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.
The May 20,05 Paupanekis Point sighting follows a report, and video footage, taken of a large dark creature walking along the Nelson River, in Norway House, Manitoba on April 16, 05 by ferryman, Bobby Clarke. After the videotape was aired on A Current Affair on May 4,05, ACA sent an expedition led by Dr.Franklin Ruehl, to Norway House to look for evidence. Also on the expedition team was ACA producer Brett Hudson, and artist, singer, author Cherie Curry.
An ongoing on discussion Bigfoot, and the Norway House sightings on Blogcritics. - Participating in the discussion are members of the ACA Expedition Team, and residents of Norway House, Manitoba. To view, and/or participate, scroll down to the comments section. All are welcome to join in.
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— go to most recent comments76 - Annie
Dick, that`s an interesting point! I`m going to do a little research, and see what I can find.
77 - Nancy
Actually, there are a couple of records by early explorers and mountain men. One was reported by Teddy Roosevelt, no less. Another by a very early trapper/explorer who didn't see the beastie itself, but did see the footprints and noted a decided lack of enthusiasm by his guides for pursuing it to take a look. You can find these in Green's book, the Best of Bigfoot. He's already done the research; I would guess if he hasn't found it yet, it ain't there to be found.
78 - Nancy
Plus (no, I'm not getting paid for this) it's just a neat book, with some pretty amusing episodes recounted in it. And the cartoons are cute, too.
79 - Belinda
I've read through this blog and the others too and have to ask one simple thing: if Moneymaker was indeed not asked to be part of the so-called expedition team up to Norway House (and don't even bother to try and explain why on earth a former rockstar and current chainsaw artist was), and is indeed angry and therefore not posting the Bobby Clarke sighting on the BFRO site, then he should be mad at himself. That video was reported by the CBC and others on *APRIL* 21.
With all that time in between then and when the Current Affairs piece aired May 4, Moneymaker or one of his many researchers -- all of which write highly credibly on the BFRO site and personally talk to witnesses -- didn't get up there to research the shore, video and witness themselves for the most newsworthy BF sighting since the 1967 Patterson video?????
80 - Annie
You got it, Belinda. Seems they`ve washed their hands of it. I know Moneymaker had originally insisted on being the ONLY expert to be allowed to view the Clarke video, along with an expert of HIS choosing. When ACA wouldn`t agree, he obviously gave in, as he appears on the episode. He then expected to be a part of the expedition team, which I suppose being in his place, I would have too, but he was denied. From what`s been said, I believe he was excluded because of his demands. Seems ego, and accreditation plays a major role in the search for Bigfoot.
Since the ACA team went up there, no one has been up there to investigate the sightings. You`ve got to ask "why?"
The only reason I can see is that none of the "experts", or experienced investigators want to share the credit with ACA, who were the first to go there, and collect evidence.
What else could it be? There has been almost constant activity for 8 weeks now. This activity hasn`t been deep in the woods, but in residential areas. There have been howls heard almost every night, an abundance of evidence, (and of more than just one creature), and I`ve just heard of two more recent sightings.
Seems to me that if a person, or organization were truly dedicated to finding out the truth, they`d have had their butts up there weeks ago. I`ve lost all respect for the lot of them.
So, the investigation at this point seems to be in the hands of a hand full of NH residents brave enough to pursue this with what little help, and advice those of us participating in these threads are able to offer.
81 - Sharness Henry
well hopefully im gonna get some type of recorder on my hands. yup people around here just cant pull one out of their pockets, anyways, gotta go!
82 - Sharness Henry
motleycree we need to get together some time this week and we'll stay up and wait for something to happen. hopefully we'll get s recorder of some sort somewhere.....
83 - Nancy
No one requires ACA's permission to go up there and check things out, so I agree that it's more than passing strange someone affiliated w/the BFRO doesn't pitch their egos and head up there, considering the magnitude of this situation, however, I'm not surprised: I spent some years working w/'Big Name' anthropologists at a Big Name scientific institution, and was shocked at how petty & puerile they were; like a bunch of 2nd-grade prima donnas. I think it's a male ego/testosterone thing: "if I'm not in charge, I'm not going to play", etc. I didn't have half as many problems w/the women I worked with, and none in the ego-mania dept.
84 - motleycree
sharness,i finally got my hands on one tommorow it will be in my possesion.im gonna try for tomorrow,now that the bloody wind has died down.email or call me at home.hopefully the weather will be calm,cause i know the flack i`ll get because of the wind being the only thing heard.or mosquito`s,they are so deadly.you have to be plastered with repellent and hold onto a coil while listening.ive had people looking around for a recorder all this time,we dont exactly have a radio shack over...
