Sasquatch 1934
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 7th, 2006
Canandaigua [New York] Daily Messenger
March 3, 1934
Terrible Sasquatch Is Reported Again
HARRISON MILLS, B.C. (AP) — Indian children cling to their mothers’ apron strings today for the terrible sasquatch — a giant hairy and horrid — is on the prowl again.
For hundreds of years the sasquatch has been a fearsome "bogey-man" to the northwest Indians. It may be male or female, but it always is hairy and malicious.
None had been reported for 30 years, but horror swept the lodges of the primitive Chehalis tribe today, as word was whispered that the hairy wild one has returned.
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Brainerd [Minnesota] Daily Dispatch
July 10, 1934
HAIRY TRIBE OF WILD MEN IN VANCOUVER
Vancouver, B.C. — Reports that survivors of the tribe of wild men known as "Sasquatch," a race of ferocious hairy giants, who dwelt in caves in British Columbia years ago, still are roaming the rocky wilds near Vancouver, have been revived here.
The tribe was believed to have become extinct 30 years ago, but during the last year it frequently has been reported that survivors have been seen prowling near scattered settlements around Vancouver. The wild men are described as "hairy giants, nine feet tall, with a ferocious appearance and demeanor."
Seen by Woman
Mrs. James Caufield, living on a farm near Harrison, B.C., is the latest to report seeing one of the giants. Mrs. Caufield relates that she was washing clothes in a river when she heard a buzzing sound similar to that made by a humming bird.
"I turned my head," she said, "but instead of a bird there stood the most terrible thing I ever saw in my life. I thought I’d die for the thing that made the funny noise was a big man covered with hair from head to foot. He was looking at me and I couldn’t help looking at him. I guessed he was a Sasquatch so I covered my eyes with my hand, for the Indians say that if a Sasquatch catches your eye you are in his power. They hypnotize you. I felt faint and as I backed away to get to the house I tripped and fell. As he came nearer I screamed and fainted."
Screams Brought Husband Mrs. Caufield’s screams brought her husband running out of the house just in time to see the giant run off into the bush.
On another occasion two canoeists reported that the giant saw them paddling down a river and started hurling rocks at them.
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Thanks to Jerome Clark .
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Ah, for the good ol’ days, way back before we were born, remember?
I really don’t like that that period villianized ole’Squatch.
First time I’ve heard of Sasquatch humming. How can a person possibly hear the humm and not sense the smell? I wasn’t there so I cant say, but I can contribute my comment.
Like the natives of Tibet, It is often hard to seperate myth and reality for the situation of that day. It does not seem to be the “gentle giant” that we know of, nor does it match the view of Native Americans/Canadians have of the creature that I have read or seen on video. Perhaps a way of keeping children close to home and keeping them from getting lost?
I see nothing inconsistant with comtemporary sighting reports in these old reports. People are still shaken by these beings. The thing that strikes me over & over from reports from Native American’s is their “humanizing” of these beings referencing them as “wild-men”.And if they are more human that animal then they are capable of some very nasty triats. HA! “Harry & the Hendersons” is not the proto-type of these things….they are either a “wild-man” or a “wild animal”. What part of “wild” don’t we understand.
preacherman is quite right. Nothing in this report really demonises the creature; it does not print a fictionalised account of attack, for instance, which one would expect if the writers were simply going for sensationalism.
Bigfoot does have a scary appearance. His face, like that of a gorilla, looks to scowl.
If the report is based on fact (and there’s no reason to suspect such an early report of being fiction) then I would lay money that the woman was experiencing menses at the time of the encounter.
Cheers!
There’s definitely a relationship between these events and the first expedition in these parts…in 1934
see here
If you read the account, the Sasquatch really doesn’t make any aggressive moves, and after all, look what he does when the woman faints- He runs away!