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Hi guys I actually just talked to Matt 2 weeks ago about the sunshine coast expd i'm very interested in going on my first one because i live in vancouver . I'm an avid flyfisher and have had some interesting incidents the harrison area that I cant explain

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akubra said:

Hi guys I actually just talked to Matt 2 weeks ago about the sunshine coast expd i'm very interested in going on my first one because i live in vancouver . I'm an avid flyfisher and have had some interesting incidents the harrison area that I cant explain

Hi akubra,

Welcome to the West Coast Sasquatch Research forum.
Hope you enjoy the forum, share your thoughts, and have some fun here.

I believe the BFRO has a Sechelt expedition planned for August 24-27 in 2006. Details on the 2006 BC expedition are on the following page: www.bfro.net/news/roundup/britishcolumbia.asp
You could probably find out all the details by contacting secheltbigfoot (Robert) on the forum or by clicking on his name and sending him an e-mail.

I think I can speak for the group here when I say that we would certainly be interested in hearing about your unexplained incidents in the Harrison country if you would like to share them with us.

There are a few members here that concentrate the majority of their sasquatch research efforts in the Harrison Lake and river areas. From the photographic evidence that I have personally seen presented by those members, I am thoroughly convinced that sasquatch does inhabit the Harrison Lake and river areas.

Over the years I have received about six reports involving anglers experiencing strange sounds in the Chehalis River/Canyon areas, as well as one possible brief sasquatch sighting on the Harrison River.

In any case, the Harrison River and lake country is certainly a perfect spot to combine fishing, sight seeing and poking around for signs of sasquatch.

Best of luck in your research.

Bushman

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Hi Bushman It would be really good to meet some of you from the valley. As for my incidents The first one happen on the chehalis river around the mid 1990's around the second week of november (COHO Season) I arrived at the river around 5am and in the fall its still dark I was parked just ouside the gate the hatchery I was getting all geared up and the whole time iwas doing this I had this real uneasy feeling now keep in mind i fished several times a week and i was used being out there that early. anyways i got all geared up and decided to head for the river so I headed down the trail that goes alongside the hatchery fence line and about twenty feet down the trail something in the bushes just started shaking the bushes and Iwas scared nutsless I had a mini mag flashlight with me so I got it out but as i moved the flashlight towards the bushes what ever it was just started moving away real fast i could hear thick branches snapping and breaking so i turned around and headed back to my truck at the time I thougt I'd spooked a bear but now i just don't know. the second incident was in the mid 90's to it was at a slough down Morris valley road this slough connects to the harrison river on one side of the slough is rock face with gradual slope with a fair amount of trees and bushes Theres a game trail going up that slope that Ive seen bears use in the fall. during one particular trip down this slough i was fishing it was sometime late afternoon ihad been fishing for few hrs and the sun had gone behind mountains and I started feeling like I was been watched or like Iwas not alone Then out of no were a rock splashes down in the pool of to my left and by the splash it was a fair size rock it scared me then i thought a buddy of mine may headed out fishing and saw my truck parked back on the road because we had both been fishing this slough since we able to drive so i looked around aand said very funny not a very nice person now come out and then another rock hit the water then i thought it may be some local natives from the local band trying to get me to leave but ive never had any problems from them before then another rock hit the water and i realized the rocks were coming down from somewhere up that rockface now this rock face does not extend over the water it slopes away from the water so the rocks would have to be thrown outwards and they continued to do so and I started to get more annoyed than scared so i decided to head out . As I headed out the rocks stop hitting the water but every few min. or sec debris would roll down the slope like somewaking was kicking them loose it continued till just about the lake were I walk out to my truck as I got to the lake I could see some people fishing of the rockface on the otherside of the lake so i thought it could of been someone from that group but that person would have hike through some pretty dense bush and an awkward slop all the way around to where i was fishing it wouldn't be a pleasure hike thats for sure. The reason why I question theses incidents now is because i saw a report about footprint along the chealis river 1995 I can't say if that was the year but I know it was around thattime because my son was around 4 and iwas living in Maple Ridge.

