Sasquatch Chronicles Blog

DATE: October 30, 2008
TIME: 0200 hours local
LOCATION: Haines Highway near Summit Mountain

NARRATIVE: “…We got going at 6:00 AM the next day, and by evening we had passed through Haines Junction, Yukon and were well into the BC
mountains as a snow-storm hit us. We slowed to about 15mph because the visibility at times was less than a hundred feet. Even so, at the height of land
near Summit Mountain, we slipped off to the right on a right uphill curve. We had seen no other traffic all night going either way, and had to try digging
out. It was dark, but we kept the car running and by the headlights and occasional moonlight we would dig out, move a few yards uphill, then slide off
again. This happened over and over for hours. It was sometime around 2:00 AM when Witness #2 called out and I noticed a dark manlike shape about
six feet tall watching us on the summit bluff about fifty yards away to the east. The bluff was a 20 foot cliff facing the highway with the round height of
land just behind it. The snow was reflecting light from the headlights and maybe patches of moonlight, I don’t know, but we could see it clearly enough to
know it was not a bear. It just stood watching us, standing in the snow about twenty feet above us, not moving or making any noise. I have no idea how
long it had been there watching us.  Witness #2 ran to the car, and before I could react, grabbed a machete that we kept as a tool in the car ran to the
edge of the road and started waving it and screaming at the creature, trying to scare it off.

After watching Witness #2’s actions for only a few seconds, it turned to its right and I watched it walk away in the snow along the top of the bluff for
about fifty feet before disappearing over the flat summit. We talked about what it could have been for a minute or two, then we got back to work digging.
The snow was not coming down right at the time and we were making headway when, about five minutes later, another figure appeared, much taller than
the first. I would estimate the second creature to have been about nine feet tall and heavily built, with shoulders that looked three to three and a half feet
wide. It was dark-colored like the first and there was a breeze that was blowing its hair on the arms… the hair looked to be about eight to ten inches
long where I could see it blowing to the side. The creature was facing directly towards us and was bobbing up and down, in a way that, to me, looked
menacing, kind of like going from a crouch with hands close to the bent knees, then straightening up and down again. At no time did I see either of the
creatures go down on all fours, and at this point I could see the whole body of the big one right down to where the snow came to just below its knees. I
would best describe it as like a football linebacker bobbing up and down before blitzing. I got a distinctly uneasy feeling, and before I knew it, Witness #2
was going for the machete again and was starting in on his “scare-it-off” thing. I took one more look at the creature and called to Witness #2: “Get in
the car, now!”
He looked at me a moment and then got right into the car and we locked the doors. He was still holding the machete. I looked over and the big one was
still looking at us, crouching and bobbing up on the bluff. Witness #2 was extremely upset and was talking about having to defend ourselves. I just said to
him, “Look, there’s no point in getting all worked up the way things are. We might just as well sit tight and try to relax. If that thing wanted to, it could
easily just walk down here and rip the roof right of the car. Let’s just settle down, don’t even look at it, and maybe it’ll calm down and go away.”

“I reassured him as best I could and hunkered down behind the wheel. Witness #2 was curled up in the back. I remember saying a prayer for us. I did
look back out once briefly about five or ten minutes later, I’m not exactly sure how many minutes, but I do remember when I looked a last time, it was
gone.”

“After what must have been at least an hour in the car, we got back out and didn’t hear or see anything. We had been digging for only a few minutes
when lights came up the highway behind us, slowed and, just like us, slid off to the right. It was a small red truck, two-wheel drive, driven by a little
older woman with white hair. We were just getting her unstuck when a snowplow came up behind her, driven by an American who, I believe was
contracted to plow through to the Haines, Alaska side. He seemed to know the lady, because he said, “(Driver’s name of other vehicle), you know you
shouldn’t be out here in weather like this…” We saw her get up over the top of the highway and off down the other side, and the plow driver used his
blade to clear away all the snow on the stuck side and got us out too.”

“We made it down to Haines safely about forty-five minutes later, in time for a breakfast at a cafe and the early ferry. I had told Witness #2 we didn’t
want to be slowed down by talking about any of the events; I just wanted to eat without any delays and make the ferry. But one thing did happen that gave
me a bit of the chills. In a corner of the café, about three booths away there was a group of older men having coffee and talking. I could hear their
conversation and I heard them mentioning sasquatches. One of them commented to the effect, “yeah, they’re around… a couple was just talking about
seeing some of those critters up on top recently…” (Investigator’s Note: The term “on top” possibly refers to being on or near the summit of the Haines
Highway.)

“We made it home on the ferry safely, and that is my experience. Witness #2 has moved away and we don’t keep in touch. Going over the sighting, I did
not make out really clear details of the faces but will say that these were not bears of any kind. The legs, arms and hair on both were too long, there
were no ears sticking up on the top of the head, and they were wide–shouldered with the heads set low on the shoulders. The total time I watched the
first smaller creature was approximately thirty seconds. The larger creature stayed in view for about ten minutes. The details of the creatures as I
remember them are accurate to the best of my ability, although the estimates of distances might be a few yards off, and the heights may vary by a few
inches.”

INVESTIGATIVE SUMMARY: This report is courtesy of J. Robert Alley, Sasquatch Tracker Associate, Southeast Alaska Region.  The two men
involved had purchased a new vehicle in Anchorage, AK and had visited Witness #1’s father in Willow, AK before departing for the Alaska Marine
Highway ferry at Haines, AK at 0600 on October 29, 2008.  Once aboard the ferry, they would make their way back to their homes in Ketchikan, AK.
For those unfamiliar with the road system in Alaska, driving from the interior region of Alaska to the southeastern region of Alaska involves driving
partially through the Yukon Territory and the northern part of British Columbia, reentering the United States and then heading south via the ferry from
Haines, AK.

Witness #1 did not specify if the second sasquatch appeared in the same place as the first one.

Witness #1 made a reference to the BC mountains meaning he and the other witness had already driven the portion of the highway that passes through
the Yukon and were in the northern section of British Columbia within a few miles of the United States – Canada International Border which is
approximately 40 miles north of Haines, AK.

After recounting the encounter with Alley, Witness #1added, “Although neither of the creatures made any sounds that I could hear and we didn’t go
looking for tracks, I would say, having seen various TV documentaries on sasquatches, that on October 30, 2008 I definitely observed two sasquatches
beside the Haines Highway near the summit west of the highway north of Haines, Alaska and south of the Yukon.” Witness #1 has a signed affidavit
testifying to the details of his encounter on file with Alley in Ketchikan, AK.

http://www.sasquatchtracker.com/AKreports.html