“Reports of a Cross-Country Traveler”

By: Wade Smith, WCSRO Associate Researcher.

# 1.)

On the

way back from Rocky Mountain House from viewing Christmas Lights, I was a on the

passenger side of the vehicle, front.  Time was after 7 pm and it was snowing

quite hard.  The exact location has no viable landmarks so referencing may prove

difficult.  We were approx. 40 minutes east of Rocky and on the right side of

the road was a transformer box nestled amidst a small stand of evergreens.  I

was looking out the window as my friends were in "country music mode" and I was

trying desperately not to ump out of the vehicle when I saw, not 15 feet away, a

figure standing behind the transformer box.  It had to be b/w 8-10' tall, with a

massive structure.  I recall sitting bolt upright and staring at "him" as we

passed.  Due to the poor road conditions, we were going b/w 40-60 km/h all the

way.  As we passed the area, I craned my head to look further, and as I did, "he

did the same!

I sensed no malice in the exchange, but was left with the impression of....

"hey, I may have fur/hair, but it's damn cold tonight!" as these transformers

give of a bit of heat. 

  The best description I can give is to reference friendsofbigfoot.org and look

for the Virginia site.  The sasquatch on their banner looks exactly like the one

I saw....complete with snow.

As an aside, it struck me

as like a person warming their hands over a fire barrel on a pond during winter

skating...just stopped to warm up a bit before continuing on.  Area was thickly

forested with evergreen type trees

# 2.)

 My

friend and I were on a day hike to check out an old ruined fort foundation from

the Colonization period.  The area is heavily wooded and had just been slated

for logging.  Lots of oak, maple and fur type trees present with at least 75

years old growth, perhaps more.  Location of the fort was on a small hill,

elevation 900 feet, no more

  After hours of searching, we did indeed find the foudation of the fort.  It

was evident to us that the site was used by some animal as there was scat and

other sign along with a truly putrid smell. 

  Having achieved our goal, we started back down to out vehicle.  We had taken a

ground sheet to use as shade as it was 27+ degrees and humid.

We set our ground sheet behind us to offer shade as we ate of lunch of

sandwiches.

  As we were eating and chatting, I was looking around casually.  About 25 feet

to my right and behind (the 5 o'clock position) was a stand of 3 pine trees.  As

I looked, there was a shape between the second and third trees that was moving

to and fro, as if jockeying for a better look as the ground sheet obscured us

from view, but did not impede our lines of sight.  I mentioned to my friend (who

was seated to my right) that there was "something" in the aforentioned trees,

to not be obvious but to "check your six".  My friend did a survey and when he

looked back at me, his eyes were the size of saucers.  All he said was "lets get

the f*%k out of here!"

  We gathered up our gear, all the time being observed by our new "friend".

  We headed down the hill and could hear our traveling companion paralleling us

at a distance of 20-30 feet through the underbrush to about 150 feet from the

main road, at which point it took off back up the hill and such an amazing speed

that myself and my friend looked at each other at the same time and exclaimed

"sh*t! That sucker is FAST!"

  We both knew what we had seen but were amazed that such a creature (or family

of) could occupy such a small province.

*Both of these reports were submitted to the WCSRO website in January 2006.

WCSRO, 2006.