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akubra said:

Hi Bushman It would be really good to meet some of you from the valley. As for my incidents The first one happen on the chehalis river around the mid 1990's around the second week of november (COHO Season) I arrived at the river around 5am and in the fall its still dark I was parked just ouside the gate the hatchery I was getting all geared up and the whole time iwas doing this I had this real uneasy feeling now keep in mind i fished several times a week and i was used being out there that early. anyways i got all geared up and decided to head for the river so I headed down the trail that goes alongside the hatchery fence line and about twenty feet down the trail something in the bushes just started shaking the bushes and Iwas scared nutsless I had a mini mag flashlight with me so I got it out but as i moved the flashlight towards the bushes what ever it was just started moving away real fast i could hear thick branches snapping and breaking so i turned around and headed back to my truck at the time I thougt I'd spooked a bear but now i just don't know. the second incident was in the mid 90's to it was at a slough down Morris valley road this slough connects to the harrison river on one side of the slough is rock face with gradual slope with a fair amount of trees and bushes Theres a game trail going up that slope that Ive seen bears use in the fall. during one particular trip down this slough i was fishing it was sometime late afternoon ihad been fishing for few hrs and the sun had gone behind mountains and I started feeling like I was been watched or like Iwas not alone Then out of no were a rock splashes down in the pool of to my left and by the splash it was a fair size rock it scared me then i thought a buddy of mine may headed out fishing and saw my truck parked back on the road because we had both been fishing this slough since we able to drive so i looked around aand said very funny not a very nice person now come out and then another rock hit the water then i thought it may be some local natives from the local band trying to get me to leave but ive never had any problems from them before then another rock hit the water and i realized the rocks were coming down from somewhere up that rockface now this rock face does not extend over the water it slopes away from the water so the rocks would have to be thrown outwards and they continued to do so and I started to get more annoyed than scared so i decided to head out . As I headed out the rocks stop hitting the water but every few min. or sec debris would roll down the slope like somewaking was kicking them loose it continued till just about the lake were I walk out to my truck as I got to the lake I could see some people fishing of the rockface on the otherside of the lake so i thought it could of been someone from that group but that person would have hike through some pretty dense bush and an awkward slop all the way around to where i was fishing it wouldn't be a pleasure hike thats for sure. The reason why I question theses incidents now is because i saw a report about footprint along the chealis river 1995 I can't say if that was the year but I know it was around thattime because my son was around 4 and iwas living in Maple Ridge.

Hi akubra,

Thank-you for taking the time to write down your possible sasquatch encounter reports, and for sharing them with all of us here on the forum. It is greatly appreciated.

According to Chris Murphy's excellent book "Meet the Sasquatch", Brad Tombe filed a report on August 6, 1995, regarding a possible sasquatch track find on a sandbar somewhere below or downstream of the Chehalis River salmon hatchery. Apparently Tombe found — and made plaster castings of — four tracks that were 12 inches in length and a stride between the tracks of about 50 inches. The tracks were also photgraphed and witnessed by one other angler who helped Tombe measure the stride.

Interestingly, a short time later Rene Dahinden received a telephone call from the Chehalis Chief, Alexander Paul, informing of a sasquatch sighting by one of his people. The witness stated that he saw what he first thought was a bear walking in the river. However, as he watched, it stood up and walked out of the river on two legs. The creature had been seen bending over, probably in the process of obtaing some sort of food.

It may also be interesting to note that another Chehalis Native, Chehalis Phillip, once had a rocked hurled at him from the rock bluffs above Morris Creek.

The most famous historical account of sasquatch rock-throwing on Morris Creek came from Chehalis Native, Frank Dan. Here's his story courtesy of Bobbie Short's Bigfoot Encounters site:

The Frank Dan Story at Morris Creek
July 1936

Another J.W. Burns story, teacher on the Chehalis Reservation
A small tributary of the Harrison River, 1936

A well-known old Amerindian medicine man named Frank Dan told a colorful story. Ivan Sanderson reproduces this story on page 70 of his book "The Abominable Snowman" by the kind permission of Government Agent, teacher to the Chehalis, Mr. J. W. Burns. This occurred in July 1936 along Morris Creek, a small tributary of the Harrison River. J. W. Burns writes of Frank's story:

"It was a lovely day; the clear waters of the creek shimmered in the bright sunshine and reflected the wild surroundings of cliff, trees, and vagrant cloud. A languid breeze wafted across the rocky gullies. Frank's canoe was gliding like a happy vision along the mountain stream. The Indian was busy hooking one fish after another; hungry fish that had been liberated only a few days before from some hatchery. But the Indian was happy as he pulled them in and sang his medicine song.

