Sasquatch

A creature that has dwelt for centuries in the misty lands of fantasy may soon merge from its status as a myth and in stark realism become a monster or even newly discovered type of man. It is the Sasquatch of British Columbia, Canadian near relative of the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas and first cousin of Mr. Bigfoot of California.

Before white man's coming, the Sasquatch was the subject of Indian mythology and verbal history from Alaska to California. White man's calloused disregard of Indian lore drove many of their mythical creatures into he unknown, to become completely forgotten. The Sasquatch, or to use its Indian name, Boqs, only retreated. Today it is staging a strong comeback, not as a myth, but as a real flesh-and-blood creature.

Observers describe it as a very muscular, man-shaped creature, large-chested, with arms that hang to its knees, about seven feet in height and of tremendous strength. Hunters who search for it refer to it as an ape. It is extraordinary, however, that stories told by natives, illiterate and living thousands of miles apart, give his creature not only the same name but also the same physical characteristics.