Folklore near Portlock, Alaska
Account
The teller, descended from Portlock families, retells written village accounts of loggers disappearing and body parts found on shorelines. Residents eventually abandoned the town with meals still cooking and relocated north. He is rewriting these accounts in a book.
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Context & caveats
Facts & provenance
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| Place |
Portlock, Alaska
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|---|---|
| Map point |
59.6425, -151.5483 (± 15 km)
Towns named in the place text ('Homer'; USGS GNIS populated place 'Homer', Kenai Peninsula)
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| Account type |
Folklore / legend
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| Witness was |
recounting village history for a book
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| Witness's word for it |
evil entity
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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