Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization : February 2024

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Missing Person Case #4 – MANITOBA, Waterhen Lake

Name: Marcus McKay

Location: Waterhen Lake, Manitoba

Missing: 7/15/2000-PM

Age at Disappearance: 8 years

Source: Missing 411, North America and Beyond, David Paulides, pp. 334-338

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

Waterhern Lake is 100 km northeast of Dauphin, Manitoba.

Rilley Chartrand was the stepfather of Marcus McKay when he decided to take the boy deer hunting on the eastern side of Waterhern Lake. It was July 15, 2000, when the two drove down a lonely road by the lake, parked their car and headed for the bush. Other friends were joining the pair in the hunt.

Later in the afternoon, Rilley shot and killed a large deer. Rilley knew that he would need to go back to their vehicle and get help from his friends. Marcus stated that he was tired and decided to stay with the deer carcass. So Rilley headed back to the vehicle and returned to the deer in an hour.

Marcus was gone. Rilley frantically called for his stepson, and there no answer.

Soon the RCMP and search and rescue began searching the area for Marcus. During the following days of searching, the weather worsened with heavy rains and the temperatures dropped. After a few days of searching, rescuers found nothing.

Agnes Beaulieu was Marcus’ great-grandmother …, ‘she had a dream as is explained in the following July 20, 2000 article from the SARINFO.BC.Library: “The little boy was laying down beside a bear to be warm”’.

There were a total of 600 people involved of the rescue effort to find Marcus, including divers going in nearby lakes, and the RCMP sending a special helicopter with a forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR) system: the FLIR unit broke and was never used.

Five days after the search started, it was terminated. Volunteer searchers continued the search, and under the pressure, the RCMP resumed with cadaver dogs.

Marcus was never found.

Missing 411, North America and Beyond, David Paulides, pp. 334-338

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Missing Person Case #3 – NOVA SCOTIA, Canadia Marsh

Name: Son of John Henderson

Location: Canadia Marsh, Nova Scotia

Missing: 11/15/1826

Age at Disappearance: 4 years

Source: Missing 411, North America and Beyond, David Paulides, pp. 355-356

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

In 1826 a Halifax newspaper mentions that the Son of John Henderson disappeared from a rural family home. The four-year-old got lost in the woods and wasn’t located until the following Wednesday.

‘The article stated that four hundred people were searching for the boy, but it was the boy’s father and his servant who found the boy as they were walking through the woods, and the boy recognized the servant.’

The boy was found ‘seated under a pile of hemlock windfall, completely embosomed on a thicket.’ The child had eaten sorrel and had water.

The more interesting part of this story is what was found after the Son of John Henderson was located. During the search, rescuers came across a ‘wildman’. The Indiana Journal article describes the individual: “He was discovered in the most deplorable state of exhaustion, having lost the power of utterance; his face was black, his mouth filled with leaves and berries which he had neither the power of swallowing or spitting out - his body exhibited the appearance of a skeleton. He was conveyed to the nearest house – and in a few moments after, he died.”

David Paulides highlighted the fact that many of the stories he covers have berries involved with them in some way. The man had berries in his mouth.

An article from the Bangor Register dating from October 26, 1826 added some information regarding the lost man: “It is said to be a common thing for people to be lost in the wilds of Nova Scotia.”

Missing 411, North America and Beyond, David Paulides, pp. 355-356

North America Bigfoot Search

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Report #025 – ONTARIO, NUNAVUT, Hudson Bay – Type 1

Name: Abraham Hunter, Government official

Location: Weenuck reserve near Polar Bear Provinvial Park, Ontario

Date/Time: June 9, 2001

Weather Conditions: N/A

Source: Nunatsiaq News, Toronto Star

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

Friday, June 29, 2001
Bigfoot on Hudson Bay

Nunatsiaq News (www.nunatsiaq.com)

IQALUIT — Signs of a sasquatch — a legendary ape-man sometimes called Bigfoot – have turned up on the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Earlier this month a government official discovered a set of metre-long, human-like footprints west of the Weenusk First Nation Reserve near Polar Bear Provincial Park, Ont.

"It’s definitely not a bear," Weenusk’s chief, Abraham Hunter, told the National Post.

"I looked at them. They were six feet apart, walking."

Hunter said elders have long told stories of sasquatches living in the area. Two elders claim to have sighted the creature about 20 years ago, he said.

An official analysis of the prints has not been conducted.

The reserve is west of Sanikiluaq and about 600 kilometres southeast of Arviat.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2001

Bigfoot loose in Northern Ontario?

Toronto Star

Massive tracks point to sasquatch migration

PEAWANUCK, Ont. (CP) - Footprints indicating a creature with a two-metre stride have some northern Ontario residents speculating the elusive Bigfoot may have moved in with the region's black bears and howling wolves.

Footprints measuring 35-centimetres long and 12-cm wide have been spotted in this farflung aboriginal community on the south shore of Hudson's Bay, and the chief of the Weenusk First Nation has only one explanation: Bigfoot.

''It's definitely not a bear,'' Abraham Hunter said firmly.

''I looked at them. They were six feet (two metres) apart, walking.''

News of the prints, first spotted June 9 by a band member riding a four-wheeler through the bush, soon spread through the community of 250 and the hunt was on for the mythical ape-like beast.

But in a region where wild hairy beasts are expected, the fascination didn't last long.

''There was curiosity, people going out there for about three days,'' Hunter said.

''Then the novelty wore off.''

The tracks were alarming enough to draw the curiosity of officials with the Natural Resources ministry, who arrived June 14 to investigate and record the images of the footprints.

