OR reported seeing a large,

548
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:19,200
unknown creature near the edge 
of a field while walking a 

549
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:20,640
neighbour's dog through the 
woods. 

550
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,480
The dog, a German shepherd, had 
wandered from its home and was 

551
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,280
known to visit the witness's 
property. 

552
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:30,040
Instead of taking the road, the 
witness chose to return the dog 

553
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,280
by walking a wooded trail that 
led into a clearing next to a 

554
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,560
farmer's field. 
As they entered the clearing, 

555
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:40,120
the dog became uneasy. 
It repeatedly wind and pushed 

556
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,120
against the witness's legs, 
showing clear signs of not 

557
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,440
wanting to proceed. 
This behaviour occurred several 

558
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,400
times, prompting the witness to 
pay closer attention to the 

559
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:52,160
surroundings. 
On the far side of the field, 

560
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,000
near a break in a wire fence 
close to an old household 

561
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,200
garbage dump, the witness saw a 
creature crouched low to the 

562
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,200
ground. 
It appeared to be reaching 

563
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,000
through the fence towards the 
trash. 

564
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,760
The creature was completely 
covered in dark hair and had a 

565
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,880
large frame. 
Although it was hunched down, it

566
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,160
still matched the height of a 
nearby fence post, indicating it

567
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:14,840
was quite tall even in a 
crouched position. 

568
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,320
It seemed focused on the trash 
and did not appear to notice the

569
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:22,240
witness or the dog. 
Without drawing attention, the 

570
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:25,080
witness turned and quickly 
walked back to the road, leading

571
00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:27,880
the dog home using the road 
instead of the trail. 

572
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,080
No sounds were heard during the 
sighting and there were no other

573
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:35,120
people present at the time. 
The witness noted that this was 

574
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,200
not the only strange occurrence 
in the area. 

575
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:40,440
Around the time of a severe 
storm and flooding the year 

576
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,520
before, there had been a number 
of unusual events. 

577
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,800
Some locals believe the flooding
may have driven wildlife from 

578
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,720
the mountains down into the 
valleys. 

579
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:52,200
In a separate incident, while 
hunting near an old Girl Scout 

580
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,600
camp, the witness reported 
hearing a loud vocalisation in 

581
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,160
the woods that resembled monkey 
like sounds. 

582
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:00,840
This sound was strong enough to 
scare one of the hunting 

583
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:03,840
partners, who immediately 
suggested they leave the area. 

584
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,480
There were also past reports 
from others in the area of 

585
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:10,400
stones being thrown late at 
night and sightings of tall 

586
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,960
forms moving through the woods. 
One night, the witness recalled 

587
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,840
seeing a shape pass in front of 
a window, blocking it 

588
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,520
completely. 
A family member claimed to see 

589
00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:21,560
glowing red eyes during the same
event. 

590
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,480
This event occurred in a remote 
part of Humboldt County, 

591
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,719
California, close to the Six 
Rivers National Forest. 

592
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:35,440
The area is elevated and thickly
wooded, mostly with Douglas fir 

593
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,280
and Redwood. 
The undergrowth includes heavy 

594
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:41,960
patches of huckleberry and 
manzanita, making visibility 

595
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,960
difficult beyond a short 
distance. 

596
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:47,639
Early one morning in late 
October, the witness left their 

597
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:50,639
home to go bow hunting. 
The plan was to reach a spot 

598
00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:53,480
roughly half a mile from the 
house, where signs of deer had 

599
00:34:53,480 --> 00:34:57,000
recently been observed and the 
dry ground made the forest floor

600
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,400
loud under foot. 
There was no wind. 

601
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,040
About 200 yards from the hunting
stand, while still dark, the 

602
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:07,800
witness heard a loud howl. 
The sound was unfamiliar and 

603
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,640
unsettling. 
Though initially brushed off as 

604
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,720
a possible wild dog or a coyote,
the sound was unlike any known 

605
00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:18,200
animal in the area. 
Once positioned in the tree 

606
00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,280
stand, the witness waited 
quietly. 

607
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,560
As daylight broke, a group of 4 
deer ran past, appearing to be 

608
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,480
startled or fleeing from 
something. 

609
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,760
The deer moved quickly and came 
within a short distance of the 

610
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,800
stand. 
Not long after, the witness 

611
00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,160
heard more movement approaching 
through the undergrowth. 

612
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,840
The sound was unusual, different
in rhythm and weight from 

613
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,160
typical animal movement. 
Through the dense foliage, 

614
00:35:42,240 --> 00:35:44,120
flashes of brown hair were 
visible. 

615
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:48,360
A tall bipedal creature, 
estimated to be 7 to 8 feet in 

616
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:52,080
height, emerged. 
It had matted dark hair covering

617
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,880
its body and moving rapidly past
the stand without stopping. 

618
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,840
A few moments later, more noise 
came from the same direction. 

619
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,360
Two additional creatures 
approached at a fast pace. 1 was

620
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,880
noticeably smaller than the 
first and appeared to be 

621
00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,880
carrying a smaller creature, 
possibly a juvenile. 

622
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,680
These two stopped briefly, 
allowing for a clearer view, 

623
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,040
before following in the 
direction of the first. 