85 - Sharness Henry
ECHO! lol theres been nothing this passed week, well well i've heard nothing, now that school is over im gonna go down in paupanekis point sometime soon. later
86 - Nancy
If you need one, I can mail you one. I should have offered before this but I didn't remember I had it. Problem is, it's not so state of the art to pick up faint sounds. It barely manages to get conversation in a large room (I used it for taking minutes at a Board meeting). It will be useful if BF takes up commenting right outside your window, but from a distance, I'm not sure. It's a very small portable, about the size of a slice of bread, x 1" thick, weighs @ 1/4+ lbs. takes 4 AA batteries, and uses microtapes. No mike w/it.
87 - Sharness Henry
Was that to me or motley? But, That would be very nice! I've been asking around for one but no dice. But im planning to go there tonite, always seems to on the weekdays where everyones sleepin already. Ok gotta go!
88 - don-wayne kotyk
how do I contact ACA team and author about our sighting ??
89 - Annie
Hi Don-Wayne, I`m the author. You can contact me at anniethinks(at)hotmail(dot)com.
90 - Stan
Bigfoot is the devil showing his ugly face. He is famous in Norway House buying rounds in the bar there, walking through walls, being seen with his tail.
I know of some people who have met him face to face. One fellow recently told me he saw bigfoot close. He noted that it looked like a spirit, not solid. He is there to deceive and is busy right now all over the world.
91 - Sharness Henry
Hey stan, i've heard that story many times when i was young, but by different people. Where you from? But i believe it aint bigfoot!
92 - Stan
S. Henry,
Yes indeed, native elders echo the same thing. The stories I've heard would make most of the people's skin crawl on this blog. I'm from northern manitoba. You?
93 - Sharness Henry
Norway House, i guess you dont know.....lol im Bobby's sister. What part of the northern manitoba are you from?
94 - Stan
S. Henry,
Bobby's sister? Bobby who?
I've live all over the north. Born in The Pas.
95 - Sharness Henry
Bobbly Clarke. The one who got bigfoot on video i believe!
96 - Norway House Resident
Hello I have been reading all the comments and not so nice comments re the Norway House sasquatch, very interesting. I would like to say that I am a relative of the little girl who saw the sasquatch at Paupanekis Point. I also was there to observe and walk in the area of the sighting. I personally took some pictures of a footprint which was found a day after the little girls sighting and I do not doubt the evidence that I saw, namely a near perfect footprint which was made atop an ant hill, which was very clear with 5 toe prints, We measured it and it was over 16 inches in length and it was scary, yet exciting at the same time. It was made in a small trail much like a dog trail. There were numerous trails in that area and we tried to find other prints with ant hills but we could not and we gave up as it was getting dark. Back to the print I observed, it had rained the day before and I only wish we had found the print before the rain as it would have been perfect. I also observed some hairs that one female member had been keeping and they were half black and white and not very coarse. One of my young relations who was in the area the same day as the little girls sighting told me he had smelled a stinky smell near a pile of logs and he said it was indecribable. I am very interested in the sasquatch, but I do not believe it would do anyone any good to capture the sasquatch, I mean leave it alone, he or she has not hurt anyone and it only needs to be left alone.It wants to live just as much as we do. Thank you for listening.
97 - jeff
i beleave in bigfoot heard it one time years ago
98 - Bart
Unlike many people here I beleive that to capture a Bigfoot then subject this creature to scientific experiments in a laboratory is just wrong. This creature exsitence can be proven in many other ways than this. I have had a experience of my own when I was 17. Iwas coming home from my uncles house in diamond missouri around 8pm in the evening. As I came around a curve I seen at first what I thought to be a man walking beside the road. As i slowed down to go around the subject he turned looked at me and what told me this was wrong was the eyes they reflected the light like a cats eyes then the creature turned step across the road and he was gone I was beside myself cause being raiesed in the outdoors I knew what I had just seen. I now wish I would have went back and looked for evedence but I didnt. Lets let this creature have its space and lets find a better way to confirm it does live
99 - Sharness Henry
there are some people in this world who do really catch bigfoot on tape, but there is always the skeptics that dont believe. its alright though not to believe some people because they cn or cannot be fakes. We need soemthing more than just a tape because alot of people are just gonna have to say "well i gotta see it for myself" theres no way to tell if bigfoot lives because they have not seen it for themselves. When results come in for DNA it is unknown. Why cant this unkown dna become something we know as bigfoot? i know, i know, how do we know but, when someone says they have seen bigfoot and found unknown hairs. Why cant that be called bigfoot hairs because i dont see anything around NH that sheds hair like that. Or shedding at all besides dogs. I know for sure there arent any other unknown animals around here besides bigfoot because there arent any sitings about monsters or creatures. geeze.
