Whitehorse

Date: June 2004

Occurrence: Marion Sheldon and Gus Jules were traveling out of town along the Alaska Highway on an all-terrain vehicle, sometime after 1 a.m. last Sunday when they passed what resembled a person standing on the side of the highway. Thinking it was a local from their small community who might be in need of a ride, they turned around and headed back, Bakica explained in an interview Tuesday, recalling his conversation with the pair. As the two lifelong Teslin residents and members of the Teslin Tlingit Council approached to within 20 feet, they noticed the figure was covered in hair but standing upright the entire time. Story Continues: Bakica said Jules is an experienced hunter. He described the figure as standing about 7 feet tall, but hunched over. They could see it was not a person. I have no doubt in my mind that they believe what they saw was a sasquatch, Bakica said. Whether it was or not, I do not know. Just because you can't prove something was there, does not mean it was not there. Rough mountains, deep valleys, swift rivers, and trees; Mounties were notified.


2 Yukoners think they saw something like a sasquatch by Chuck Tobin, Whitehorse Star
Jun. 11, 2004 -- WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory - Whatever two Teslin residents saw in the early morning mist, conservation officer Dave Bakica knows it shook them up. Marion Sheldon and Gus Jules were traveling out of town along the Alaska Highway on an all-terrain vehicle, sometime after 1 a.m. last Sunday when they passed what resembled a person standing on the side of the highway. Thinking it was a local from their small community who might be in need of a ride, they turned around and headed back, Bakica explained in an interview Tuesday, recalling his conversation with the pair. As the two lifelong Teslin residents and members of the Teslin Tlingit Council approached to within 20 feet, they noticed the figure was covered in hair but standing upright the entire time. Though the northern natural light was dusky at that time of the morning, Jules told Bakica he saw what he believed to be flesh tones hidden beneath a mat of hair. "I have no doubt they saw something and are convinced it was not a bear or anything in the ordinary," the conservation officer said. "They are convinced this was something out of the ordinary. . . . And they are pretty shook up over it." Bakica said Jules is an experienced hunter. He described the figure as standing about 7 feet tall, but hunched over. They could see it was not a person. "I have no doubt in my mind that they believe what they saw was a sasquatch," Bakica said. "Whether it was or not, I do not know. Just because you can't prove something was there, does not mean it was not there."

Witnesses: Marion Sheldon & Gus Jules.

WCSRO, 2006.