624
00:36:17,240 --> 00:36:20,360
After the activity ended, the 
witness remained in the stand 

625
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,240
for some time. 
A strong, unpleasant odor 

626
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:26,000
resembling rotting garbage 
lingered in the area. 

627
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:29,960
When the witness felt safe 
again, he climbed down and 

628
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,680
returned home. 
The location has not been 

629
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:37,160
revisited since that morning. 
Following the incident, other 

630
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,440
signs suggesting the presence of
these creatures had been noted 

631
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,160
in the same general area. 
The witness believes that this 

632
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,320
part of the forest may support 
an ongoing presence of these 

633
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:53,000
creatures. 
In the summer of 2012, a young 

634
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,040
witness was staying at a family 
owned cabin in the Blue Ridge 

635
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,600
Mountains of Virginia. 
The cabin, built decades ago, 

636
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:03,200
stood on a wooden slope accessed
by a long gravel driveway. 

637
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,280
It had three floors and a raised
front porch that sat a few feet 

638
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:10,480
above the ground. 
The surrounding forest was dense

639
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,800
and quiet, often used by the 
family for hiking and climbing. 

640
00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,520
The witness, who was around 8 
years old at the time, was 

641
00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:19,400
sleeping in a room near the 
front door. 

642
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,720
It was late around midnight, and
the rest of the family had 

643
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,720
already gone to bed. 
The night was still, and the 

644
00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:28,480
only sound came from the usual 
creaks of the old cabin. 

645
00:37:29,440 --> 00:37:32,440
While trying to fall asleep, the
child heard something outside. 

646
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,040
It wasn't the usual groaning of 
wood or wind through the trees. 

647
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:40,320
It was heavy stomping, uneven 
and slow, with a dragging sound 

648
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:43,400
between steps. 
The stomping came from the porch

649
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,760
just outside the window. 
Although the window curtain 

650
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,880
blocked a Clearview, the 
moonlight hit in a way that made

651
00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:54,240
any passing shadow visible. 
As the witness watched a large, 

652
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,760
upright creature move slowly 
past the window. 

653
00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:00,960
It slumped forward as it walked.
Its height was estimated between

654
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,040
5 and 6 1/2 feet. 
It's head looked larger. 

655
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,880
Than a human's and it's 
shoulders were very broad. 

656
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,520
The creature made no sound other
than the weight of its steps on 

657
00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:14,040
the old wooden porch. 
Frightened and unsure of what 

658
00:38:14,040 --> 00:38:17,320
was outside, the witness stayed 
silent and pulled the blanket 

659
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:19,760
over their head until they 
eventually fell asleep. 

660
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,440
The next morning, the witness 
went out to the porch to see if 

661
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,000
anything had been left behind. 
Near the end of the porch, close

662
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:31,480
to the window, a single large 
footprint was clearly visible. 

663
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:35,240
The rest of the porch was clean,
which made the mark stand out. 

664
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,520
The print was surrounded by a 
patch of dirt and grass. 

665
00:38:38,720 --> 00:38:42,440
There were no other footprints. 
This was the only physical sign 

666
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,960
left behind. 
The creature had not made any 

667
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,600
vocal sounds or returned. 
No damage was done to the cabin.

668
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,400
And no one else in the family 
reported hearing anything 

669
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,600
unusual that night. 
The witness never told their 

670
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,800
relatives about the incident, 
but shared it with a few friends

671
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,920
later on. 
The creatures broad build, 

672
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,160
dragging steps, and the single 
footprint matched common 

673
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:07,320
descriptions of what many 
believe to be a Bigfoot. 

674
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:13,160
In the summer of 1965, a witness
reported a close encounter with 

675
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,080
an unknown creature while 
attending a Thursday night bingo

676
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:19,360
event with their mother in a 
small town outside Asheville, 

677
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,960
NC. 
The location was a local 

678
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,560
community hall known for hosting
various events, including 

679
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,440
shooting matches. 
Behind the building was a target

680
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:33,080
box used during these matches, 
and the area around it was dimly

681
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,560
lit by a few exterior lights on 
the building. 

682
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,720
The witness, then about 13 years
old, was outside playing with 

683
00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:42,240
other children. 
While hiding during the game, 

684
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:45,160
the witness backed against the 
edge of the wooden target box 

685
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:48,760
and unintentionally made contact
with something large standing 

686
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,800
behind it. 
Turning to look, the witness saw

687
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,080
a creature that stood just over 
5 feet. 

688
00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,720
It had a human like shape but 
was covered in long rough hair 

689
00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,680
that hung in strands similar in 
texture to the hair on the lower

690
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,360
legs of draft horses. 
It did not appear bulky, but was

691
00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:09,040
solidly built. 
The most noticeable detail aside

692
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,560
from the hair was the strong 
scent that came from the 

693
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:14,120
creature. 
The smell was sharp and musky, 

694
00:40:14,240 --> 00:40:17,520
like animal sweat mixed with the
odor of deer during the rutting 

695
00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,840
season. 
It was intense enough to be 

696
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,360
remembered clearly even decades 
later. 

697
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,160
The creature did not make any 
noise or react in any visible 

698
00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,720
way. 
The witness ran from the area in

699
00:40:28,720 --> 00:40:31,680
fear and told others. 
When some of the group returned 

700
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:33,880
to the spot, there was no sign 
of the creature. 

