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norseman, I'm Native...I consider sasquatch to be a real animal. I've also talked to quite a few Natives who believe they are real, an I've talked to Natives who claimed to have seen one, as well as talking to a few Natives who told me of other Natives who have seen them. I spoke with one Native guy who didn't like talkin' about his sightin', it simply bothered him. He was out huntin' one mornin', heard somethin' movin' on the hill parallel to him, in the mornin' mist he found himself lookin' at a sasquatch carrying a large stick. He seen it clear as, no mistakes, he froze, it froze, he stepped, it stepped, it scared the s out of him so he turned an left, not lookin' back. Only reason he told me was because of my sister-in-law knowin' him well, she told him I was honest in my interest in the subject. I know a Native Elder, a Chief, who told me of knowing Charlie Mack an his brothers, he told me of a sightin' in a creek where the elders were campin' durin' a huntin' trip. Talked to another Native who told me of his friend or relative(it's been a bit), who was countin' salmon, they float down the rivers, he saw one on all fours on the shore, it was lookin at him as he looked at it while he floated downstream. The guy showed me how the guy showed him how it was movin', which was like bein' in the middle of a push up, an then you start walkin away on all fours kinda low, arse up, hands an toes. Talked to another Native, a carver, asked him if he'd heard stories, said he had a friend seen one jump out of a tree, wasn't much to the story, besides his friend bein' freaked out. Reckon there's a few more I could recall. An for the record...I've talked to a few white folks who also consider them to be real animals. I always smile thinkin' of a elderly couple near Whiskey Creek if I recall, one of the local store owners had mentioned they had claimed a sightin'. So I went an said hi, the gentleman said he an his wife were drivin' home, seen a grey or brown big upright somethin' walk across the highway. I recall the wife slappin' his arm, said it was the other colour(brown or grey) as her husband was colour blind. I can't recall the colour she'd confirmed, one or the other. I asked her if she recalled what she saw, she said, big, upright, hairy, said it all happened quick. They mentioned it like you'd mention a neighbours dog barkin' all night, like it just happened is all. I can't confirm their sightin's...but I can state I know Natives who consider these animals to be real based on their own sightin's. An...like I said...this Native considers sasquatch/bigfoot a real thing...a as yet unclassified primate. Pat...

Twist, He said non of his friends considered bigfoot real, indiefoot simply asked if that is the same response he got from all the Natives he asked. Your response reminds me to check the expiry date on my jar of sauerkraut in the fridge, haha, but...clearly you're suggestin' exactly what indiefoot was leadin' at I believe. Some of my Native friends do...some don't, some of my non Native friends do...some don't. norseman, Here's a dancer from Alert Bay last summer at Aboriginal Day here in Nanaimo, the Dzunukwa. Pat...

Kinda sounds like it's what he's sayin' Twist, his many different Native friends don't think bigfoot is real. Thus his joke at norseman, try puttin' lead in a myth.

I can make such judgments because I have personal experience with BF. Some of the claims by habituators are hard to believe, even for proponents. Those claims include English speaking BF, BF being impossible to photograph, winking in and out of existence, and the ability remotely to disable electronic devices. All stuff you likely think are bunk. Well so do I, because I have experienced none of it even though I have a limited history of BF encounters. Some of these might be possible, like speaking English, but the other claims I have not experienced. Until I do, I am as skeptical as you are. As a I often mention, I came into BF research very skeptical about the whole thing. Only when something rings true based on my own experience, do I give it much credence. But I do not dismiss everything out of hand. That is not science but a dogmatic belief system, which skeptics and proponents both can be guilty of doing.

Thanks Pat! I think its cool that you are a Native researcher! I was raised very close to the Colville Indian Reservation. Jim Boyd in my last video was Sinixt or lake band Salish. He has recently passed away. Anyhow the belief in Sasquatch is very strong here..... But I also think that western tribes being subjated last and very recently, have been able to hold onto their beliefs better than their eastern cousins. But I simply posted the video because its cool. I like anthropology. We Europeans owe a debt of gratitude to Indians or First Nations people as they are called in Canada. They gave us myths and legends and stories about the land in which we now reside. Some whites know their family origins and traditions..... most do not. I can remember celebrating Potlatch in kindergarten! Also studying pre Christian cultures in northern Europe reminds me that we were not all that different at one time.