Is bigfoot a creation of the Harrison Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce?
http://furtradefamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/sasquatch-story.html
This article was written by a historian not a footer of any fashion.
Excerpt below:
"Green's July 1, 1957 editorial complained that "Most of our readers will have noticed by this time that the Harrison Sasquatch Expedition (under Rene Dahinden) appears to exist only in the newspapers."
The problem, Green explained, was that no one outside Harrison Hot Springs had contributed money to the fund, and if local business people wanted the publicity that this expedition would bring to their area, they would have to pay for it themselves.
Finally, Harrison Hot Springs Council convinced itself of the marketing potential of the Sasquatch, and contributed $1,000 towards the Expedition's supposed expenses -- money which probably went toward erecting a welcome sign graced by an enormous neon Sasquatch on the outskirts of Harrison Hot Springs.
Just as tourist season kicked off, Green reprinted an old story about a humming Sasquatch that attempted to hypnotize a local woman.
He followed that story up with others, and the stories were more unbelievable every week.
But other newspapers picked up the stories and the tourists flooded into Harrison Lake Hotsprings."