701
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:37,680
No physical evidence was found 
and no one else reported seeing 

702
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,440
or hearing anything unusual. 
The location was near a 

703
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,880
populated area and not far from 
roads and homes for many years. 

704
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:49,440
The witness dismissed the event 
as a misunderstanding, thinking 

705
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:52,200
such creatures could not be 
found in such places. 

706
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,200
However, the details of the 
sighting, the appearance, smell 

707
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,480
and silence of the creature 
remain clear in his memory. 

708
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:07,280
On the morning of January 22nd, 
2020, at approximately 8:30, AMA

709
00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:11,200
man sitting in a fourth floor 
apartment observed an unusual 

710
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,920
wildlife event through the 
window. 

711
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,680
The temperature outside was 
between 28 and 30°, with snow on

712
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,480
the ground and a light wind 
under overcast skies. 

713
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,920
The witness first noticed a 
group of 15 adult wild turkeys 

714
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,840
quickly moving down a hill 
beside the apartment building. 

715
00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:32,160
Although it was normal to see a 
few turkeys in the area, that 

716
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,800
many at once was unusual. 
The birds did not appear to be 

717
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,400
running, but their movement was 
quicker than normal. 

718
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:43,400
A few minutes later, 3 deer came
down the same hill, moving in a 

719
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,960
similar manner, faster than a 
walk, but not at a full run. 

720
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,400
The number of turkeys caught the
witnesses attention, but the 

721
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,200
deer seemed less surprising. 
The turkeys crossed a nearby 

722
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:57,120
parking lot and disappeared 
behind a church at the edge of 

723
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,480
the property. 
The deer followed shortly 

724
00:41:59,480 --> 00:42:02,320
afterward. 
Within 5 minutes of the animals 

725
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,480
leaving the area, the witness 
noticed motion again on the 

726
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:08,160
hillside. 
At first it was just a glimpse 

727
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,760
in his peripheral vision, but 
when he turned to look. 

728
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,160
He saw a large hairy creature 
near the top of the hill. 

729
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,160
The creature was first moving on
all fours, covering ground 

730
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:22,240
quickly with only a few strides.
When it reached the top of the 

731
00:42:22,240 --> 00:42:26,320
hill, it rose onto 2 legs and 
ran into the wooded area nearby.

732
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,560
It did not stand completely 
upright, its posture was forward

733
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,920
leaning, but it was clearly 
bipedal. 

734
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,080
The sighting lasted for about 7 
seconds. 

735
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,720
The creature was dark coloured 
and very large, with thick hair 

736
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:42,800
covering its body. 
Its movement was fast and 

737
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,680
strong, and it disappeared into 
the trees at the edge of the 

738
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,480
field. 
The area where the sighting 

739
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:52,000
occurred is close to South Hills
Park, which contains forested 

740
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,640
areas and local wildlife. 
The witness, who had years of 

741
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,600
experience hunting in the 
Allegheny Mountains and had 

742
00:42:58,600 --> 00:43:01,920
worked over 2 decades in law 
enforcement, stated he had never

743
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,200
seen an animal like this. 
Based on his training and 

744
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:07,760
background, he could not 
identify the creature. 

745
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,800
He compared its body type and 
movement to a gorilla, although 

746
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,320
the location and behaviour did 
not match any known species in 

747
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:17,960
the region. 
Based on the sequence of events,

748
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:20,520
he believed the creature may 
have startled or chased the 

749
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,320
turkeys and deer from the woods.
It possibly followed them too 

750
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,080
far and then quickly returned to
cover after it had realized it 

751
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,040
had moved into a more developed 
area. 

752
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,960
No other sightings were reported
that day, and no physical 

753
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:37,360
evidence was found afterward. 
The encounter remains 

754
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:43,760
unexplained. 
In July 2007, a witness and her 

755
00:43:43,760 --> 00:43:46,720
friend were sitting along a 
cleared pipeline corridor 

756
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,240
outside Bozeman Mt. 
The area was surrounded by 

757
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:52,560
forest and they were resting 
during a hike. 

758
00:43:53,240 --> 00:43:56,200
It was quiet until they began to
hear an unusual sound. 

759
00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:00,120
The noise was similar to what a 
large bird might make, a loud 

760
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:03,880
call echoing through the trees. 
A short time after the first 

761
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,120
call, they heard another sound 
that resembled wood striking 

762
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,200
against wood. 
This second noise repeated at 

763
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:13,360
regular intervals and seemed to 
alternate with the bird like 

764
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,320
calls. 
The sounds continued for around 

765
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,520
20 minutes, growing louder and 
seeming to come from the same 

766
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:22,720
spot nearby. 
The two individuals stood to 

767
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:25,480
look toward the source and 
that's when they saw the 

768
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:28,200
creature. 
It was standing just inside the 

769
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:32,720
tree line, about 20 yards away. 
The creature was tall, roughly 7

770
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:36,560
feet, and had a build similar to
a human but with longer arms. 

771
00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:40,600
It was covered in long, rough 
grey hair, estimated to be two 

772
00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,800
to four inches in length. 
Its posture was upright. 

773
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,800
The face was not clearly visible
due to distance, but no facial 

774
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:50,720
features stood out as overly 
threatening or extreme. 

