Here's Ketchikan author Robert Alley reading from his book, Raincoast Sasquatch:
If you enjoy it, pick up the book here:
http://www.startledsalmon.com/catalog/4
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Recent Sasquatch Activity
Apologies for the hiatus, but I've been quite busy with a number of things, not the least of which has been subsistence fishing.
You can feed the need for sasquatch here: www.alaskansasquatch.com ... lots of shirts, artwork, etc. Even some free music!
Summer of 2009 in Ketchikan was quite dry, which greatly limited opportunities for tracks.
I did make one major find, though, in September; an area near an alpine lake where a sizable young tree had been ripped out of the ground, torn to shreds, and scattered across a trail. Three sizable footprints matching the providence of sasquatch tracks previously reported on the island were located nearby. Pictures to follow soon, hopefully.
Also, earlier in the summer, found some broken saplings along a trail located in a "hot spot" area for sasquatch activity. The saplings were young, healthy trees, and it would have required more than human strength to break/twist them into the state I found them in.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
While out enjoying the sunshine, I and one other person heard 3 knocking sounds while hiking towards a secluded alpine lake, all coming from different directions. Two were very distinct, and very distinctly similar to other sasquatch tree-knocking sounds heard on the island.
Also found a small tree lying broken in two, the pieces crossed over one-another in an unusual fashion. Didn't seem like anything nature or a human being would perpetrate.
Also -- received a report from someone (who insists that they remain anonymous) of a humanoid figure (although described as "larger than a human") darting behind a tree near the location of numerous previous vocalizations, knocking sounds, and tracks.
They're on the move again.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
two hand prints found near out-of-way steelhead stream
My sasquatching time has dramatically decreased here of late after accumulating not one, but two new jobs (which I wholeheartedly enjoy).
Still, in early April, I happened upon something worth noting. While looking for signs of steelhead near an infrequented stream, I came across two massive handprints on a snow drift-covered hillside, both larger than anything my hand (which is big) could have produced... about .75" larger, all the way around. The spread of the fingers was intense.
Of course, I didn't have a camera. And I made the terrible mistake of stepping into one of the hand prints.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Hair Found on Beach
Sunday, Feb 22nd, with the tide rising... stopped by a local beach to scavange wood for a construction project, and were surprised to find a strange, large patch of grey hair, partially buried along the beach. May have been dog... but didn't appear to be. We brought it to a friend, and have plans to take it to a taxodermist for review.
We also found strange piles of clam shells above the beach, in the treeline. A couple mussels and cockle shells, but mostly clams. Most people here know better than to try to eat the shellfish here... PSP is an issue. An unusual combination of findings, to be sure...
We also found strange piles of clam shells above the beach, in the treeline. A couple mussels and cockle shells, but mostly clams. Most people here know better than to try to eat the shellfish here... PSP is an issue. An unusual combination of findings, to be sure...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Vocalizations
A three person hike today, through a "hot-spot" where there have been sasquatch incidents aplenty. At 1pm we heard a vocalization... a strange, whining holler 2-3 seconds long... not at all like a wolf. One hiker compared it to a "horse."
Here's an updated summary of info recorded about the area in question...
10/26/08 My first -- unexpected -- sasquatch encounter, and the beginning of a new hobby...While hiking with a friend a bit off the beaten path, we were stopped in our tracks by the sound of something heavy striking a tree in the distance. We paused for a moment, and heard the sound again couple minutes later, this time, closer. The sound repeated again... and then we began to hear heavy knocks -- like a large branch or limb being struck against a tree -- in groups of three, coming from three or four different locations around us. We quickly turned around, and left.There was also an eerie humming sound in the air around us, which proceeded the knocking sounds by about 20 minutes. We wondered if it might be auroral sounds. Almost like an airplane in the distance, but we felt sure it was not.
11/1/08 Curious about the sources of the knocking sounds, went hiking in the same location with four people. Three knocks were heard, occuring about 2-3 minutes apart, when we arrived in almost exactly the same position as in the previous occurance.
12/13/08 Was in roughly the same area, alone. Traveled in camo, discretely, to high ground, and hid in a cluster of stumps and logs, listening for about 45 minutes. Heard five knocking sounds coming from the distance. Three were very clear, pronounced, and unmistakeable.
