A second bigfoot sighting has been reported by a young girl, and her play mates in Paupanekis Point, Norway House, Manitoba, which is located on the south end of the same First Nations reserve where ferryman, Bobby Clarke, videotaped a large, dark, bipedal creature walking along the bank of the Nelsen River.
The girls were close to a residential area, which borders the woods, at around 7:30-8:00 pm on May 20, when the encounter occurred. The woods are bordered by knee high grass, which is where the creature was standing in plain view, apparently watching the children play. One of the girls fainted from fright, after seeing "a huge creature." None of the children were hurt, but they are understandably still quite shaken, and afraid to be left alone.
Immediately following the sighting, a search party was assembled to investigate the surrounding area. Footprints were found where the actual sighting occurred, as well as deeper into the woods. Several more expeditions have been conducted since, and have resulted in finding more physical evidence. The size of some of the tracks measure "larger than a man`s size 16 shoe" said one witness, and have a clearly defined outline of the toes. The tracks have been preserved, photographed, and videotaped by Norway House residents.
Hair samples have also been found at several locations, including on the inside edge of one of the footprints, and at another location, clinging to a pine tree where more tracks, and a strong lingering odor was also reported. The odor was described to be a mix between wet dog, and skunk. A witness who has collected some of the hair samples reported, "I thought they would be thick and course and black, but they look kinda longish, half black and half white and (on some) the very bottom looks almost fine and spliced up like a fine razor split the hairs into many on one single strand."
The physical evidence collected following the most recent sighting raises some interesting questions. Where as the Nelson River tracks measured 20 inches in length, with a six foot stride, in Paupanekis Point, tracks measuring 13 inches in length, as well as 20 inches have been found. Also, hair samples given to the ACA`s expedition team were dark in color, according to Cherie Curry, a member of the team, yet the hair samples found after the second sighting are half black, and half white.
Some N.H. residents have theorized that the smaller prints may belong to a juvenile, and that it has possibly wandered away from an adult/parent, which might explain the ongoing incidents surrounding Norway House, including the frequent howls coming from wooded areas close to homes. Bobby Clarke also reported hearing strange howls on several occasions preceding his sighting.
Although details are still sketchy, a third encounter in which the creature is said to have returned to the same area as the second sighting, moving large rocks in it`s path has been reported. I`ll update if/when I learn more. I am also waiting for more photographs of tracks, and hair samples, which I`ll photograph, and post once they arrive.
This rash of sightings is not the first in this area. In 1976, multiple sightings, spread over a length of time, were reported in Poplar River, 76 miles south of Norway House. The following is the report submitted to the Vancouver Lower Mainland Division of the RCMP, following a police investigation. Norway House RCMP Report
"Norway House to Vancouver Lower Mainland Division, attention Sergeant Doane.
It was reported to our office on the 26 July 76 by the chief of the Poplar River Indian Band that many of his people have sighted on the reserve many times a large hairy animal that walks on two legs. Poplar River is located approx. 76 miles to the south of Norway House. An investigation was conducted and the results are as follows:Several people were interviewed and they all stated that the animal was approximately seven to eight feet tall and was very broad at the shoulders. It had the general body structure of a man only many times larger. A foot cast was taken of the foot impression that was left behind by the so-called monster and is held at this detachment. It measures 16 inches by five inches, and has only three toes. It's fur is a glossy gray color and it has white hair on it's head. They stated that it was very powerfully built and one man reported that he saw it swimming. To date there have been no further reports of sightings in our area. It should be noted that this so-called monster seemed very inquisitive towards the people and would come around the houses on the settlement and look in doors and windows."- Excerpt from the 1976 RCMP Report, posted on the BFRO website.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Rob McConnell
Any way I can contact these girls for an internationally syndicated talk show?
Rob McConnell
2 - bill green
hi everyone wow those are wonderful photos of sasquatch footprints. please keep me updated ok. thanks bill green ct usa sasquatch researcher.
