Sasquatch sighting near Nanaimo, British Columbia
Account
A Coast Salish elder told the guest that as a young boy south of Nanaimo he found a small hair-covered creature sitting on a cedar fence railing by a beach river. When it saw him it jumped down, put a hand in front of its face, and ran into the forest. The elder called it Steamtum.
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- Age / size src
- little
- Other features src
- hair-covered
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