100 - superd
Sharness Henry
I have a recorder which has a sensitity switch, it's your's for the asking.
E mail me at rdmerry@tbaytel.net, I offered it to someone else in Norway House but he Hasn't responded.
Superd
101 - Sharness Henry
thanx i just emailed you my address
102 - superd
Sharness
Got the e mail, will send recorder tomorrow
superd
103 - John
A little note to the photographer of the footprints. Unless you are into being ridiculed, it is probably best not to submit photos of the prints themselves. A photo is only 2 dimensional and a lot of detail is lost. If you must take a picture, I suggest that you first make a plaster cast of the print, then take a picture of the cast, after it has hardened and you have brushed off the loose soil and debris. The BFRO website has full instructions for the making of plaster casts.
104 - Nancy
A much better recorder than the little junky one I've got. Glad someone else has something to help with.
Just out of curiousity (& I haven't found previous discussion on this, or if it's there, I keep blipping over it): you've mentioned these things have shown up in the N.H. region before. Is it a seasonal thing? I mean, are they heard/seen generally in the spring & summer, or is it any time of the year? This year, apparently, at least one of them has been coming in among the houses and making itself known in a very noisy fashion, whether to complain about the invasion of its privacy or perhaps it's even trying to be friendly & show off its singing abilities, whatever. Have they ever done this before? What do the elders say about this behavior? Is this atypical? Are there enough prior incidents that this years' can even be classed as typical or atypical? Thanks.
P.S. What's the weather like up there at the moment? Here in the US mid-Atlantic region its in the high 90s, vy high humiditure = comparable to being in the low 100s. Same w/you?
105 - motleycree
sighttings maybe but ive never heard anyone claim to have heard them.my dad was on that call when the rcmp was sent to poplar river in the 70`s.all they got were statements and tracks.this would be the first time its been heard here in norway house.so far as i know and ive been asking around too.ive lived all my life in norway house i dont even recall hearing wolves howl.im sure they do out in the trapline but not near the residences.and if wolves are spotted it goes out on the local radio station to warn the community to keep out watch especially for the kids that skidoo joyride in the winter.all the stuff thats been going on here no ones went on air...they know its going on but why spread panic i guess.just last week.there was an incident with 2 teenage girls that were walking on the road here in paupanekis point late in the evening i think after 12 and the almost jumped in front of a cab flagging it down and jumped inside they were hysterical,crying and they told the cab driver they heard branches cracking and something like a deep male voice growling.the cab driver told the girls to get in and turned off the engine to listen,sure enough the cabbie heard the branches cracking and sped off.the next night around 3 in the morning i seen the local indian band police driving in paupanekis point with hunters spotlights on either side of the vehicle checking the road it was scary to see that i was out listening when i noticed them doing that.but as for the weather its been crazy humid here too.we had a wicked severe lightening storm 2 nights ago.my house is near the river so can hear the howls sometimes coming from the bush and then sometmes i hear water splashing like something walking or quietly swimming but i cant see it.but its close enough for us to hear it and drive the dogs insane.the stench is so gross its starting to smell rotten in the air.i wish we had a normal summer here.
106 - Nancy
Part of me is green w/envy; the rest of me is glad it isn't me having to cope w/this. We had several sightings of what I surmise was a resident BF around here back in the 70s. Even today w/all the development, when I look at it all w/a critical eye, it's good habitat: thick brush, woods, lots of deer & small game, farms & vegetation, small streams, etc. A surprising amount of Maryland has pretty thick woods & not terribly easy terrain, even close in to the beltway. A BF could hide & live well around here, easy, I think. No hunting, either, so not much chance of getting shot by accident.
Hmmm...put out a note for your BF to c'mon down here. The locals would probably love him/her/it. And if it's loud enough, it can run for congress!
107 - motleycree
was at the store buying groceries and i notice some americans converting their money and stocking up on hotdogs and whatnot..i wonder if they are going to molson lake to fish or coming out of curiuosity to hear for themselves.anyone know who they are?
108 - superd
To the NH bigfoot team
Here is an event I just found of a truck driver in Texas. Up close and personal.
It's the last entry.
I like it because fear wasn't a big part of the encounter.
superd
P.S. Packing the recorder tonight and mailing tomorrow. ( with fresh batterries)
109 - Sharness Henry
Interesting!
110 - Nancy
Any way to convert that to a link? I tried, but all I got was code gobbledygook. Thanks.
111 - DrPat
Taken care of.
