Weird.....

Gatehouse said:
There are many things in the forests and oceans that have not been found or explained.

If you get a dozen backcountry BC hunters together, there is always one or two with a freaky tale. Most don't talk abotu them, as they don't want to be the butt of joles, or maybe they just don't want to believe what they saw, becuase it's not somethig they really *want* to know about.
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Gate, we are STILL waiting to hear your story. How much scotch will it take to pry it out of you? :rolleyes:
 
Joking?

Gatehouse said:
you must be joking!! those guys had many samsquantch tales!
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Gatehouse, when I first read this reply of yours, I thought you were making a joke, so I answered accordingly. However, on reading it again, I think you meant it, that there actually were many tales of mythical creatures. Looking at it in this manner, my answer will be different.
Remember, I am referring to the class of oldtimers who were gone from the bush no later than the 1950s. And, with all due respect sir, I will guess that your knowledge of the bushmen from this time period, is pretty slim.
What I said, and what I will stand by, is not one old bushman from this group of adventurerers who were in the BC wilderness for a hundred years, ever saw what is now called a sasquatch, or any signs of them. As a matter of fact, I don't think the sasquatch myth was even started until after the
1950s. I think this, but could not swear to it.
Books in our BC provincial museum, such as, The Mammals of BC, by DR. Ian McTaggart Cowan, list every mammal in BC. And every subspecie, be it the lowly mouse or the mighty moose. How could anyone possibly believe that a huge creature as large as the so-called sasquatch is supposed to be, could somehow, just be overlooked, or miss getting officially catalogued!
These stories we hear from time to time, are just that, stories, most likely created and enhanced, by people in a state of mind where they would not want to be stopped on the highway by the police. And the hazy pictures shown in magazines and newspapers fro time to time are just fake, mock-ups.
 
There have been many, many stories by native people up an down the coast, who were there far before any white bushmen.

Also, there are plenty of historical books regarding BC, (which I am sure you are aware of since you wrote one) :) and some had sasquatch references. Maybe they existed, maybe they are gone, maybe they never existed....

But nobody believed giant squids existed either, until one washed up on a beach a few years ago.:)
 
Gatehouse, I wish we lived closer together, so we could sit down with a cool one, or a hot one, depending on the time, and see what stories we could come up with. Best wishes.
 
I will remember, make it cold.
The strange part of all of this is that I believe in UFOs! So yes, I have to agree there is lots of things us mortals don't know.
 
:evil:Me thinks there's too many mushrooms & B.C. Hydro in your neigbourhood. At least there's more of that than flying monkeys throwing their own shat at you in the bush or here at CGN!!!:p:onCrack:
 
If it looks like this pic, and it is charging me, then for sure I am shooting first, and asking questions much later.


That is, if I haven't frozen in abject fear, or am finding it hard to run with fully loaded underwear. :eek: :runaway:
 
H4831 said:
Remember, I am referring to the class of oldtimers who were gone from the bush no later than the 1950s. And, with all due respect sir, I will guess that your knowledge of the bushmen from this time period, is pretty slim.
What I said, and what I will stand by, is not one old bushman from this group of adventurerers who were in the BC wilderness for a hundred years, ever saw what is now called a sasquatch, or any signs of them. As a matter of fact, I don't think the sasquatch myth was even started until after the
1950s. I think this, but could not swear to it.
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Does this include the McLeod brothers in the Nahanni? Their headless skeletons were recovered in 1908, and the Nahanni's famous valley was named soon after. While I don't beleive in sasquatch, it's existance hardly seems less likely than a serial killer in a place as remote as the Nahanni in 1908, but perhaps Albert Johnson was slowly making his way westward towards fame at Rat River.

I don't recall his name, but there was a bush pilot who was flying supplies into a mining camp from his base in Watson Lake. I believe this was during the winter of 1963 or 1964. He ended up getting lost due to a low ceiling, flew into the wrong valley, and crashed into the side of a mountain. While his injuries were painful, a back injury and a sprained thumb, they were not fatal. He kept a journal for some 60 days, and carefully cataloged all the supplies he had on hand. When the wreck was spotted in the summer a recovery team was sent in, and all that was missing, besides him, was a rifle, an axe, and light clothing like he might of worn around the fire. Those of us who know the bush realize there are dozens of possible explanations for the missing items, but it was Headless Valley, so all sorts of sasquatch stories were rekindled.
 
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If I remember correctly, was the Silver back gorilla not "just a rumour" until recent times? like in the 60's or 70's or something.

I saw it on some kind of documentary.

Guranteed you will never see a bigfoot if you are carrying a good camera or a rfile. Only crappy cameras can capture him.
 
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