codeorama Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Yukon Men Convinced They Saw Sasquatch Thu Jun 10, 8:57 PM ET Add Strange News - AP to My Yahoo! WHITEHORSE, Yukon - Conservation officer Dave Bakica is convinced that whatever two men saw early last Sunday morning, it shook them up. Marion Sheldon and Gus Jules were traveling out of town along the Alaska Highway on an all-terrain vehicle between 1 and 2 a.m. when they passed what resembled a person standing on the side of the highway. Thinking it was a person from their small community who might be in need of a ride, they turned around. As the two lifelong Teslin residents and members of the Teslin Tlingit Council approached to within 20 feet, they noticed the figure was covered in hair, but standing upright the entire time. Though natural light was dusky, Jules saw what he believed to be flesh tones hidden beneath the mat of hair, he told Bakica. Sasquatch? Big Foot? "I have no doubt they saw something, and are convinced it was not a bear or anything in the ordinary," Bakica said. "They are convinced this was something out of the ordinary ... And they are pretty shook up over it." Jules is an experienced hunter. Jules described the figure as standing about 7 feet tall, but hunched over. They could see it was not a person. As the two parties went their separate ways, the dark-haired figure crossed the highway in two or three steps. Bakica said ground conditions mixed with rainfall made it impossible to pick up definitive tracks and there was no hair on branches or other vegetation. Also, by the time he went to the scene Monday morning, half the town had been out to the site, he said. Jules has launched a search for evidence that could document his experience. "I have no doubt in my mind that they believe what they saw was a Sasquatch," said Bakica. "Whether it was or not, I do not know. "Just because you can't prove something was there, does not mean it was not there." Sheldon and Jules could not be reached for comment by the Whitehorse Star. Teslin is about 90 miles southeast of Whitehorse. It would not be the first suspected Yukon sighting of the folklore beast. In April 1991, three Pelly Crossing residents reported seeing a Sasquatch while driving between Pelly and Stewart Crossing. The creature fled back into the woods as the vehicle passed. The residents took a photo of what they claim were footprints measuring 15 inches long in the melting snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 My wife used to hang out with a guy in college who was just under 7 feet tall. Every once in a while he'd run around late at night in a Sasquatch costume as a goof after tossing a few down. No doubt some "real" sightings got thrown around afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redman Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Is this another excuse for a moose knuckle reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 :laugh: Do we need an excuse for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by riggo-toni My wife used to hang out with a guy in college who was just under 7 feet tall. Every once in a while he'd run around late at night in a Sasquatch costume as a goof after tossing a few down. No doubt some "real" sightings got thrown around afterwards. Not sure how bright the friend was, RT. I'd rank running around in the dark in a big foot costume these days right up there with posing your follow-through after hitting your 1-iron in a lightning storm on the Please-Strike-Me-Down Meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riggins44 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Bigfoot doesn't scare me, but now seeing Dolly Mammy (local legend) or Nell (Nell's Creek legend) is a different story. John Holmes was here at the office today! Serious, have a customer named John Holmes. Always wanted to ask him if he was planning any new movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Om Not sure how bright the friend was, RT. I'd rank running around in the dark in a big foot costume these days right up there with posing your follow-through after hitting your 1-iron in a lightning storm on the Please-Strike-Me-Down Meter. For such a smart woman, my wife seems to know her share of idiots... I mean, besides me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Yukon Men Convinced They Saw Sasquatch Dont they mean "hctauqsas" or Toofgib? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Sounds like a Wookie sighting. I heard Lucas was shooting some more Hoth scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted June 11, 2004 Author Share Posted June 11, 2004 Originally posted by Kilmer17 Dont they mean "hctauqsas" or Toofgib? If they "knew" those were the real names, they wouldn't be unsure of what they saw... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 it seems to me that bigfoot is immortal or something, if hes some kinda ape-man like they claim, he/she'd have to be hundreds of years old, if not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyster Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Bigfoot is just part of the vast conspiracy to hide mind readers and the truth of numerology. I think he might be part of the Illuminati. Maybe this should be merged with the Sept. 11th conspiracy thread... (which was one of the most entertaining threads I've read in awhile...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfanjoe Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Big Foot plays for the Lakers. He's shaved since his last portrait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Dave Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 yeah it's Shaq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Why do people always refer to "Bigfoot" as a "he?" Could it be a woman? What would she be called then? Blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarhog Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Originally posted by Blondie Why do people always refer to "Bigfoot" as a "he?" Could it be a woman? What would she be called then? Blondie Honey Depending on fur color, perhaps 'BlondeFoot'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingJeremy Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Originally posted by Blondie Why do people always refer to "Bigfoot" as a "he?" Could it be a woman? What would she be called then? Blondie They'd call it "Bigmouth" then. Ha! I kid. I like the jewels right where they are, thank you... Jer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 HA!HA! Blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 Ms. Bigfoot? Lady Bigfoot? Madam foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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