Sasquatch

Sasquatch
Origin	Halkomelem Salish
Region(s)	Pacific Northwest (North America)

Sasquatch (from Halkomelem Salish: sásq’ets [pronounced: ses-kw-etch], "Wild Man (of the woods)") is a crypto-hominid of the Pacific Northwest region in North America, the name having been anglicised from the Salish by Canadian researcher J. W. Burns to describe a single creature based on various regional First Nations legends. It is frequently conflated with the Californian Bigfoot and other regional crypto-hominids.

Resources

• Burns, J. W., The Hairy Giants of British Columbia, bigfootencounters.com, http://www.bigfootencounters.com/legends/jwburns.htm 

Press Coverage

1920s

• Burns, J. W. (1 Apr. 1929), "Introducing B. C.'s Hairy Giants: A collection of strange tales about British Columbia's wild men as told by those who say they have seen them", Macleans, https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1929/4/1/introducing-b-cs-hairy-giants 

1930s

• WG (10 May 1934), "Search for Bogeyman: Expedition into B. C. Mountains to Locate Legendary Character", Western Globe (Lacombe, Alberta): 7, http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/WTG/1934/05/10/7/Ar00715.html 
• Dickie, Francis (28 July 1934), "Are they the LAST CAVE MEN? British Columbia Startled by the Appearance of 'Sasquatch,' A Strange Race of Hairy Giants", Urbana Courier (Urbana, IL): 12, https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=TUC19340728.2.94&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN-sasquatch-------- 

1940s

• DC (1 Dec. 1940), "The Mystery of the Hairy Sasquatch Cave Men", Daily Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia), https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist1240uvic#page/n35/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 

1950s

• Loughnan, Brian (31 Dec. 1952), "Cousin of Abominable Snowman May Be B.C. Sasquatch Monster", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 2, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist1252uvic_22#page/n2/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• Kelley, Frank (13 Apr. 1957), "Sasquatch Fantasy", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 3, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0457uvic_9#page/n3/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• DC (24 Apr. 1957), "'Almost Human' - Hunter Spares Cute Sasquatch", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 1, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0457uvic_17#mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• DC (7 May 1957), "A Price on His Head", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 4, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0557uvic_4#page/n3/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 

1960s

• DC (13 Oct. 1960), "Controversy in Nelson - Sasquatch 'Paralyzes' Huckleberry Picker - New Name Urged Nothing Else Done", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 11, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist19601013#page/n53/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• Donley, Bob (4 Dec. 1963), "Square Indian . . . True (?) story on how Sasquatch came to area", Sechelt Peninsula Times (Sechelt, B.C.): 13, https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers/xpentimes/items/1.0185079#p12z-6r0f:sasquatch 
• Paterson, T. W.; Clark, Beverlee (14 Mar. 1965), "It Is An Exciting Part of Indian Lore And White Men, too, Claims to Have Seen SASQUATCH - HE'S SHY and (MOSTLY) FRIENDLY", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 6-7, 18, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist19650314#page/n52/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• Scott, Irene (20 Mar. 1966), "Don't Believe Those Legends!", Santa Cruz Sentinel 110 (67): 29, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19660320.1.29&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1 
• DC (11 June 1966), "Sasquatch Not Good Enough For Elegant B.C. Village", Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.): 20, https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist19660611#page/n20/mode/1up/search/sasquatch 
• SCS (27 Oct. 1967), "Scientists Unconvinced By Monster", Santa Cruz Sentinel 111 (254): 1, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19671027.1.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1 
• DS (1 Aug. 1969), "Police Keeping Eyes Pealed for Sasquatch", Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) 42 (310): 8, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19690801.2.54&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1 

1970s

• SCS (15 Nov. 1970), "Film Proof Of The Elusive Sasquatch", Santa Cruz Sentinel 115 (270): 29, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SCS19701115.1.29&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1 
• DS (18 Feb. 1971), "Sasquatch Looms Again", Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) 44 (169): 3, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19710218.2.20&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1 
• ED (24 Feb. 1972), "ONE EXPLANATION OF SASQUATCH GIVEN", Eatonville Dispatch (Eatonville, Wash.) 79 (8): 1, https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/washington?a=d&d=DISP19720224.2.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch------ 
• Levimalone, Les (16 Mar. 1972), "White Monster: Sasquatch Flees From Competition", Eatonville Dispatch 79 (11): 1-2, https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/washington?a=d&d=DISP19720316.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch------ 
• DC (1 Sept. 1972), "Computers On The Trail", Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.): B12, https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19720901.2.131&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-sasquatch-------1