Then, without warning, a rock was hurled from the shelving slope above, falling with a fearful splash within a few feet of his canoe, almost swamping the frail craft. Startled out of his skin, Frank glanced upward, and to his amazement beheld a weird looking creature, covered with hair, leaping from rock to rock down the wild declivity with the agility of a mountain goat. Frank recognized the hairy creature instantly. It was a Sasquatch. He knew it was one of the giants--he had met them on several occasions in past years, once on his own doorstep. But those were a timid sort and not unruly like the gent he was now facing.

Frank called upon his medicine powers, sula, and similar spirits to protect him. There was an immediate response to his appeal. The air throbbed and some huge boulders slid down the rocky mountainside, making a noise like the crack of doom. This was to frighten away the Sasquatch. But the giant was not to be frightened by falling rocks. Instead he hurried down the declivity carrying a great stone, probably weighing a ton or more [sic], under his great hairy arm, which Frank guessed--just a rough guess--was at least 2 yards in length. Reaching a point of vantage--a jutting ledge that hung far out over the water--he hurled it with all his might, this time missing the canoe by a narrow margin, filling it with water and drenching the poor frightened occupant with a cloud of spray.

Some idea of the size of the boulder may be gained from the fact that its huge bulk blocked the channel. Later Jack Penny dredged it out on the authority of the department of hinterland navigation. It may now be seen on the 10th floor of the Vancouver Public Museum in the department of "Curious Rocks." When you're in Vancouver drop in to the museum and the curator will gladly show it to you.

The giant now posed upon the other ledge in an attitude of wild majesty as if he were monarch of these foreboding haunts, shaking a colossal fist at the "great medicine man" who sat awe-struck and shuddering in the canoe, which he was trying to bail out with his shoe. The Indian saw the Sasquatch was in a towering rage, a passion that caused the great man to exude a repugnant odor; that was carried down to the canoe by a wisp of wind. The smell made Frank dizzy and his eyes began to smart and pop. Frank never smelt anything in his whole medicine career like it. It was more repelling than the stench of moccasin oil gone rotten. Indeed, it was so nasty that the fish quitted the pools and nooks and headed in schools for the Harrison River. The Indian, believing the giant was about to dive into the water and attack him, cast off his fishing lines and paddled away as fast as he was able.

Sanderson included this story not so much for anything it might add to the general picture of sasquatches in the area - there is ample evidence of that in any case - but to exemplify the type of tale told by the Amerindian that cause the white man to doubt his veracity.

Frank Dan was an old and respected medicine man living by the precepts and beliefs of his ancestors. Thus, his interpretation of events had to be in accord with his position in the community.

It is a straightforward account; namely, that while fishing, a Sasquatch appeared, hurled some rocks at the old man, and stank like hell. The induced landslide and the weight of the second rock hurled, or perhaps merely dislodged into the river, as well as the giant's implied curse, are pure embellishments. Even the mass exodus of the trout might well be perfectly true and due to a cascade of boulders rather than to a stink in the air that they could of course not smell in the water.

Besides, Frank Dan's "medicine" came off second best and he had manifestly fled. He couldn't explain this fact away, so he just did the best he could so not to show up in too poor a light. In fact, Mr. Burns records that Frank Dan gave up being a medicine man from then on, saying that his powers had been finally defeated. That would seem to be the act of an honest man."

Source: The Frank Dan Story at Morris Creek, 1936

So to sum things up, after reading the reports above, I believe it is possible that you may have encountered a sasquatch during both of your encounters in the Harrison River country.

