Comments on: Rethinking the Manitoba Video

By: Chris. H.

Chris. H. — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:39:51 +0000

Thanks, Loren and great to hear from you again (we traded emails a few years ago re. JR Colombo’s books).
One other consideration in terms of Ontario are the number of trappers who are still active (with all due respect to PETA et al). One trapper I have known all my life recently related the tale of a deer kill he came across that showed all the signs of being brought down by a large cat (brought down from behind with long claw marks along the back and hindquarters). I agree with him that’s it’s most likely an eastern cougar though the province of Ontario still lists them officially as entirely absent from this former range. Now we just need to get a photograph.
As for Sasquatch, trappers may well be an as yet untapped source of information in terms of strange prints, prey kills, vocalizations or even sightings. It’s also important to remember that the Ojibway/Nipissing/Nipigon native communties have an oral tradition featuring the ‘Waywaygweshi’, a mischievous creature often described as hairy and man-like. If these traditions are anything to go by, it is slightly smaller than the western bigfoot and ‘follows the water’ much like the unidentified subject in the Manitoba video.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 02:18:39 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. The area is an active one, and definitely the Jane Goodall-Dian Fossey model of “living in their space” and “becoming part of their environment” is the way to go with Sasquatch, an intelligent primate.

By: Chris. H.

Chris. H. — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:15:53 +0000

The 1975 RCMP reports from Norway House (eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg) as well as reports over the past century from north-central and northwestern Ontario make a strong case for zeroing in on this region. While for the most part utterly uninhabited save for scattered native communities, a canoe makes this region much more accessible than the mountainous ranges of western Canada and the US. Maybe the secret is in finding a promising area between James Bay and Lake Winnipeg, settling down for an extended period (the summer)and, in the words of Elmer Fudd, being ‘wery, wery qwiet.’ Chasing Sasquatch seems fruitless…waiting for Sasquatch may be the key.