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Feb 11

Nighttime encounter by three brothers in northern Alberta

We were herding our cows home at night (they had got out of the pasture) and were walking to the west heading into the wind. We were near the edge of a ravine that came out of the “endless bush” a mile away (the ravine is thickly treed). All of a sudden the cows took off running to skirt around a grainery(building hoilding grain) near the edge of the ravine, and our dog whined once and took off at a run towards home, a half a mile away. The three of us running close to the cows cut across in front of the grainery to cut off the cows. As we raced around the building we came out in front and straight into a huge man like animal covered in fur. It was after dark, but the oon has rose early and the light colored oat or barley stems ib the field (I don’t remember which crop)really made things bright. the animal had grain in its hand and just stared at us for 3 to 5 seconds, asand looked as surprised as we did.

My oldest brother quickly said “I know that’s you Walter Luka, in my Dad’s bear suit” (Walter Luka was a neighbor that lived about 3 miles away and was huge, 6 foot 4 and weighed about 420 pounds). The animal then turned and quickly walked into the bush, 40 yards away. When we got home we immediately checked and our Dad’s “bear suit” (coveralls brown color made of wool and made for very cold weather)was still hanging there. My Dad was still not back from hunting moose. I was 8 at the time, and my brothers were 10 and 14. We started talking about it at home and we realized that it had reached in to get grain from the gable end of the grainery which was about 8 and a half feet off the ground. We recalled that the animal(which looked like a man) was almost as tall as the gable ends of the grainery, or 8 feet high. Our father was in the logging business and had several Indians (natives) working for him and a few months later we were talking to them and they said it was a sasquatch. That is the first time we had ever heard the word but it was used commonly years later as several people in Northern Alberta saw these animals.

 

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14 Responses to “Nighttime encounter by three brothers in northern Alberta”

  4. David D

    Some critters’ can eat certain things, that can and will ferment in their stomachs. Opossum’s, will climb up into a Persimmon tree in the Fall, gorge themselves’ on the fruit, and get a pretty good buzz! If I was the only North-American marsupial, and experienced the minority effect of being ugly, sneaky, and just plain creepy looking in a flashlight beam, I may turn to strong drink, persimmon style! They can actually get so drunk, that they’ll fall out of the tree! Maybe, Squatch can do something similar. Beer Squatch? This Squatch for you? Hey, just thinking. Whole grain is a VERY good food, and if he gets a little buzzed…. At least the big dude doesn’t get behind the wheel after that. Might be a great way to finally capture one of these things. Fifty open bottles of crappy beer, left alone on a “gifting” rock? Not such a bad idea.

  7. SmellyHusband

    Just a guess but i think this is out of Hines Creek Ab , i ve read everything on AB bfro and there is more then one account of bf being seen eating grain from hoppers . I ve worked in area a lot and live only a hr from area witch up here is considered right next door . I still hope to never see one but love to hear encounters from my area , since i work all over northern ab and bc in oil and gas im often in areas where i ve read encounters . keeps me on my toes and eyes on the tree line at all times , still hope to never see one.

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