''We were surprised,'' said ministry official Brett Kelly, who admitted no one could explain what caused the tracks.

But even if it is the fabled Sasquatch, which legend says stands seven feet tall and has long hairy arms, a short neck and flat face, Kelly said it's unlikely it would endanger the community.

Kelly said the reserve is located on Polar Bear Provincial Park - the largest wilderness park in Ontario with a small human population.

Chances of humans actually encountering the sasquatch are very small.

''We'll wait for more information before we do anything,'' he said.

To date, there have been 16 reported sightings of a Bigfoot in Ontario.

At least one resides near the Weenusk First Nation, says Hunter, who recalls a resident spotting the beast decades ago.

''About 20 years ago there was a sighting in our community,'' Hunter said. ''But none have been seen since.''

Kelly encouraged people to take advantage of a free admission day at provincial parks planned for June 24 to investigate for themselves.

''This Sunday in Ontario entry into all provincial parks is free, so people can go find it themselves,'' he said.

In the meanwhile, Weenusk residents are simply going about their lives.

''We're getting back to fishing and hunting,'' Hunter said.

''Things here are normal.''

Report #024 – ONTARIO, Grassy Narrows – Type 1

Name: Helen Pahpasay and mother

Location: Grassy Narrows, Ontario

Date/Time: July 22, 2008

Weather Conditions: Blueberry picking

Source: CBCNews.ca

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Berry-pickers report sasquatch sighting in northern Ontario

CBCNews.CA

Berry-pickers report sasquatch sighting in northern Ontario
Last Updated: Monday, July 28, 2008 | 8:16 PM CT Comments129Recommend163CBC News
Two Ontario women say they saw what might have been the legendary sasquatch in northwestern Ontario last week.

Helen Pahpasay and her mother were north of Grassy Narrows, Ont., about 230 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, to pick blueberries last Tuesday when they spotted a hulking figure from their truck at about 10 a.m. CT.

"It was black, about eight feet long and all black, and the way it walked was upright, human-like, but more — I don't know how to describe it — more of a husky walk, I guess," she told CBC News.

"It didn't look normal."

The creature seemed to spot them, then ran off into the woods, Pahpasay said. She and her mother debated chasing the creature to try to get a closer glimpse, but were so shaken they decided to abandon their berry-picking excursion and return home.

Others returned to the area later and found a large, six-toed footprint, Pahpasay said. "What do I think it was? Right now I'm not even sure what it was. But it really scared both of us," she said.

"There's been talk of Bigfoot, sasquatch. And I'm still not sure what it was, but I've never seen anything like it."

Pahpasay says she and her mother aren't the only people in the area with a sasquatch story. A couple of men from their community said they also saw the creature three years ago, she said, and a similar animal has been mentioned in old lore about the area.

"I've never believed it before, no. I'm not even quite sure what it still is today, even after what I've seen," she said.

Sasquatch, an aboriginal word meaning "hairy giant," refers to a large manlike creature some believe could be roaming woods from California up the West Coast and across Canada.

In April 2005, a ferry operator in Norway house, Man., captured on videotape three minutes of footage of what he said was a sasquatch. However, the video, which was shown on an American television network, was indistinct at best, failing to live up to its billing as "footage of the century."

In 2006, several people in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan reported seeing a sasquatch-like figure in the woods around Flin Flon, Man.

Skeptics say it's preposterous that a large mammal could have evaded detection in North America throughout history. Despite numerous alleged sightings, no one has ever produced concrete evidence such as skulls or bones, they argue, while footprints, film or photos can be manufactured.

Report #023 – ONTARIO, Temagami – Type 1

Name: Unknown

Location: Laake Temagami, Ontario

Date/Time: 1994

Weather Conditions: witnesses fishing on lake, on boats

Source: BFRO report #1292

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

Two fishermen spot a 7 foot tall brown creature from their boat.

YEAR: 1994

SEASON: Unknown

LOCATION DETAILS: Canada, Ontario, Temagami

OBSERVED: My brother and I were riding in a small boat when I noticed something on the shore. It was about 40 metres away, but we saw a 7 foot tall humanoid that looked completely brown scooping up water into its mouth with its hand. Then it looked at us and walked away.

OTHER WITNESSES: We were fishing. Trolling to be exact

ENVIRONMENT: It was in a bay off of lake Temagami. There was thick forest all around it.

http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=1292

Report #022 – ONTARIO, Stranger Lake – Type 1

Name: Unknown

Location: Stranger Lake, North of Sioux Lookout, Ontario

Date/Time: July 2^nd,1997

Weather Conditions: On water, in boats near shore

Source: BFRO Report #1337

Documented by Eastern Canada Sasquatch Organization

A sighting of a gray shape in the bush near the waters edge, large footprints found afterwards

YEAR: 1997

SEASON: Summer

MONTH: July

DATE: 2

LOCATION DETAILS: Stranger Lake, near Lac Seul, Ontario north of Sioux Lookout.

OBSERVED: From the Sioux Lookout Bulletin Volume 6 number 36 Wednesday July 2, 1997 a story by John Lynch.

(Refer to Media Article #69 for full text of newspaper article).

ALSO NOTICED: The witnesses are both First Nations persons and will not talk easily with the press. However, both have privately said that they saw a gray shape that scared them.

OTHER WITNESSES: Both witnesses were in their boats, driving along the shore.

TIME AND CONDITIONS: Second week of June, 1997

ENVIRONMENT: Remote fishing lake Precambrian Shield

http://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=1337

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