3 - Annie
Rob, I haven`t any direct contact info for the little girls families. There are Norway House residents who`ve been posting on another article thread who might pass on the request for you. Manitoba Bigfoot Video - A Current Afair`s Big Adventure!
Will do, Bill!
4 - Beeger
Looks like the first nations person(s) who faked the prints cleared away the undergrowth first. Must be kids.
5 - Eric Olsen
thanks Annie, super job - you are Bigfoot Central, baby!
6 - Nancy
This is so cool, and fun, too, not to mention interesting as all get-out. When BF is 'proved', I doubt of all the nay-sayers are going to admit their error - sort of on the lines of those persons who still won't admit the earth isn't flat, or evolution isn't true - but who cares? They can stay in the middle ages where they belong while the rest of us go forward. Way to go, Cree First Nations! As 'Gonzo' says, "excelsior!".
7 - JR
Hair samples have also been found at several locations, including on the inside edge of one of the footprints, and at another location, clinging to a pine tree where more tracks, and a strong lingering odor was also reported.
So who's doing the DNA analysis?
8 - Eric Olsen
hair samples of Janet Arviso were found at the waxing salon
9 - Nancy
ROTFLOL! But remember - it was just a leg wax....
10 - Eric Olsen
needless to say!
11 - Duane
Wow, that picture of Norway House, Manitoba sure is beautiful. Hmmm. I've got a bunch of vacation money just dying to get spent on some touristing action. I'm gonna have to pack up the family and make a trip up to Norway House. I'll have to admit, I've always been fascinated with the Bigfoot legend. And now Bigfoot is popping up left and right up there at Norway House. I wonder what a hotel room is going for up there. And I'll just bet there are some real fine gift shops where I can buy some souvenirs for the relatives. And I'm half Norwegian, to boot! Yep, my vacation looks to be pretty exciting, up there at Norway House.
12 - Eric Olsen
I'm 3/4 Norwegian - ha-ha
13 - Nancy
I can't quite tell from the photos (excellent quality, BTW, Ms. Henry; best I've ever seen): do these prints have 4 toes or 5? There's an interesting debate going on whether there might not be 2 or more 'races' of BF out there; also, even a cursory scanning of reports shows a difference in aggressiveness between "classic" Western BFs and the (seemingly nastier) Eastern critters. Maybe the Easterners are just more crowded and therefore more jittery and prone to attack on sight?
14 - Eric Olsen
you would think there would be regional variations just like any other critter
15 - digger
How come the pictures posted above have the grass around each print ending exactly at the footprint? Doesn't it look just a bit "arranged"?
I've never seen footprints that fit so nicely within the surrounding grass, unless perhaps the grass originally covered the prints and was moved to take a better picture. Comments?
16 - The Theory
I have to agree with the comments about the grass... it is very shady or very unprofessional.
Unless Bigfoot's feet are so foul that their steps automatically cause grass to shrivel and rot away into nothing...
17 - Pammy
All those who do not believe in the bigfoot frenzy. Don't knock it until you've learned all the facts. Everyone here in NH is just as curious and scared as any of you and we are not making a mockery of the whole situation. I realize now how immature certain folks are. Don't even try any racist remarks! It is already difficult enough living on reserve lands that the goverment had screwed all first nations of. Some Northern towns don't have plumbing whereas almost every small southern town have paved roads and indoor plumbing. Obvious double standards. NH is not the boonies we have everything that makes us comfy. You people make it sounds we still live in teepees and hunt for our supper. Get real u small minded hypocrites!
18 - Duane
Pammy says: Don't even try any racist remarks!
Well, I for one have tried to make myself aware of Bigfoot's sensitivity to derogatory remarks concerning his race. It is my sincerest wish to one day befriend one of the big fellas and have him into my home, and I can assure you, Pammy, that I will make no narrow-minded, snide remarks relating to the apparent backwardness of his culture (oops, sorry!). I slipped up. And if Bigffot applied for a job where I work, I would do my best to see that he (or she! hehe) is not discriminated against just because he can't use a toilet (oops!) or doesn't have the best table manners and probably doesn't bathe more than once or twice a week. I apologize for perpetuating these stereotypes, but I'm working on it. No, really.
