Sasquatch sighting near Whistler, British Columbia (1996)
Account
Three teenagers drove out of Whistler near midnight and watched a huge hairy figure standing by a road sign in headlights. It stood frozen with hands out, then stepped and jumped into the river and walked upstream. They found only two prints by the sign and one toward the river.
What was reported
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Sightings
Physical traces
Described appearance
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- Height src
- eleven to thirteen foot tall
- Build src
- shoulder blades four or five feet wide, legs like body size
- Hair colour src
- brownish black
- Face src
- flat nose, wide chimpanzee mouth ear to ear, thin lips, no teeth seen
- Hands src
- huge hands, webbed fingers, palms pinkish black, no hair on palms
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
21 December 1996
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| Time of day |
about midnight
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| Place |
Whistler, British Columbia
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| Map point |
50.12, -122.95 (± 10 km)
Show's sighting map pin 'Whistler', matched to this account (score 1.0)
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
3
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| Witness was |
driving home from snowboarding
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| Witness's word for it |
sasquatch
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Evidence & investigation
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 925 Podcast Interview
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Bigfoot Society map layer Reference
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