Interview With Hunter Who Mistakenly Killed A Sasquatch

[Incorrigible1]

The late, great Bobbie Short's interview with Aeron Paul Wilson. The interview is regarding Wilson mistaking a bent-over Sasquatch for a black bear, and sending an arrow into the creature, which proved fatal. The hunter provides an absolutely detailed description of the event, and of the body of the creature. Hoping you'll enjoy the interview as much as I did.

 

 

[VAfooter]

My Internet stinks. Got a summary or link to the details?

[BlackRockBigfoot]

I have honestly never hear this account before.

 

Thanks for posting it!

6 minutes ago, VAfooter said:

My Internet stinks. Got a summary or link to the details?

If no one beats me to it, I will post a summary after I watch it in a bit.

[Incorrigible1]

5 minutes ago, VAfooter said:

My Internet stinks. Got a summary or link to the details?

The gent she interviewed was about 18 in about 1980, hunting in Wyoming's Wind River area. Made a lung shot on what he thought was a shot on a bear, from behind. The creature bled out over several minutes. The hunter realized what he'd done, had great remorse. Still, he and his similar aged cousin examined the body, and the gentleman recalls, with great detail, coaxed out by Short's pertinent questioning.

[VAfooter]

I appreciate the summary. So I will ask the obvious questions, why no souvenirs, and what happened to the body?

 

Also, when was this interview conducted?

[Incorrigible1]

The young men were Native American, and believed it was extremely bad to even sight Sasquatch, let alone have contact. Also, after a few minutes examination, they heard cries from two locations, answering each other. One, very close. They fled.

 

I believe the interview was the tail-end of the nineties.

[VAfooter]

OK, makes sense as to why they left it alone, especially since they were NA. Thanks!

[norseman]

A giant red flag for me. I own a oilfield house in eastern Montana, so I was aware.

 

The northern Cheyenne reservation is in eastern Montana. Not western Wyoming....

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cheyenne_Indian_Reservation

 

The eastern Shoshone (Snake) and northern Arapaho have a reservation close to the Wind river mountains.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Indian_Reservation

 

So why would northern Cheyenne kids be hunting in the Wind river mountains a long ways from home? Very seldom do Indian tribes give reciprocity to non native Indians.

 

One kid is 18 and one is 14. This happened within 2 miles of a pickup truck.

 

Most of the wind river mountains are roadless wilderness areas and not on the reservation anyhow. So Shoshone and Arapaho kids would not have access to the wind river mountains to hunt either. Certainly not Gannett Peak which was mentioned.....

 

Anyhow its a cool story. But its a story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[norseman]

[Delta Zulu]

On 4/16/2021 at 1:30 AM, norseman said:

A giant red flag for me. I own a oilfield house in eastern Montana, so I was aware.

 

The northern Cheyenne reservation is in eastern Montana. Not western Wyoming....

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cheyenne_Indian_Reservation

 

The eastern Shoshone (Snake) and northern Arapaho have a reservation close to the Wind river mountains.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Indian_Reservation

 

So why would northern Cheyenne kids be hunting in the Wind river mountains a long ways from home? Very seldom do Indian tribes give reciprocity to non native Indians.

 

One kid is 18 and one is 14. This happened within 2 miles of a pickup truck.

 

Most of the wind river mountains are roadless wilderness areas and not on the reservation anyhow. So Shoshone and Arapaho kids would not have access to the wind river mountains to hunt either. Certainly not Gannett Peak which was mentioned.....

 

Anyhow its a cool story. But its a story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it possible or probable the gent intentionally disoriented aspects of the story/experience?

[norseman]

3 hours ago, Delta Zulu said:

 

Is it possible or probable the gent intentionally disoriented aspects of the story/experience?

Well if he did? He loses all credibility.

[WSA]

Love that country. In ‘87 I was a dumb Eastern kid who had never set a boot to ground west of Memphis. So, not feeling like I was getting any younger, I hopped a flight to Denver, a midnight bus to Rock Springs and thumbed to the Green River Lakes trailhead. With a xerox copy of Finis Mitchell’s hand-drawn map as my only navigational, I wandered for 10 days down to Big Sandy. Ain’t been right in the head since. 😀

[Delta Zulu]

21 hours ago, norseman said:

Well if he did? He loses all credibility.

 

 

Maybe to some, but I'd understand if he didn't want to bring it too close to home. I'm more interested in the main aspects of the experience.

[norseman]

15 minutes ago, Delta Zulu said:

 

 

Maybe to some, but I'd understand if he didn't want to bring it too close to home. I'm more interested in the main aspects of the experience.

The story doesn’t work in eastern Montana. No Mountains...

[Delta Zulu]

3 minutes ago, norseman said:

The story doesn’t work in eastern Montana. No Mountains...

 

And that would be super obvious to the guy telling the story, and many other people who heard it before us. Years ago.

 

I give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not that careless. From there I assume it's done on purpose.

 

There are alotta things you may find it necessary to read between the lines. For a reason, particularly with this subject, it's as if there's a rule or requirement to distort true accounts. I use that guy Smeja as example. That's a true account...but...there's a bit of fiction added. Just enough to knock the analytical people off the trail. To clean up the mess of a cat being let out the bag.

 

All in my humble opinion of course...