12/27/08 Photographed possible track in snow during two person hike.
1/5/09 Hike at night in snow with three people. Heavy snow (knee deep) was throughout the area, and dampened sound as it traveled through the area. While hiking in, my two hiking partners heard two unusual "coughing" sounds coming from across a large body of water. Fifteen minutes later, while listening and emitting whistle sounds rising in pitch, we were startled when a tree about thirty feet away from us began to shake inexplicably, causing all the snow on it to fall fearfully near us. We left the area quickly.
2/20/09 Story related about area... man claiming 3 sasquatches move through on a routine basis, and that when they do, all the neighborhood dogs know, and act strangely.
2/21/09 Strange, whine-like vocalization... 2-3 seconds long. Sound heard in area of the 12/13/09 incidents, coming from the direction of incidents on 10/26/08 and 11/1/08.
Here's an updated summary of info recorded about the area in question...
10/26/08 My first -- unexpected -- sasquatch encounter, and the beginning of a new hobby...While hiking with a friend a bit off the beaten path, we were stopped in our tracks by the sound of something heavy striking a tree in the distance. We paused for a moment, and heard the sound again couple minutes later, this time, closer. The sound repeated again... and then we began to hear heavy knocks -- like a large branch or limb being struck against a tree -- in groups of three, coming from three or four different locations around us. We quickly turned around, and left.There was also an eerie humming sound in the air around us, which proceeded the knocking sounds by about 20 minutes. We wondered if it might be auroral sounds. Almost like an airplane in the distance, but we felt sure it was not.
11/1/08 Curious about the sources of the knocking sounds, went hiking in the same location with four people. Three knocks were heard, occuring about 2-3 minutes apart, when we arrived in almost exactly the same position as in the previous occurance.
12/13/08 Was in roughly the same area, alone. Traveled in camo, discretely, to high ground, and hid in a cluster of stumps and logs, listening for about 45 minutes. Heard five knocking sounds coming from the distance. Three were very clear, pronounced, and unmistakeable.
12/27/08 Photographed possible track in snow during two person hike.
1/5/09 Hike at night in snow with three people. Heavy snow (knee deep) was throughout the area, and dampened sound as it traveled through the area. While hiking in, my two hiking partners heard two unusual "coughing" sounds coming from across a large body of water. Fifteen minutes later, while listening and emitting whistle sounds rising in pitch, we were startled when a tree about thirty feet away from us began to shake inexplicably, causing all the snow on it to fall fearfully near us. We left the area quickly.
2/20/09 Story related about area... man claiming 3 sasquatches move through on a routine basis, and that when they do, all the neighborhood dogs know, and act strangely.
2/21/09 Strange, whine-like vocalization... 2-3 seconds long. Sound heard in area of the 12/13/09 incidents, coming from the direction of incidents on 10/26/08 and 11/1/08.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Infrasound, Sasquatches, and Dogs
In his book "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science" Jeff Meldrum describes documented use of infrasound by African wildlife, and tigers. (To date, no infrasound studies of North America wildlife have been conducted... we really know very little...). Elephants use infrasound to communicate to each other from as far as 30 kilometers away, and coordinate complex family movement. Another advantage is that uneven terrain, brush, trees (temperate rain forest) have very little attenuating effect upon infrasound.
It doesn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to picture families of sasquatches communicating to each other across Revillagigedo island.
Also -- I'm thinking about the recent story I heard about how the dogs "just know" when sasquatches are passing through the area... and other stories of dogs... and thinking that our canine compatriots most likely are perceiving and interpreting infrasound far more accurately than we are. (What is the lower extent of a dog's hearing, I wonder?)
It's interesting to think that the vocalizations I recorded -- which are at such a low frequency, that you can only hear them with high-quality headphones -- may have been coming from miles away!
It doesn't take a huge stretch of the imagination to picture families of sasquatches communicating to each other across Revillagigedo island.
Also -- I'm thinking about the recent story I heard about how the dogs "just know" when sasquatches are passing through the area... and other stories of dogs... and thinking that our canine compatriots most likely are perceiving and interpreting infrasound far more accurately than we are. (What is the lower extent of a dog's hearing, I wonder?)
It's interesting to think that the vocalizations I recorded -- which are at such a low frequency, that you can only hear them with high-quality headphones -- may have been coming from miles away!
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