775
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,600
As soon as the creature noticed 
the humans, it turned and ran 

776
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,920
into the forest, moving directly
uphill. 

777
00:44:57,720 --> 00:45:00,720
It did not weave or hesitate, 
but went straight through. 

778
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,800
Thick vegetation, trees and 
brush cracked and snapped as it 

779
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,600
moved through them, not slowing 
down for obstacles. 

780
00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,120
The witness glanced back 
multiple times while retreating 

781
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:13,880
and saw it continuing in a 
straight path up the slope 

782
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:18,480
toward a road nearby. 
Years later, during a visit to a

783
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:22,560
wax museum in Niagara Falls, the
witness saw a life-size display 

784
00:45:22,560 --> 00:45:25,920
labeled as Bigfoot. 
The body shape and hair were 

785
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,160
similar to what they'd seen that
day in the woods. 

786
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:30,240
The only difference was the 
face. 

787
00:45:30,720 --> 00:45:34,080
The museum version had 
exaggerated features, including 

788
00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:37,040
large, pointed teeth and an 
aggressive expression. 

789
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,920
The creature observed in Montana
did not display those features. 

790
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,760
Its face remained unclear, but 
there were no visible signs of 

791
00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:48,760
sharp teeth or hostility. 
No tracks or physical evidence 

792
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,640
were collected at the time, and 
no follow up sightings were 

793
00:45:51,640 --> 00:45:55,360
reported from that location. 
The encounter lasted only a few 

794
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:58,480
moments, but involved both sound
and a clearview of the 

795
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,800
creature's body. 
The witness, familiar with local

796
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,160
wildlife, could not match the 
appearance or behaviour to any 

797
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:11,160
known species. 
On the evening of August 14th, 

798
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:15,520
2016, a young woman was sitting 
outside her home near Flagstaff,

799
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,040
AZ. 
The property was bordered by 

800
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,160
forest and she was having a 
conversation with her boyfriend.

801
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,680
During this time, she heard 
movement in the trees beside the

802
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,360
house. 
At first the sound was dismissed

803
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:29,400
as likely coming from a local 
animal. 

804
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:33,240
About 20 minutes later, she 
noticed a strong, strange smell 

805
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,560
in the air. 
It was at that moment she looked

806
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,200
toward the field that stretched 
out from the edge of the woods. 

807
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:42,480
In the middle of the field stood
a large creature estimated to be

808
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:46,960
between 8:00 and 9:00 feet tall.
It was massive in build and 

809
00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:49,720
covered head to toe in dark 
brown or black hair. 

810
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,040
The creature was standing 
upright. 

811
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:55,560
Its face appeared to have some 
human like structure, but did 

812
00:46:55,560 --> 00:46:58,480
not fully resemble a human or 
any known animal. 

813
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:02,520
Startled by what she saw, she 
ran inside, locked the doors and

814
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:05,600
shut her blinds. 
Her sudden reaction alarmed her 

815
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,480
family, although they didn't see
the creature themselves. 

816
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,520
Her mother later went outside 
with a flashlight and scanned 

817
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,080
the area, but found nothing 
unusual at the time. 

818
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,800
The next morning, she and a 
cousin went outside to look 

819
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,160
around the property in daylight.
They found patches of flattened 

820
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:24,520
grass in the field and three 
separate areas inside the nearby

821
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:26,920
woods where vegetation had been 
disturbed. 

822
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,080
Tracks were visible leading 
deeper into the trees. 

823
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,040
The prints were spaced in a way 
that suggested a large stride. 

824
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:38,200
Despite their curiosity, both 
chose not to follow the tracks 

825
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,440
further into the forest due to 
the uneasiness left by the 

826
00:47:41,440 --> 00:47:45,080
encounter. 
No sounds were heard from the 

827
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:48,400
creature during the sighting. 
It did not make any gestures or 

828
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,080
movements before she ran. 
Its behaviour appeared passive, 

829
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,360
but its presence alone was 
alarming. 

830
00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,320
The location was quiet for the 
rest of the night and no further

831
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:00,680
activity was reported in the 
following days. 

832
00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:04,400
The creatures height, body 
shape, and full hair coverage, 

833
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,640
along with the strange smell and
the physical evidence left 

834
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,680
behind were all noted by the 
witness and her cousin. 

835
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:16,960
On the morning of October 9th, 
2021, a hunter had a brief but 

836
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:20,200
clear sighting of an unknown 
creature while in his tree stand

837
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,400
near the Washington National 
Forest in western Arkansas. 

838
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:28,000
He had settled in by 4:30 AM and
noted how silent and still the 

839
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,600
forest was. 
There were no typical early 

840
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:34,400
morning animal sounds. 
Around 5:00 AM, he heard a loud 

841
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:37,800
cracking noise that resembled a 
log striking another log. 

842
00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:41,720
At first he assumed it might be 
related to a construction site 

843
00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:46,560
located farther up the hill. 
By 5:20 AM, he began hearing 

844
00:48:46,560 --> 00:48:49,600
something walking in the woods 
coming from behind and to his 

845
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,120
left. 
The steps came from near the top

846
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:55,440
of the Ridge above him. 
He was positioned about 1/4 of 

847
00:48:55,440 --> 00:48:58,520
the way up the hillside. 
The sound of The Walking pattern

848
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:02,200
was clearly bipedal. 
His first thought was that 

849
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,960
someone was trespassing and 
interfering with his hunt. 