If you keep your eyes on the forum one of us will generally post a note mentioning the dates, times meeting places etc. of our sasquatch research expeditions into the Harrison Lake and river country. And, there is usually always room for one or more genuinely interested people to tag along. In fact, one or more of us from this forum are usually up there in the wilds almost every weekend, and I'm pretty sure we would enjoy the company of another researcher.

Bushman

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Hi bushman It was Morris creek (slough) that the rock throwing happened I also forgot to mention that a friend of mine has also had uneasy feelings down there on several occassions to the point that he won't fish there alone. i look foward to meeting other researches since I'm just getting started.

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Hi, I have been monitoring this forum for a few months now and this discussion caught my interest. I am familiar with Morris Creek and have canoed it occassionally since the early 70s. I had read an article somewhere which mentioned the area and named the sloping cliff where Morris Creek joins the Harrison River "Sasquatch Lookout". Whenever I went past there I kept my eyes open. On one occassion in the mid 70s I think, I found a line of footprints in the water leading from the shore just below sasquatch lookout into deeper water. They looked to be larger than human and about 2.5 to 3 feet apart but I didn't measure them. I checked the sandy shore (about 15 feet between the water and boulders at the bottom of the cliff) but there was nothing. The tracks led straight from this sandy shore so I assumed the shore had been washed by high water and the tracks in the water (very little current there) were more persistent. I have often wondered what made those tracks.

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Hi All:

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences from the Harrison River and lake country with all of us here.

It is my hope that more people will come forward after reading these posts and tell us what they have seen or heard in the Harrison country that they can't quite explain.

I had my first fling with the Harrison Lake/River country on a deer hunting trip to Long Island with my Dad back in 1958. And ever since that first trip, I have had a deep love for the entire Harrison Lake/River region, as well as great respect for all living things that call this special area home.
I have fished the Harrison River—and some of the lake— for all species of salmon, trout and sturgeon since about the mid-1960s.
Over the years, I also consider myself fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to spend hundreds of hours in the beautiful Harrison River/Lake country filming television shows, boating, hiking, hunting, four-wheeling and guiding people from around the world.
The Morris Creek/slough area is one of my favorite spots...and I'm reasonably sure the sasquatch consider it one of theirs.
Although I have never seen a sasquatch in the Harrison River country, it certainly has not been because I haven't been looking for one.
It seems to me that whenever I'm the Morris Creek area I can't take my eyes off the beautiful landscape it's graced with for more than a few seconds at a time.
I have often pondered the thought that if a sasquatch was ever going to be briefly captured on film in British Columbia, the Morris Creek area is the spot it would happen.
Seems to me that this spot has all the ingredients...and the only thing required would be to put in the all-important time.

Bushman

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Hi guys I'm a rookie to this research stuff but from experience Morris Creek during late summer into the fall seems to be full of animal activity just by the amount of tracks you can find along the shore and the game trails that cross through the Evans family property (the feild to the south east before the tree line) So I agree with bushman that if the time is put in you could be rewarded.

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Vancouver Island is gorgeous and primordial in all the right places. Do yourself a favor and go to Strathcona Prov. Park. I thought if I'd ever see a Sasquatch, it would be there! (I didn't - I did see blackbear, tho!).

Tofino also promising; surf's up!

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badvatti said:

Vancouver Island is gorgeous and primordial in all the right places. Do yourself a favor and go to Strathcona Prov. Park. I thought if I'd ever see a Sasquatch, it would be there! (I didn't - I did see blackbear, tho!).

Tofino also promising; surf's up!

I spent about 15 years commercial fishing all around Vancouver Island, B.C.'s central and north coasts, as well as Alaska when Canadians were still allowed to fish there.
Vancouver Island has certainly had its share of sasquatch sightings over the years. As has the Harrison Lake and river country.
I guess it all boils down to where a person feels they might have the best chance of seeing and possibly being lucky enough to get a sasquatch on film.
Come to think of it, almost anywhere in beautiful British Columbia is prime sasquatch habitat and a person's chances of seeing or filming one would be about the same wherever you happen to be.

Bushman