112 - Nancy
Oh, super cool! I am SO jealous!
113 - superd
Nice Job DrPat
It's a little beyond my knowledge.
Glad you liked it.
Recorder is in the mail.
superd
114 - Sharness Henry
Well the wind died down finally, and there has been reports of a tornado being seen on west island last nite during this big and heavy storm we had. So tonite im going down to my friends place he lives right near the bushes but not exactly where the howls and crackings been heard. So yeah, even without my recorder im hoping to at least hear something tonite!! toodles
115 - Sharness Henry
Nothing, but goona try again when i get my recorder!
116 - Sharness Henry
Thank you again superd for the recorder again, its great so im gonna make my way down to my freinds place tonite if i can. toodles.
117 - isaac
u no that patterson film it was a hoax the family was behind it
118 - Sharness Henry
Ever since we found out there was something unusual in our community nothing has been okay.... people have beem passing away like crazy (maybe just a coincidence???) its sad though...but anyways, its scary to walk in my side of town even though its in the middle of everything....:s people are paranoid in this town. its driving me nuts, people finding footprints, hearing and seeing things. but everything has quieted down for now, or i hope forever....
119 - Sharness Henry
now all we need is answers!!
120 - joe
I believe i've seen something around Pisew Falls, Manitoba.This was in the late 8O's. Me and my late friend were going back to Thompson,MB. There was this big black tall thing about eight feet tall, and took only about three to four steps to cross the highway. A first it was staring at us, we were'nt scared of it. We kept it to our selves nerver told any one because we had a feeling nobody would believe us.
121 - Triniman
The hair that was sound at the sighting in the Yukon has been analyzed and it turned out to be a bison. I wonder if bison are normally found that far north.
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=sasquatch-not-280720005
122 - Olivar
I DO REALLY AGREE WITH Comment 73 posted by Janelle.
But here is mine:
Do you know the REAL reasons why the big foot won't be ever be seriously studied? The answer is simple.
First, let's consider a few topics. In a nation where high tech is born every day, it's quite strange to believe that it's not possible to set a lot of zooming cameras remotely controlled in
the areas where the big foot is told to be seen. If the discovery of a new species is important to understand our own living past, then an important amout of effort should have been done already. There are even spontaneous scientists who offer themselves to the job. No costs. Simple photo cameras linked to sensors (movement sensors) can do the job. Better, digital cameras do not spend films. The set is easily built. With so many sighting maps, it's easy to spread those picture taking devices in the places the "monster" is usually seen. Even better, those cameras could send a pic by radio signal. Just like spatial telescopes do. So, one finds only hoaxes in the form of badly recorded films; badly taken pics; undefined shadows walking and so on. Not a single close. Not a single animal of that type has been shot by a gun or a camera in centuries of tale. Better, fairy tale. And the answer for that lack of interest is quite simple. Another issue before I answer the puzzle: if a real animal do exists, why clusters of them have not been identified already?
With so many helicopters and monoplans flights, it's easy to identify one or another walking here and there.Even because there MUST be lots of them living. NOT just a few ones. They must not be endangered - otherwise,
how could people still continue to see them? There must be lots of them because they are said to be alive, yet. There must be males and females.
Ok, you may say: "Oh, they're nocturnal animals, which makes things a little bit more difficult". Ok, but what about infrared cameras to work with? I mean, not even a single man has to be put to work (what if they are REAL and DANGEROUS?), only hanging cameras at high posts. Telemetrically driven cameras, with infrared sensors that send a signal and thus alert a remotely placed watchman.
To be short, you must know the answer by now. The answer is simple: the animal is a myth. A fairy tale.
So, my dear friend, these are a few reasons why the animal has not been driven the possible and necessary attention. With high tech available, it's hard to believe - at last to me - that this issue remains unsolved in this century. A myth has to live. Let's face it. Good bye.
123 - ingrid
I have been reading through all the comments that have been made on this page, and i am wondering why the people who are so skeptical of the whole sasquatch sightings are even wasting their time looking up this information... Also another thing that really bothers me is the racism that quietly lingers in the comments of some people...(janelle) I do not believe that the people of Norway House are just trying ot bring money into their community... Do you think that a community action plan was made before the sightings were reported....Get Real!!!
124 - gypsyman
It seems that a D.N.A test was done on
some "bigfoot hair" that was found in Canada last week. The hair turned out to be that of a Bison..
125 - superd
reply to Olivar
Read your comments and come to the conclusion that more homework needs to be done.
For example , people in planes have seen them, there are lots of organizations out there filming, and soon we'll have the proof, probably in the next six months or sooner.
Bye Bye myth