850
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:08,800
As The Walking continued, the 
sky had lightened just enough 

851
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,320
that he could see a silhouette 
moving along the top of the 

852
00:49:11,320 --> 00:49:13,960
Ridge. 
He raised his binoculars to get 

853
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,960
a better view and realized the 
shape was not human. 

854
00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,480
What he saw was a large creature
walking upright. 

855
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:24,560
It stood approximately 7 1/2 
feet tall and was massive, 

856
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,920
likely around 650 lbs based on 
its body structure. 

857
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,640
Its hair was dark brown or black
and looked to be about two 

858
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,520
inches long. 
The creature's arms were long 

859
00:49:35,640 --> 00:49:38,840
and its hands hung noticeably 
below the level of its knees. 

860
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,840
The hunter was not able to see 
facial details due to the early 

861
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:46,280
morning light and distance. 
After a few seconds, the 

862
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:49,160
creature suddenly moved and 
disappeared into a dense patch 

863
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:52,720
of grapevines nearby. 
It crossed the visible area in 

864
00:49:52,720 --> 00:49:56,160
only three strides. 
The sighting only lasted about 

865
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,440
15 seconds from the time he 
first saw the creature to the 

866
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,280
moment it vanished into the 
thicket. 

867
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,360
No sounds were made by the 
creature during the sighting 

868
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,600
beyond its footsteps. 
The hunter did not report any 

869
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,960
strong odor or additional 
disturbances after the event. 

870
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:15,320
The creature size, posture, and 
movement did not match any known

871
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:21,840
wildlife native to the area. 
In November 1988, a hunter 

872
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:25,040
experienced A brief but 
significant encounter with an 

873
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,840
unknown creature while preparing
for a hunt near Eugene, OR. 

874
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:33,480
The location was just off a dirt
Rd. bordered by steep hills and 

875
00:50:33,480 --> 00:50:36,880
thick brush. 
The time was around 5:30 AM. 

876
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,640
It was clear, cold and still 
dark when the hunter arrived and

877
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:43,200
parked his vehicle near the base
of a wooded hillside. 

878
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,040
After stepping out and opening 
the back of the vehicle to 

879
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,240
gather his gear, he heard a 
sudden noise about 20 yards 

880
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:53,880
ahead and slightly to his right.
The sound came from a dense 

881
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:56,240
patch of vegetation at the base 
of the hill. 

882
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,320
Within seconds, a large, broad 
creature rose from the thicket 

883
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:04,080
and quickly moved uphill. 
The creature's body was tall and

884
00:51:04,080 --> 00:51:06,640
human shaped, but much larger 
than a person. 

885
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:10,280
Its movements were strong and 
fast, and it crossed the steep 

886
00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:13,440
slope in only a few seconds 
before disappearing from view. 

887
00:51:14,280 --> 00:51:17,520
The witness did not see facial 
features or fine details due to 

888
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,880
the darkness and quick motion, 
but the body shape and size 

889
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:24,000
stood out clearly and appeared 
upright and massive. 

890
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,440
After the sighting, the hunter 
waited until daylight before 

891
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:30,280
entering the woods and spent the
rest of the day in his tree 

892
00:51:30,280 --> 00:51:32,360
stand without any further 
activity. 

893
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:35,920
The area was not remote 
wilderness, but a series of 

894
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:38,840
wooded hills and thick brush 
patches near residential 

895
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:40,680
neighborhoods and public 
Parkland. 

896
00:51:41,320 --> 00:51:44,000
The witness had haunted and 
explored these woods since he 

897
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,720
was a child and was very 
familiar with the terrain. 

898
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,640
He had not seen anything like 
this creature before. 

899
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,760
He also recalled a past event 
from childhood when he and a 

900
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:56,440
group of friends were walking 
through the same area and had 

901
00:51:56,440 --> 00:51:58,600
rocks thrown at them from a 
nearby hillside. 

902
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,000
He later questioned whether that
earlier event might have been 

903
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:03,600
connected to the creature 
sighting. 

904
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:07,880
Years after the sighting, the 
witness read reports of similar 

905
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:11,880
encounters from nearby areas and
began to reconsider what he saw.

906
00:52:12,840 --> 00:52:15,480
Though he rarely spoke of the 
incident, the details of the 

907
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:18,960
creature's appearance and speed 
remained clear in his memory. 

908
00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:26,640
In October of 1999, a resident 
in Missoula, Mt reported seeing 

909
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,680
a large, unknown creature at 
night. 

910
00:52:29,240 --> 00:52:32,440
The time was around 9:00 PM and 
the witness was outside on the 

911
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:35,400
back porch of their home. 
The night was clear and 

912
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,440
visibility was good under the 
moonlight. 

913
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:41,440
After being outside for only a 
couple of minutes, the witness 

914
00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:44,400
heard a loud, high pitched 
screech coming from the 

915
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:47,240
neighbour's yard approximately 
30 yards away. 

916
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:51,240
The sound was unusual and stood 
out sharply in the quiet night. 

917
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:55,280
Immediately after the sound, the
witness saw a large, upright 

918
00:52:55,280 --> 00:52:57,360
creature moving quickly through 
the yard. 

