Tales of a giant, hairy ape-like creature
trampling through the woods are running wild in
a northern Interior town after a rash of
Sasquatch sightings.
There have
been three reported sightings in the area within
a month, said Brian Vike, Director of HBCC UFO
Research.
"To be
honest with you, I don't know what to make of
all this," said Vike. "I know with UFOs we're
doing well in B.C. but I don't know with the
Sasquatch. I'm just trying to figure it out."
One of the
sightings was reported by Houston resident
Delores Harrie, who was at home on July 28, just
after 6 p.m., when her two dogs began barking
furiously.
She saw the
doorknob rattle, and when she went outside to
investigate, she saw a shaggy creature running
across the tree line into the bushes:
"It was
huge, about seven to eight feet tall, and
hairy," said Harrie, 45.
"He had long
hair, shaggy, . . . in a pine-beetle colour,
totally covered.
"I couldn't
believe how fast he moved," she added.
"I can't see
it being a grizzly. They run but they don't run
on two legs, and I know it's not a moose
either."
Harrie
reported the incident to Vike, who investigated
and recorded some strange markings on the
ground.
"Definitely,
something had been there," said Vike.
"There's
some cow tracks, but this was something else -
someone with a good-sized foot."
The other
sightings were on Morgan Road in Houston in July
on Telkwa Highway Road in Moricetown, about an
hour and a half away, on Aug. 27.
There was
also a reported Sasquatch encounter in Campbell
River on Aug. 31.
Vike said he
gets periodic Sasquatch sightings across B.C.
and the Pacific Northwest but it hasn't been
active - until recently.
Harrie, who
was "freaked out" about the encounter, said
she's trying to be open-minded about what she
saw.
"There's so
many things out there I think it would be a
little crazy to think we're the only ones here."
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