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1920–1959 Port Chatham, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Animal behaviour near Port Chatham, Alaska (1920)

Historical accounts describe a thriving fishing town that was abandoned after residents were allegedly killed by a hairy, Bigfoot-like creature. The investigator retells these published and locally repeated accounts as background for his own visit to the remote area.

Animal behaviour
BFRO YEAR: In the 1980's Kenai-Cook Inlet County, Alaska Class B #1259

While hunting small game, witness gets a glimpse of "the hairy man"

A man hunting small game claimed a tall, fully hairy figure walked across a dirt road near Skilak Lake. The figure paused, looked in his direction appearing surprised, then left swiftly into the woods. The witness watched from a few hundred yards away in daylight, loaded his shotgun because he was unsure of intent, and later chose not to tell authorities for fear of disbelief.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Some time in the middle of the night Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Related account #1995

Vocalization near Fairbanks, Alaska

In the middle of the night the witness was awakened by a flying squirrel that landed on his chest, squeaked, and ran off.

Vocalization
As I was making camp Fairbanks, Fairbanks County, Alaska Related account #1995

Footsteps near Fairbanks, Alaska

Earlier that evening while making camp, the witness heard a black bear approaching and scared it away before it got close.

FootstepsFull-body sighting
Date unknown Fairbanks, Alaska #da9eb7c7-a46e-450b-b86d-351581432b91

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska

Another miner reportedly was walking a remote catwalk under utility lines when something from above grabbed him upward and slammed him, nearly knocking him out. After falling, he saw a large hairy dark biped running away impossibly fast along the catwalks.

Full-body sighting
when I was about nine years old Fairbanks, Alaska #9de1e7c1-7793-4ab5-9cae-9c7d1b2bc4cf

Sasquatch sighting near Fairbanks, Alaska

The nine-year-old witness took the family dog to the edge of a snowy field by base housing at night. A helicopter with a spotlight moved erratically over the woods, apparently pursuing something. A huge dark being burst from the treeline into deep snow, moved very fast alternating bipedal and quadrupedal motion, then re-entered the woods with the helicopter following.

Full-body sightingMovement only
around seven years old Slana, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/tlRGHMrE5m2HIKPOHxBWxhPt_WvpEE_Gpp438UyZmYY

Sasquatch sighting near Slana, Alaska

The witness was riding in the back of the family car after collecting river water when a large hairy figure stood up from a roadside ditch about 20 feet away and watched the car. The figure was described as [name withheld]-sized with long brown and gray hair and a mostly human-like angry face. The witness told the parents in the car, who dismissed the report.

Partial sighting
Date unknown Port Chatham, Alaska #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/xSi4LRBWZiIRmDsCLlFWHJHga0HyC8Dmb3wI0iC9r6s

Movement only near Port Chatham, Alaska

While investigating the abandoned town area with night vision, the witness made a vocal call and saw something large move through the woods across an embankment in apparent response. He could not determine its shape and did not claim it as a creature, noting it paused as if listening.

Movement only
Date unknown Alaska #88f3d0d6-b979-4b91-9f6c-283de68d71ec

Vocalization in Alaska

While working in the park, the guest hiked to climb a mountain via a narrow valley and detoured to check an old cabin site. He found a large well-trodden trail, a shredded willow break, and a torn-apart rotten stump, which he attributed to snow and bears at the time. On the return in a sunny open spot he heard a loud single-syllable vocal from the woods over the creek and chose to leave for the wide river bar rather than investigate.

VocalizationTree break