The term "Sasquatch" is an anglicized derivative of the word "Sésquac", meaning "wild man". The original word, in the Stó:lõ dialect of the Halkomelem language, is used by the Coast Salish Indians of the Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Indian tribes across North America have a total of more than sixty different terms for the Sasquatch.

"Bigfoot" was a journalistic term generated in the middle of the last century during a rash of sightings in Northern California. The word has come to be recognized widely.

Many different terms have been used by pioneers and later non-native inhabitants of North America, including "skookums" and "mountain devils".

The description given here is derived from a compilation of thousands of eye witness reports from the entire continent, some of astounding length, detail, and corroborative evidence; the Patterson movie, taken in 1967, and a recent computer-based image analysis of it; and statistical analysis of a large database accumulated over the last fifty years, primarily by John Green.

W. H. Fahrenbach



(Source: W.H. Fahrenback)


I personally prefer the term Bigfoot...I really don't know why.

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~Tom~

This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet


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Near where this encounter happened

This investigation/research by TCC Team Members Bobby & Corinna Long
Both are avid outdoors people and good researchers.
This is a personal encounter by Bobby.




This is a very personal and sensitive encounter as told to us by Bobby. This took place when Bobby was very young, somewhere around 5 to 7 years old. It took a lot of courage to finally tell about this experience.

Here is what Bobby told us:

"I  was just a little guy about 5 to 7 years old and I was put on point for a deer hunt in Oregon.
The area was Skookum pond near Tiller, Oregon.
I was very young at the time and knew no wrong, I had set up at point above where the adults would flush out the deer for me to take a shot at. I sat against a huge fir tree and remained silenced for what seemed to be hours, in the calmness and tranquility of it all,  a very large naked but very hairy man stepped out to me and shushed me for talking to myself.
I became so scared that I ran all the way back to our camp. My stepfather believed me! The other hunters laughed at me. "They are out there" I said!.."

Bobby went on to tell us that until now no one knew about this story other than him, his Wife and those who were there that day. All the people have now passed away other than Bobby and his wife Corinna.

Bobby and Corinna go to this same area, now years later, and the area still has bigfoot activity.
Here is some pictures from the area of some tree breaks.



Can you imagine being that young and having a large, naked, harry man step out on you in the forest, it had to be terrifying. It's no wonder Bobby has kept this story to himself. I totally understand the sensitive nature about this sighting. I thank Bobby for finally telling of this life changing encounter.

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GPS: 43.01001°N, 122.59677°W

[Photos by Corinna Long, Bobby Long]
 
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