Further Reading

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

On the Trail of the Sasquatch

Most people have heard of Sasquatch, but few people really know what it is. Sasquatch has become lost in the garish world of “Bigfoot,” a California USA gadfly in wooden feet.

The truth is that Sasquatch is real.

Until as late as 1955 that was the impression of the “charming Indian myth” of the ‘Sasquatch-men’— some primitive tribe of giants. To a certain extent white man did believe they existed. In 1934 the small community of Harrison Hot Springs was terrorized by what the Indians declared to be the “Susquatch-men.” Whites were equally terrified at night by “wolf-like howls,” read an article by C.S. Lambert. The community was so unnerved that the people formed a vigilante committee to track them down to “their lairs.” The Indian guides always deserted whenever they got close to the mountainous area where they were said to live. The whites repeatedly failed to find a trace, leading Lambert to say that many held as doubtful “the existence of the primitive tribe.”

In 1955 Roe’s affidavit changed everything. While up Mica Mountain in the Canadian Rockies he came across a female creature that was hairy all over, had large breasts, a negroid shaped head, and walked on two legs. It was between 6 and 7 feet, and the only thing he could do was to associate it with the legendary “Sasquatch” of the Indian tales (Read More ...)