Legend of Vancouver island Sasquatch: HAG XII Traditional Cache
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Legend of Vancouver island Sasquatch: HAG XII
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Anthropologists describe native stories about Sasquatch as being part of superstition. First Nations tribes up and down the coast of the Pacific Northwest say they are living, breathing creatures and not mythical. The northern tribes of Haida call it Gogit. The Kwakiutl call it Bukwas. It is said to look like a small gorilla that lives in the bush. In legend the creature was known to steal food, throw rocks and shriek at night. The most common sightings are along the coast where claims are plentiful. Recognized in dozens of different cultures worldwide, assorted names indicate the same mysterious creature. Locally he is known as Sasquatch or Big Foot. Around the world, he is known as Almas in Mongolia, Amomongo in the Philippines, Barmanou in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Chuchunaa in Siberia, Fear Liath in Scotland, Mono Grande in South America, Orang Mawas in Malaysia, Orang Pendedk in Sumatra, Woodwose in medieval Europe, Yeren or Hubei in China, Yowie in Australia and the most famous of all, the Yeti of Tibet. How do I know if I see one? First Nations elders of Vancouver Island describe the mysterious creatures to be about two hundred and fifty kilograms in weight, with long brown to reddish hair, a rank smell, flat faces, human-like footprints, large eyes that are sometimes yellow and pronounced brow ridges. There seems to be a saggital crest in the males where the skull meets in the middle forming a pointed ridge, much like a male gorilla. sasquatch vancouver island Solitary and elusive creatures, they holler out loud with their heads tilted back and hands pressed to their throats. Reportedly, they can never stand still and are constantly in motion. Throughout British Columbia and particularly, Vancouver Island, there have been sightings of possible Sasquatch dens, feces, shrieks, rock throwing and footprints. So far, footprints provide the bulk of physical evidence that Sasquatch actually does exist. Plaster casts of extremely large bare feet ranging in size from 14 to 18 inches have been made from all over the world, with one famous cast of a footprint from Vancouver Island in 1988 that was 18 inches long. Reported Sightings People have seen the creatures on the lone stretch of highway between Port Alberni and Tofino. They have also been seen on Radar Hill and Long Beach on the west coast. They have been heard howling in Indian Bay and having been watched foraging for food at Shoen Lake. An elderly woman witnessed one of the creatures crossing the road in front of her car. The gigantic biped allegedly stopped in front of her car and looked straight at her before disappearing into the underbrush on the other side of the road. One group of seasoned hikers reported watching a creature with binoculars for over half an hour foraging for food on a mountain slope across a valley in Shoen Lake. They said: “It could not possibly have been a bear, bears are uncomfortable on their hind legs and this one did not move on all fours.” A timber cruiser on Texada Island said: “It came crashing through the bush, I did not get a clear sight of it but it was very tall and stank to high heaven. The dog was freaking out and it left quite a mess in its wake.” The Nuu-chah-nulth people on the west coast tell a story where one Hupacasath ancestor went into the mountains and encountered a sasquatch. As the story is told, the man tried to hide from the beast by wrapping himself in a blanket. While wrapped in the blanket, the man was picked up by the great creature and twirled around before being set back down again. It is known that sightings of Sasquatch, or cacuuqhsta as the Nuu-chah-nulth language call it, are not unheard of but are usually confined to the west side of the island. True or not, the more I researched the possible sightings of Sasquatch the more I believed in their existence.
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ba tebhaq oruvaq ohfu
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