919
00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:01,080
It was tall, estimated to be 
between 8:00 and 9:00 feet in 

920
00:53:01,080 --> 00:53:04,720
height, and appeared white in 
colour, which was easily visible

921
00:53:04,720 --> 00:53:08,600
against the darker surroundings.
The creature was running and had

922
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:10,520
its head turned slightly toward 
the witness. 

923
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,200
Though the face could not be 
seen in detail, the general 

924
00:53:14,200 --> 00:53:17,320
shape of the head and shoulders 
was visible and its outline was 

925
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,600
darker against the white hair or
fur that covered the rest of its

926
00:53:20,600 --> 00:53:23,720
body. 
Its motion was fast and fluid as

927
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:26,280
it crossed the neighbour's 
property and entered a wooded 

928
00:53:26,280 --> 00:53:30,360
area behind the witnesses home. 
After it disappeared into the 

929
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:33,240
trees, the sound of it moving 
through the woods continued for 

930
00:53:33,240 --> 00:53:36,520
about 10 to 15 seconds. 
Branches and brush could be 

931
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,400
heard breaking as the creature 
moved deeper into the forest. 

932
00:53:40,040 --> 00:53:42,160
The witness alarmed by the 
experience. 

933
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,640
Quickly went back inside and did
not return outside that night. 

934
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,920
There was no further activity 
reported in the area that night 

935
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:51,520
and no evidence was found the 
following day. 

936
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:56,840
In July 1985, a witness and a 
friend were exploring a wooded 

937
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,400
area near the edge of 
Springfield, MO. 

938
00:53:59,920 --> 00:54:02,160
They had often hiked these. 
Woods and were familiar with the

939
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,880
trails and wildlife. 
On this morning around 9:00 AM, 

940
00:54:06,040 --> 00:54:09,160
they followed a familiar path 
that led about 400 yards into 

941
00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:13,080
the forest to the rim of a steep
hollow to descend safely. 

942
00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:16,400
They used ropes as the slope was
too steep to walk without help. 

943
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,200
Once they reached the bottom, 
they began walking through a 

944
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:22,720
section of the hollow that 
hadn't been explored before. 

945
00:54:23,080 --> 00:54:26,480
The area was thick with vines, 
young trees and fallen logs. 

946
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,600
As they moved quietly through 
the woods, they approached a 

947
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,440
large downed tree covered in 
growth. 

948
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:35,480
The log was around 80 to 100 
feet long and raised about 3 to 

949
00:54:35,480 --> 00:54:37,640
4 feet off the ground because of
its crown. 

950
00:54:38,360 --> 00:54:41,000
They had just reached the base 
of it when they noticed a humped

951
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:43,560
shape in the brush about 10 feet
ahead of them. 

952
00:54:44,200 --> 00:54:47,440
It was covered in brown hair or 
fur and partially hidden by 

953
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:50,680
vines and saplings. 
At first they thought it had to 

954
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:53,600
be a bear, which some people had
occasionally reported in the 

955
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:56,400
area. 
They froze in place, watching it

956
00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:59,000
closely. 
The creature was not moving, and

957
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,600
it appeared still enough that 
they considered it might be 

958
00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:04,080
injured. 
The witness decided they should 

959
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:07,080
leave and inform someone, but 
just as they began to turn 

960
00:55:07,080 --> 00:55:11,680
around, the creature stood up. 
When upright, it was clearly at 

961
00:55:11,680 --> 00:55:15,280
least 2 feet taller than both of
them, who were about 5 feet 5 

962
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:18,200
inches at the time. 
That put the creature at around 

963
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,560
7 foot 5. 
It didn't have the shape of a 

964
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,920
bear. 
Its body was muscular and broad 

965
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:27,080
with sloping shoulders. 
It stood on 2 legs and 

966
00:55:27,080 --> 00:55:28,800
immediately ran off through the 
brush. 

967
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:32,600
It moved quickly, covering an 
estimated 20 yards in a matter 

968
00:55:32,600 --> 00:55:35,800
of seconds, crashing loudly 
through trees and undergrowth. 

969
00:55:36,440 --> 00:55:39,760
The direction it ran LED toward 
a road that divided the hollow. 

970
00:55:40,080 --> 00:55:42,800
The other side of the road had a
steep incline and more 

971
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:46,440
continuous tree cover. 
The two left the area in fear 

972
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:48,920
and climbed out using the ropes 
without looking back. 

973
00:55:49,280 --> 00:55:51,960
They did not talk about what 
happened until days later. 

974
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,400
Eventually, they returned to the
same location with three other 

975
00:55:55,400 --> 00:55:57,960
people. 
At the site, they found a large,

976
00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:00,760
clear space behind the tangler 
brush where the creature had 

977
00:56:00,760 --> 00:56:03,160
been. 
The ground was covered in thick 

978
00:56:03,160 --> 00:56:07,160
layers of leaves and no tracks, 
human, hoofed or otherwise, were

979
00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:10,080
visible. 
The creature's speed, upright 

980
00:56:10,080 --> 00:56:13,640
movement, and size did not match
any known animal to the witness.

