Post by Deleted on May 12, 2007 1:19:08 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
I live on Vancouver Island and have been interested in Sasquatch for decades and over the years have heard numerous reports of sightings of the animals, tracks and vocalizations. Whatever doubts I may have had in the beginning are long gone. Although I have personally spent a lot of time in wilderness areas, I have never had a conclusive experience myself, although I once had a large animal stamp its feet on the ground (as a warning) in the middle of the night in an alpine area of Manning Park which scared the living daylights out of me. And I once heard wood rapping in a wilderness valley on the island, also at night that I'm convinced was a Sasquatch. One of the most amazing and credible reports I have heard was from a local couple from the island who were on vacation in Nova Scotia. Has anyone even heard of Sasquatch in that province? I will tell the story if someone is particularly interested.
Recently I bumped into a man whom I had met on a few previous occasions and who had told me a very interesting story years before of finding tracks on Black Tusk Mountain near Whistler. He claimed they were about 24 inches long and that the animal must have weighed a thousand pounds. In the intervening years I had heard through the grapevine that he had had an encounter of some sort on the island. So of course I asked him about it. "Not just one" he told me, "but several." It turns out they were all in the ame area where he goes fishing. On one occasion he had a fish on the line that he was reeling in and a Sasquatch stood up in thick vegetation to watch on the opposite bank. He said it was tall and lanky and he judged it to be a juvenile. I am not exactly sure what happened next but for some reason it ran off. But he sensed something behind him and looking over his shoulder saw "The Big Daddy" standing up on the bank looking down on him. He told me he is considering attempting to prove they exist because, as he put it, their forest habitat is fast disappearing. I asked him if he would consider taking me in with him and he seemed OK with that. He is convinced that this family of animals lives in this particular area and that he could probably make contact on the first day. He wanted to talk to me some more in future and knows how to contact me, but not wishing to push too much, I neglected to get his phone number, much to my regret. So now, despite it being such a promising lead, all I can do is wait.
My son has also had an interesting experience a couple of years back when he heard very vigorous tree drumming which he found quite unsettling. I hope at some point to go to that area and spend some time but it is a long drive and I don't have the resources at this time.
So, for those who have the time and the inclination, opportunities definitely exist on the island. I have probably heard around 25 or 30 different stories. One area where there have been a number of sightings in the past few years is between Sutton Pass and Port Alberni and also at the east end of Cameron Lake. Other good areas (apparently) are the drainages near Comox Lake.
I live on Vancouver Island and have been interested in Sasquatch for decades and over the years have heard numerous reports of sightings of the animals, tracks and vocalizations. Whatever doubts I may have had in the beginning are long gone. Although I have personally spent a lot of time in wilderness areas, I have never had a conclusive experience myself, although I once had a large animal stamp its feet on the ground (as a warning) in the middle of the night in an alpine area of Manning Park which scared the living daylights out of me. And I once heard wood rapping in a wilderness valley on the island, also at night that I'm convinced was a Sasquatch. One of the most amazing and credible reports I have heard was from a local couple from the island who were on vacation in Nova Scotia. Has anyone even heard of Sasquatch in that province? I will tell the story if someone is particularly interested.
Recently I bumped into a man whom I had met on a few previous occasions and who had told me a very interesting story years before of finding tracks on Black Tusk Mountain near Whistler. He claimed they were about 24 inches long and that the animal must have weighed a thousand pounds. In the intervening years I had heard through the grapevine that he had had an encounter of some sort on the island. So of course I asked him about it. "Not just one" he told me, "but several." It turns out they were all in the ame area where he goes fishing. On one occasion he had a fish on the line that he was reeling in and a Sasquatch stood up in thick vegetation to watch on the opposite bank. He said it was tall and lanky and he judged it to be a juvenile. I am not exactly sure what happened next but for some reason it ran off. But he sensed something behind him and looking over his shoulder saw "The Big Daddy" standing up on the bank looking down on him. He told me he is considering attempting to prove they exist because, as he put it, their forest habitat is fast disappearing. I asked him if he would consider taking me in with him and he seemed OK with that. He is convinced that this family of animals lives in this particular area and that he could probably make contact on the first day. He wanted to talk to me some more in future and knows how to contact me, but not wishing to push too much, I neglected to get his phone number, much to my regret. So now, despite it being such a promising lead, all I can do is wait.
My son has also had an interesting experience a couple of years back when he heard very vigorous tree drumming which he found quite unsettling. I hope at some point to go to that area and spend some time but it is a long drive and I don't have the resources at this time.
So, for those who have the time and the inclination, opportunities definitely exist on the island. I have probably heard around 25 or 30 different stories. One area where there have been a number of sightings in the past few years is between Sutton Pass and Port Alberni and also at the east end of Cameron Lake. Other good areas (apparently) are the drainages near Comox Lake.