On
Monday, January 23, 2006 and Tuesday, January 24, 2006, I had some
very interesting conversations over the phone with a male witness
claiming to have possibly seen what he thought was a sasquatch near
Copper Mountain, just outside of Princeton, B.C. The witness also
stated he may have also possibly found what appeared to be the
creature's den, its bedding spot, and locations where it may have been
routinely defecating for quite some time.
In
brief, the witness who reported this incident claims to be an avid
big-game hunter, woodsman, amateur prospector and skilled survivalist.
He also stated he regularly hunts much of the southern portion of the
province. He enjoys backpack hunting in remote areas for four or five
day stints. In other words, he wanted to make it clear that he was
not your typical road hunter.
On
this particular trip he was hunting mule deer in British Columbia's
Princeton area quite close to the Washington state border. To be more
precise, the witness was hunting in the Copper Mountain -
Flat-top Mountain area, just outside of Princeton, to the south of
Highway 3.
The
witness said he had made his way through a farmer's property, then
around a swampy area, and finally proceeded uphill toward the summit
of Copper Mountain. He stated he was climbing up towards a cresting
knob of rocks when he suddenly caught about a three second glimpse of
something big and black on two feet quickly moving off the knob and
into the cover of some thick willows.
Upon
reaching the top of the rock outcropping, the hunter discovered two
piles of extremely large diameter human-type excrement (not coiled but
rope-like), with one pile on either side of the rock outcropping.
Looking closely at the excrement he saw what appeared to some amount
of fibrous material that he took to be either squirrel or rabbit fur.
He said that because of the amount of droppings or scat present at the
site, it looked like whatever was using the area had used the rocks as
a lookout, and spent a great deal of time there squatting down facing
in two general directions. Those two directions offered what he
thought were the best lookout-type views of the valley below.
On
further inspection of the area, the witness found the remnants of a
crude fire (no rock fire-ring) that appeared to be fueled by long
strands of old-man's-hair tree moss and small sticks with snapped
ends. In, around, and on top of the fire were what looked like
remnants of small animal (thought to belong to either rabbit or
squirrel) and grouse breast bones that looked like they had been
sucked clean. The witness stated that after closely examining the
bones there was no tooth, gnaw or chew marks that he could see.
Although I now have decent directions to the area, the witness
promised to call me when he had more time to talk and fill me in on
all the rest of the details. Note: I received a call this morning
(Tuesday, January 24, 2006) and the witness offered to take me to the
sighting location once the snow is off the ground.
Somehow I don't think the witness's story is fiction. It may be
misidentification of a possible sasquatch creature,
misidentification of a sasquatch possibly using a crude fire,
misidentification of two large piles of possible sasquatch
droppings, as well as misidentification of the fur and small
animals bones present at the site being related to man or predator
kills. However, after careful consideration, I don't think the witness
concocted the tale.
The
witness also mentioned some very interesting details about "an old oak
stagecoach" he found up there half buried in the mud. He again
mentioned he would show all this stuff to me if I wanted to take a
trip up to Princeton once the snow is gone off the ground.
I
promise to update on this intriguing report after I have had a chance
to visit the Copper Mountain sighting location, I will also have new
and exciting updates on another very recent possible sasquatch
sighting report, the recording of British Columbia's first possible
sasquatch vocalization, and the discovery of possible sasquatch
footprints in the Harrison River/Lake area as soon as the information
is available.
©
Ken
Kristian
West Coast
Sasquatch Research
http://www.westcoast-sasquatch.com
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