Sasquatch sighting near Kasaan, Alaska
Account
The witness and a friend were crab fishing by boat in a bay when they noticed a shape moving between two islands. They first thought it was a floating log but on closer approach through a rifle scope saw it was an animal swimming toward a berry-covered island. The friend insisted it was a kushtaka, equivalent to a sasquatch.
What was reported
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Sightings
Described appearance
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- Face src
- flat face
- Other features src
- oblong head with peak pointing back
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
the first time I come up
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|---|---|
| Place |
Kasaan, Alaska
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| Map point |
55.5611, -132.4068 (± 15 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Kasaan city (GEOID 0237650), matched from nearest town 'Kasaan'
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
crab fishing from a boat with a friend
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| Witness's word for it |
a kushtaka or a sasquatch
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 360 Podcast Interview