Sasquatch sighting (1890)
Account
A lone hunter in Newfoundland was charged by a giant hair-covered man-like creature in a marsh. He fired three shots and killed it. He measured the body at 12 feet with a 14-foot arm span and left it where it fell because he was alone.
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- Height src
- 12 feet
- Other features src
- hair-covered body, weight about 1,000 pounds
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