Sasquatch sighting near Chesterfield, Idaho (1902)

Account

A group of youngsters skating on a river encountered an 8-foot hair-covered creature that yelled and brandished a large club. They fled on skates to their wagons and escaped. Tracks found later away from the river were 22 inches long with four toes.

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Height src

eight-foot-tall

Feet src

22 inches long and 7 inches wide with four toes

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1. Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/01/24/sc-ep187-mountain-giants Podcast Interview
   Published 2016-01-24 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Listen from 0:53:16 (account ends about 0:57:22) Hash 3bd8f4289c0e
   Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts)

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• “Dubuque Telegraph Herald”

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