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A third theory, and one actually mentioned by both witnesses with guns at the time of their sightings and witnesses who claimed to shoot and kill a sasquatch: The creature was so humanlike that they couldn’t pull the trigger, or were afraid after killing it, left it, and maintained silence. A fourth theory, that as a hunter, I understand well: It ain’t easy to carry a several hundred pound animal out of the woods, especially if you’re afraid that more of them are around. I have personally stood armed guard with another armed man while two others skinned a coastal brown bear on the Alaska Peninsula while another bear threatened us at close range, and a good dozen other bears in the vicinity. All we took was the head, hide, and paws, and that weighed over 100 lbs., and we didn’t have to carry it far to the skiff.......a hundred yards or so. All the while, I and another yelled, fired warning shots, and kept the other very angry bear away. A fifth theory, that I also know well as an experienced hunter: Not all animals that are shot drop dead as if shot with a death ray. Animals do escape to die later while hidden, and the larger the animal, the more likely this can occur. I have personally lost one black bear, possibly lost a bull caribou (not positive he was hit, but I can’t see how I missed, and the “whomp,” sounded like I hit the boiler room), and nearly lost another caribou bull. And I was not afraid to go searching for these animals like one might be to search for a wounded sasquatch. In fact, that’s how I caught the “almost lost” caribou.

No, I don’t remember that story. Stepovak Bay, early November in the early 1990’s. We cut a deal with a commercial fisherman between openings to haul us out. All we paid him was for fuel, but we brought lots of good food, beer, liquor, and..........something special for him and his deckhands to smoke. The morning that my buddy shot that gorgeous sow, we glassed up 11 bears from the boat. But after getting that sow back to the boat, we were all pretty spooked. Nobody counted on fighting our way back out. It was the only bear we took.

I don't ever tell a game warden or our biologists (wanna be wardens) that I'm bigfoot hunting on the WMAs I use. I'm coyote hunting or hog hunting, that covers me using my fox pro caller. We can now use center fire rifles dec, Jan and Feb for fox and bobcat hunts. Yeah Ga use to have some weird weapon rules during some hunts. I let one yote walk already so I wouldnt scare off a bigfoot with a shot.. Been using my fawn in distress mixing it up with pigs feeding!! I gotta admit calling a bigfoot in at nite scares the **** out of me.

I have a rule. If you shoot at me? I shoot back.

Yup, sounds like a Sasquatch Chronicles classic story. Just like the media, consider the source.