Albert Ostman account -- Multiple-day encounter with family of Sasquatches
Account
A prospector camping alone in coastal mountains awoke at night to being carried inside his sleeping bag for hours to a small enclosed valley. There he encountered four hair-covered individuals described as a family group and was held for about six days living on remaining canned food. He gained favor with the younger ones using snuff and handmade utensils, then incapacitated the adult male with a large dose of snuff and escaped during the resulting commotion, hiking south to a logging camp for help.
What was reported
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Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- old male near eight feet tall; old female over seven feet tall; young male about seven feet tall
- Build src
- old male big barrel chest, hump on back, enormous biceps; old female 500-600 pounds, very wide hips; young male about 300 lbs, chest 50-55 inches, waist 36-38 inches
- Hair length src
- about six inches on heads, longer on females; short and thick on body
- Face src
- wide jaws, narrow forehead slanting upward, rounded back of head
- Arms src
- powerful shoulders, enormous upper-arm biceps tapering to elbows, forearms longer than common
- Hands src
- wide hands, long broad hollow palm like scoop, short fingers, chisel-like nails
- Feet src
- soles padded like dog's foot, big toe longer and very strong
- Gait src
- goose-like walk (old female); trots and climbs agilely
- Posture src
- turn knees out to sit straight down; rise straight up without hands; balances on rump
- Apparent sex src
- male and female present: old man, old lady, boy and girl
- Age / size src
- two adults and two juveniles; two big ones and two little ones
- Clothing src
- none, no clothes on at all
- Other features src
- no hair inside hands, soles of feet, upper nose and eyelids; ears covered by overhanging hair; eyeteeth longer
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
Summer 1924
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
night, about 4:25 a.m. on arrival
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| Place |
British Columbia
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Figures reported |
4
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| Witness was |
prospecting and camping
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| Witness's word for it |
mountain Sasquatch giants
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Evidence & investigation
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- Investigated by
- John Green (BFRO)
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #1091 Primary
The report refers to
- “trapper at Toba Inlet account of a prospector carried off”Not in the Anomadex yet