Sasquatch Report

Imagine if you will the early morning sounds of the Lake of the Woods as you and a buddy cast into the waters of your favourite fishing area. you are between the mainland and a number of small islands. All is quiet except for the sound of the waves gently lapping against the side of your boat. Suddenly, without warning, you hear the sound of a large rock splash into the water close to your boat. as you are wondering who is throwing rocks at you, another rock, probably about 10 - 15 pounds in wieght, comes crashing out of the under-brush from an island again splashes close to your boat. you are amazed, as the distance from the island from which the rocks originated is probably 50 feet; who the heck is throwing these things? You hit the motor and go around the island to see where the person has parked his boat, and hopefully confront him about his behaviour - unfortunately, there are no boats to be found, and it is not really possible for a person to have swum to the island. you leave feeling unsure as to what just took place.

This report, while not conclusive of a Sasquatch encounter, but certainly fitting the known behaviour of the Sasquatch, is just one of many reports submitted to NOSA over the past year. NOSA has attempted to collect as many stories as possible so as to ascertain the area or areas that may best yield a planned Sasquatch encounter. To date, NOSA has collected over 20 alleged encounters with the Sasquatch within the Northwestern Ontario region, some even occurring near Kenora at Coney Island. NOSA plans to organize an expedition into the bush of Northwestern Ontario this summer to look for evidence of the Sasquatches.

The term “Sasquatch” is an anglicized derivative of the word “Sésquac”, meaning “wild man”, and comes from the Stó:lõ dialect of the Halkomelem language, and is used by the Coast Salish First Nations of the Fraser Valley and parts of Vancouver Island, British Columbia (the mask to the left is from this region). However, First Nations across North America have a total of more than sixty different terms for the Sasquatch. In addition, a large selection of fanciful terms have been used by pioneers and later non-native inhabitants of North America for the occasional published and repeated encounters with Sasquatches, including Bigfoot, Mountain Devil and Giant Hairy Ape.

If anyone has a report that they wish to share with NOSA, please email your name and contact information and specifics about your sighting to nosa@kmts.ca; confidentiality is assured.