19 - aman barla
I am still confused,whether they
are creatures with flesh and blood or
any paranormals things,
It can also be a big animal.
20 - Annie
Digger, Beeger and Theory, although I haven`t been told so, I believe they`ve cut away some of the mud and grass surrounding the foot prints to highlight them. It looks like they`ve removed some of the grass within the track as well, for the same reason. Without doing so, it would be near impossible to see any detail.
There`s been a lot of complaints as to A Current Affair`s handling of the story, but to be honest, none of the so called "experts" have bothered to travel to NH to investigate. At least the ACA expedition seems to have done the best they could. Now, the people of Norway House are left on their own, and are doing the best they can to preserve evidence, and get to the bottom of all this. They want answers,and more so than any of us. Remember, this is literally happening in their own back yards, and this latest sighting involved young children!
JR, they have taken the evidence found after this recent sighting to the RCMP, but were refused help, other than being given a name and address where they could have the hair samples DNA tested. Whether or not they have done so, I don`t know, but I do know it`s very expensive.
The hair samples given to the ACA expedition following the Clarke sighting have been sent to a lab for analysis. ACA also offered a sample to the BFRO to conduct an independent study, but the offer was ignored.
Duane, I think Pammy is referring to some comments on another BF article I wrote, which were indeed bigoted. Please don`t make fun...it was disgusting, aimed to hurt, and did so.
Aman, I believe the creatures are nothing more than flesh and blood animals. Nothing paranormal, just not yet conclusively "discovered". However, the native tradition does consider the Sasquatch to be a spiritual being.
"Bigfoot Central" signing out. ;)
21 - Kurt
As a long-time paranormal researcher and Ufologist, I think I can conclusively say that it's highly unlikely that there is a paranormal connection with Bigfoot. There is as much paranormal about Bigfoot as there is the Coelacanth, or the Tasmanian Tiger... I think we're simply beginning to encroach upon a subspecies (decendant) of Gigantopithecus which has managed to live, reproduce and evolve in relative seclusion for the past 400,000 years. WHY this concept is so foreign and hard to swallow for most people escapes me!? How many times in our history has it been said that a particular animal species "is extinct" and then it turns out to still be thriving in remote regions of the world? It's only a matter of time (unfortunately, in some ways) before someone shoots/traps or runs-over a BF, and the entire world will collectively say, "Well I'll be damned - they ARE real!" And life will move on.
Perhaps it'll prove once and for all that 'life finds a way' is as true a statement today as it was 400,000 years ago.
Just my $.02 on this topic...
22 - Jim Benson
The people of Canada's First Nations had stories and legends pertaining to Sasquatch long before Europeans and others made first contact with them. There were certain valleys and areas that the white explorers were warned to stay out of... places that even though plentiful as far as game went, the Natives wouldn't enter either. This is when the early explorers first heard of the Sasquatch as long being another resident of the north western wilderness. Of course, over the years since, although sightings of Sasquatch have continued, so have the many hoaxes, perpetrated by those whose actions do nothing but impede serious scientific study. I myself, personally believe in their existence, but I would much prefer their being left alone, or at least studied without any personal contact with them. History has shown many times what happens to other cultures and animal species, upon coming in contact with the "outside" world. I wouldn't be surprised if first contact humans made with a Sasquatch, was via a rifle bullet and this is one of the many things I'm afraid might happen.
23 - Matt
Can you tell us the ages of girls? It might make a difference to the skeptics.
It wouldn't to me, though. I've seen enough to believe, though I admit to having been a serious skeptic before.
The hair DNA analysis did it for me.
24 - mitskev
Who is Janet Arviso ?
Is that an inside joke ?
In relation to the blog article how is that funny ?
25 - Al E. Oop
Janet Arviso is the mother of the young
boy currently pressing charges against
Michael Jackson. And boy, is she a real
mother...