Yukon men convinced they saw Sasquatch on highway (Hold Muh Beer Alert!)

Anchorage Daily News ^ | 06/11/04 | AP

[conservative in nyc]

WHITEHORSE, Yukon -- Conservation officer Dave Bakica says that whatever two Teslin residents saw along the Alaska Highway early Sunday morning, it shook them up.

Marion Sheldon and Gus Jules were traveling out of town along the highway on an all-terrain vehicle between 1 and 2 a.m. when they passed what resembled a person standing on the side of the highway.

[conservative in nyc]

News from the lighter side on what's likely to be an emotional day.

Why is it that Big Foot always appears in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night to people who cannot be reached for comment?

[I_dmc]

Good PR consultant?

[mfulstone]

One time, several years back, the mayor of Florence, OR, and the Port Commissioner were on the way back from a meeting in Coos Bay. They were on Hwy 101 and it was late at night. They both saw bigfoot cross the highway in front of them.

The mayor was Wilbur Ternyik - port commissioner was Paul Coyne.

They did not make their sighting public - they only told a few friends - me included. I believe them, (both are avid outdoorsmen and hunters) they had no reason to lie.

For every sighting made public, thousands go unreported because the witnesses do not want to be subjected to public ridicule.

IMO, most who go public do so for attention. They are the ones I trust the least.

[csvset]

BOLO Alert

[RandallFlagg]

The dark-haired figure crossed the highway in two or three steps and the two parties went their separate ways.

Translation: They pooped themselves and ran like hell.

I'd be right behind them if I were there, so I wouldn't criticize them thar stinky britches.

[Cold Heart]

btt

[agitator]

[LibKill]

"7 footer" Man, that's nothing. When I was a kid they routinely ran 12-13 feet tall.

[blanknoone]

Without siding one way or the other, IF such a thing exists, it would certainly only live in remote areas and shun human contact. All wild animals do. And honestly, if I ever saw something, I probably would not report it unless I had some form of incontrovertible evidence.

[conservative in nyc]

LOL! Well, at least we can all agree that Reno-squatch certainly exists! And it governs pretty poorly. Maybe it should stay hidden in the woods.

[Bon mots]

Hold my moonshine...

[Agnes Heep]

Q: What do you get when you cross Hillary Clinton with Bigfoot?

A: Sasquawitch

[prisoner6]

Cool. However I believe in The Wendigo more than Bigfoot.

What's the Wendigo? Go here...The Wendigo to find out.

prisoner6

[gargoyle]

...It's not nice to demean sasquatch...

[skinkinthegrass]

BOLO Alert

YIKES!...Way too early in the morning for that pic. :\

[Andonius_99]

"7 footer" Man, that's nothing. When I was a kid they routinely ran 12-13 feet tall.

That's called "evolution"...

[Physicist]

Woah! And just yesterday, I was convinced I saw a cat squashed on the highway.

[blackdog]

I used to be a counselor who took kids camping the Apalachian Ridge. There is definately something out there that is quite large, quiet as a whisper, can run thru thick woods in the dark of night(try it some time), and can hurl a fifty pound rock at least fifty feet. Two years in a row it would engage us late at night and when campsite was unattended would go thru our stuff like a juggernaut. We thought it was locals at first, until we loudly announced our departure and two guys stayed back, hidden. They both ended up in the hospital and would not rejoin the group. One was a school teacher from England on exchange.

[catpuppy]

Though natural light was dusky, Jules saw what he believed to be flesh tones hidden beneath the mat of hair ... Sasquatch? Big Foot? OSAMA!

[small voice in the wilderness]

Sasquatch seem to be getting dangerously close to human population. We're over-building and driving them from the natural habitat. Soon there will be Sasquatch Crossing signs posted along highways and interstates. SAVE THE SASQUATCH~!