981
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,680
The body was not shaped like a 
bear, nor did it resemble a deer

982
00:56:17,680 --> 00:56:20,720
or large dog. 
No scent was noticed during the 

983
00:56:20,720 --> 00:56:23,560
sighting, but the sound it made 
crashing through the woods was 

984
00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:28,120
loud and distinct. 
Nothing else unusual was found 

985
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:30,920
in the area during the return 
visit, and no additional 

986
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:32,960
sightings were reported by 
others nearby. 

987
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:36,920
The witness did not discuss the 
incident further outside of that

988
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:42,200
summer. 
In the summer of 1988, a group 

989
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:45,440
of teenagers working on a hay 
crew had a sighting of an 

990
00:56:45,440 --> 00:56:47,880
unknown creature near Coos Bay, 
OR. 

991
00:56:48,520 --> 00:56:51,800
The location was a field and 
wooded Ridge overlooking an old 

992
00:56:51,800 --> 00:56:54,800
industrial site once used for 
mushroom harvesting. 

993
00:56:55,720 --> 00:56:59,000
The area sat just off a dirt Rd.
that ran parallel to the field, 

994
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:01,320
surrounded by forest and rolling
hills. 

995
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,360
At the time, the group was about
2/3 finish loading hay onto a 

996
00:57:05,360 --> 00:57:07,760
wagon. 
One of the teens glanced across 

997
00:57:07,760 --> 00:57:11,000
the road and noticed a large, 
upright creature standing near a

998
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,400
tree. 
It appeared to be between 7:00 

999
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:16,600
and 8:00 feet, which was later 
estimated by comparing its 

1000
00:57:16,600 --> 00:57:19,760
height to the nearby tree. 
The creature stood still with 

1001
00:57:19,760 --> 00:57:22,520
its arms hanging straight by its
sides and looked in the 

1002
00:57:22,520 --> 00:57:25,760
direction of the group. 
The tractor was shut off and 

1003
00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:28,000
everyone stopped working to 
watch the creature. 

1004
00:57:28,520 --> 00:57:31,160
It did not move aggressively or 
make any sound. 

1005
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,400
After about two minutes, it 
turned and walked away at a 

1006
00:57:34,400 --> 00:57:37,040
steady pace, staying upright on 
2 legs. 

1007
00:57:37,720 --> 00:57:40,280
It disappeared into the woods 
without making any signs of 

1008
00:57:40,280 --> 00:57:43,000
distress or leaving any 
noticeable tracks from that 

1009
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:46,360
distance. 
The boys shared the event later 

1010
00:57:46,360 --> 00:57:49,200
that day with family and 
classmates, but no one took the 

1011
00:57:49,200 --> 00:57:52,960
report seriously. 
The local area was well known to

1012
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:56,120
the witness, who had grown up 
hunting and hiking in those same

1013
00:57:56,120 --> 00:57:59,000
fields and forests over the 
years. 

1014
00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:02,560
He recalled hearing strange 
vocalizations in the woods, long

1015
00:58:02,560 --> 00:58:06,520
howls, cries or moaning sounds 
that were difficult to explain. 

1016
00:58:07,080 --> 00:58:10,000
These sounds had caused unease 
on more than one occasion, 

1017
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:12,920
especially during early morning 
or evening hours. 

1018
00:58:15,000 --> 00:58:17,680
No follow up sightings or 
investigations occurred at the 

1019
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:19,760
time. 
The creature made no threats or 

1020
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:23,120
gestures, and there was no signs
of damage or tracks left behind 

1021
00:58:23,120 --> 00:58:26,400
in the field. 
Its body was large, upright and 

1022
00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,960
quiet, and it moved confidently 
into the surrounding trees. 

1023
00:58:33,400 --> 00:58:37,160
In May 2003, two individuals 
were exploring an old strip 

1024
00:58:37,160 --> 00:58:39,600
mining area near the edge of 
Butte, Mt. 

1025
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:43,000
The site was near a group of 
abandoned underground tunnels. 

1026
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:45,400
These. 
Tunnels, originally part of a 

1027
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:49,080
coal mining operation, had been 
converted decades earlier into 

1028
00:58:49,080 --> 00:58:51,640
controlled environments for 
mushroom cultivation. 

1029
00:58:52,440 --> 00:58:55,200
By this time, they were no 
longer in use and had been left 

1030
00:58:55,200 --> 00:58:58,080
vacant. 
While walking near the entrance 

1031
00:58:58,080 --> 00:58:59,760
to one of these tunnels, the 
pair. 

1032
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:02,680
Heard a loud groaning sound 
echoing through the area. 

1033
00:59:03,400 --> 00:59:06,400
Concerned that someone might be 
injured inside the mines, they 

1034
00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:10,360
moved closer to investigate. 
As they approached, they saw a 

1035
00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:13,960
large creature standing nearby. 
It had a heavy build and was 

1036
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,560
covered in medium length dirty 
brown hair. 

1037
00:59:17,240 --> 00:59:19,760
One of them shouted, expecting 
the animal to flee. 

1038
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:22,960
Instead, the creature turned and
looked directly at them. 

1039
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:27,400
It did not act aggressively, but
quickly turned and ran and moved

1040
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:29,600
on 2 legs and covered ground 
fast. 

