Government investigating bush creature sightings
By Chuck Tobin
Another reported incident of a sasquatch seen in Teslin last weekend is
being looked into by staff from the Department of Environment.
Teslin conservation officer John Klein said Wednesday he received
eyewitness accounts of something weird in the woods at about 2:30 a.m.
last Sunday. He is planning to do follow-up interviews with those who say
saw something.
"It was not until the following morning at daybreak on Sunday morning that
people started investigating what they saw, and that is when a print was
found and a sample of hair," Klein explained.
He said by the time he got involved and was shown the location of the
print, the area in question had been disturbed quite a bit by the numerous
people who wanted to see what some believe is evidence of Big Foot.
By the time Klein saw the print, there were no distinct features like the
outlines of toes or such, but those who saw it initially say it was quite
a bit more foot-like before the area was heavily visited.
The print, he said, measured 43 centimetres (17 inches) in length and 11.5
cm (4.5 inches) in width.
The tuft of hair collected will be sent for analysis to Philip Merchant,
the department's laboratory specialist in Whitehorse.
Doug Larsen, chief of the wildlife management branch, said this morning it
should be relatively straightforward to determine if the hair comes from a
common local animal like a bear.
If the analysis is inconclusive, however, it may be that the sample would
have to be subject to further scrutiny, such as a DNA test, he explained.
Larsen said DNA testing can be very expensive if it's intensive enough to
identify a specific person for forensic purposes. But having a DNA test
simply to determine if the hair is human or not, for instance, should also
be relatively straightforward, he said.
Eyewitnesses to the incident could not be reached this week. Many were
attending the annual general meeting of the Teslin Tlingit Council.
Klein said reports indicate about nine people saw what they maintain was a
sasquatch-type figure.
In much the same way one would expect a neighbourhood to react to a bear
sighting in the area, kids were cleared from the street and the area known
as Smarchville was on the alert, he explained.
The report of a sighting comes a year after a similar report last June by
two area residents who swear they saw something Big-Foot like cross their
paths in the early morning.
Conservation officer David Bakica said back then he was convinced upon
interviewing the two adults locals - both familiar with wildlife - that
they were shaken up by whatever they saw.
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| Title: Re: WAS IT GEORGE, JEB, MARVIN OR NEIL?? |
17 Jul 2005 08:30:05 AM |
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It wasn't the Florida Skunk Ape, that's fer sure!
He's WAY SCARIER!! :-O
SuZanne
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| User: "Doc" |
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17 Jul 2005 02:29:49 PM |
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"Su Zanadu" <tugbertswife@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:1053-42DA5D5D-384@storefull-3217.bay.webtv.net...
It wasn't the Florida Skunk Ape, that's fer sure!
He's WAY SCARIER!! :-O
SuZanne
You mean the one sitting in a big house in Tallahassee?
Doc ;)
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