1041
00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:33,640
The creature was estimated to be
just over 6 feet tall with a 

1042
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:37,080
wide frame and strong. 
Bulky body similar to that of a 

1043
00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:39,360
heavyweight athlete. 
The hair was. 

1044
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:44,000
Uneven and matted in places, but
not extremely long after the 

1045
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:46,760
creature disappeared, the 
witnesses spent around an hour 

1046
00:59:46,760 --> 00:59:49,120
searching the area and checking 
the nearby tunnels. 

1047
00:59:49,320 --> 00:59:52,680
But they did not see it. 
Again, no tracks or physical 

1048
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:56,000
signs were found. 
The animal made no vocal sounds 

1049
00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:58,600
after the initial groan and left
without incident. 

1050
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:04,960
In early February 1991, a hunter
experienced a close range 

1051
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:07,720
sighting of an unknown. 
Creature while grouse hunting in

1052
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:10,160
the mountains outside Missoula 
Mt. 

1053
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:14,120
The location was in a state 
managed wildlife area with. 

1054
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:16,200
Steep terrain and deep winter 
snow. 

1055
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:20,040
At the time of the encounter, 
the snow was 10 to 12 inches 

1056
01:00:20,040 --> 01:00:23,120
deep and had a layer of ice 
roughly half an inch on top. 

1057
01:00:23,560 --> 01:00:25,440
Walking through it required 
effort. 

1058
01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:28,920
The hunter had shot a grouse on 
the top Ridge of the mountain, 

1059
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:31,720
about 3/4 of a mile from where 
the hike had begun. 

1060
01:00:32,280 --> 01:00:35,920
His hunting partner was 75 yards
away when the bird was taken 

1061
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:39,200
down and took him a while to 
reach him due to the conditions.

1062
01:00:39,840 --> 01:00:42,640
After meeting briefly, the 
partner returned along a trail 

1063
01:00:42,640 --> 01:00:45,360
toward the Access Rd. while the 
hunter stayed behind. 

1064
01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:49,480
After the sound of his friend's 
footsteps faded, the hunter 

1065
01:00:49,480 --> 01:00:51,720
turned to look across the Ridge 
they had just come up. 

1066
01:00:52,280 --> 01:00:55,720
At that moment, he saw a large, 
dark creature running along the 

1067
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:59,800
ridgeline and moved across the 
Ridge for roughly 50 to 100 

1068
01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:02,760
yards before pausing in an open 
section of trees. 

1069
01:01:03,120 --> 01:01:05,480
Then it turned and changed 
direction toward him. 

1070
01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,480
The creature crossed a 
difficult, icy slope of about 

1071
01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:13,520
100 to 150 yards in what seemed 
to be only a few minutes. 

1072
01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:17,720
It moved with surprising speed 
and power, covering the distance

1073
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:20,400
easily while the hunter remained
frozen in place. 

1074
01:01:21,120 --> 01:01:25,200
The animal came within 40 to 50 
feet and stopped staring 

1075
01:01:25,200 --> 01:01:27,560
silently at the hunter for one 
to two minutes. 

1076
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:31,480
It made no noise, showed no 
signs of being out of breath and

1077
01:01:31,480 --> 01:01:34,080
it's breathing was not visible 
even in the cold air. 

1078
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:38,320
The hunter was wearing a blaze 
orange hunting suit, and he 

1079
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:40,800
believed the creature spotted 
the colour when it paused on the

1080
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:43,640
Ridge. 
After seeing him, it ran faster 

1081
01:01:43,640 --> 01:01:46,320
in his direction as if it was 
investigating. 

1082
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:49,880
When it reached the closer 
distance, it stopped and held 

1083
01:01:49,880 --> 01:01:53,280
its position calmly. 
The hunter raised his shotgun 

1084
01:01:53,280 --> 01:01:55,560
out of fear, but the creature 
did not react. 

1085
01:01:56,000 --> 01:02:00,280
It showed No Fear or aggression.
After the short stand off, it 

1086
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:03,280
turned and walked back in the 
direction it came from, glancing

1087
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:06,040
back once before disappearing 
into the trees. 

1088
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,160
The animal was entirely black, 
with long, thick hair that it 

1089
01:02:10,160 --> 01:02:14,240
made its face hard to see. 
It stood around 7 to 7 1/2 feet 

1090
01:02:14,240 --> 01:02:18,120
tall and was estimated to weigh 
between 4 and 500 lbs. 

1091
01:02:18,880 --> 01:02:21,720
Its movements showed strength 
and balance that seemed 

1092
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:25,200
unaffected by the icy snow, 
which was especially noticeable 

1093
01:02:25,280 --> 01:02:28,080
because even walking was 
difficult for a human in those 

1094
01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:31,120
conditions. 
Later, when the hunter described

1095
01:02:31,120 --> 01:02:34,240
the encounter to his friend, the
friend attempted to run a short 

1096
01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:37,880
distance in the flat Rd. nearby 
and fell within three steps, 

1097
01:02:38,120 --> 01:02:40,680
showing how tough the surface 
was to move across. 

1098
01:02:41,640 --> 01:02:44,680
No other sightings or physical 
signs were found in the area 

1099
01:02:44,680 --> 01:02:48,280
that day. 
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1100
01:02:48,680 --> 01:02:51,920
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1101
01:02:52,120 --> 01:02:53,960
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1102
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:56,120
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