A Creepy UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Nahanni Valley is approximately 500 km (311 mi) west of Yellowknife in the Canadian
Northwest Territories.  It is nearly untouched.  The area has been designated a UNESCO Heritage Site, Meeting their criteria for promoting international collaboration in education, sciences, and culture in order to "increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights". UNESCO is part of the United Nations.

Because it is remote and almost untouched, there are many stories of strange phenomena.  One areas is known as “The Valley of Headless Men.”  Many people have disappeared here, then turned up without a head.

Indigenous Dene tribes, Also known as the Athapaskan peoples, have inhabited the region  for over 30,000 years, with one language and sustained by the land. Nahanni  means “The People Over There,” and is thought to reference a tribe of mountain dwelling people known as the Naha, who mysteriously vanished. It is likewise told that about 44 people had vanished in the valley by 1969.

Other phenomena have been reported from here as well. Mysterious lights and UFOs have long been sighted in the valley, as well as other unusual aerial phenomena.

The area is also known for its cryptids, as it is believed by some to hold a remnant population of a type of bear-like carnivore called the bear dog, or Amphicyonidae, which was thought to have gone extinct in the Pleistocene epoch.

In addition to this strangeness, an ice cave called Grotte Valerie hosts ancient skeletons of over 100 sheep were found, apparently having starved to death  around 2,500 BC. The find has earned the cave the nickname of “The Gallery of Lost Sheep.”

Some say that the valley is cursed.  The native people of the region have always believed that some evil, supernatural force is to be blamed for the tragedies. Some think that the deaths were the result of the ghosts of the mountain Naha warriors, risen from the dead to drive away the white man as they were known for beheadings.  Some even suggest a secret entrance to the Hollow Earth somewhere in this valley, or that it is a "vortex" or “thin spot” in the veil that separates different dimensions.

Skeptical theories point to the attacks being carried out by hostile native tribes or rivalries between miners scrambling to find the mythical stores of unfound gold. Disappearances could be the result of any number of dangers to be found in the wilderness.  The area is a place of extreme cold, with unexplored caves, gullies, jagged rocks, and grizzly bears.

Ultimately no one really knows what decapitated these bodies or what happened to the people who disappeared.

Mountain Beast Mysteries reviewed a book called LEGENDS OF THE NAHANNI by Hammerson Peters.  Mountain Beast Mysteries is a YouTube channel dedicated to providing information and stories on the subjects of Bigfoot and all the conspiracy theories related to it.

More Reading:

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/10/the-mysterious-valley-of-the-headless-corpses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO

https://denenation.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowknife

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0dPu6FzvajlmKmd4EdblA

New Sasquatch Video

Gino Meekis, a hunter who lives near Sioux Lookout in Northern Ontario, recorded a video on his phone on Oct. 3 while he was out hunting grouse with his wife and grandson.  They were hunting about 45 kilometres away from the town.  Sioux Lookout is in northwestern Ontario,  about halfway between Thunder Bay, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The area would certainly be prime real estate for the creature.   With a population of about 5600, it covers just over 530 square kilometers.  About a third of the area is water, and the other unpopulated surroundings are forest and the rugged Canadian Shield.  Over 5,000 years ago the land was Ojibway territory and the name comes from the native use as a vantage point where guards could see canoes approaching.  The Sioux lived in the Western Plains and legend has it that the Ojibway endured many years of surprise attacks by the Sioux when they came to trade.  Eventually, the Ojibway ambushed the Sioux  at a peak of land near Pelican Lake.  And the name "Sioux Lookout" was born.   

‘We walked down a trail to see if we can find a bird, and on our way back to the vehicle, it started. When it let out the first scream, I thought it was a moose, but my mind changed when it screamed again and again,” Meekis said in an interview with Vice Media.

Meekis said the sound resembled a loud, echoing howl.  he claims it continued for about five minutes.  During that time he captured two videos and in one, his grandson is heard howling back at the sound.

An officer for Ontario’s Ministry of Resources and Forestry was contacted by Vice Media.  She said her team couldn’t  pinpoint the source of the sound.   “Our biologists say it could be a larger mammal–for example a wolf–but because it’s a considerable distance from the recorder there is no way to know for sure,” Jolanta Kowalski said.

There are two types of wolves in Ontario.  The Eastern Wolf, also known as the Algonquin Wolf,   is listed as Threatened as of 2016.  There are an estimated 500 of these wolves, generally in remote central Ontario and western Quebec.  They weigh about 30kg and have an overall reddish coat.  Hunters are allowed to kill coyotes and other animals like Great Lakes-Boreal wolves, Eastern coyotes and hybrids that look virtually identical to Algonquin wolves.  The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry doesn’t require DNA tests to be done and doesn't know how many wolves are being killed.

A more populous wolf is the Gray Wolf.   With about 9600 in Ontario and 50-60,000 in Canada, they are not considered at risk.  Gray Wolves share some Eastern Wolf DNA as well.  They can weigh up to 890kg and could be black, white, or grey.

Wolves communicate in many ways.  They whimper, bark, howl, and yip, but it's the howling that most people hear.  Wolves have excellent hearing and can hear sounds as much as 10km away in forested areas and further in the open tundra.  They howl to bring help to other wolves, warn of their presence, and when in pain.  Wolves have been known to respond to human imitations, even from 4 km away.

‘We walked down a trail to see if we can find a bird, and on our way back to the vehicle, it started,” Meekis said in an interview. “When it let out the first scream, I thought it was a moose, but my mind changed when it screamed again and again.”

Is this what Meekis and his family heard?  He doesn't think so.  “I’ve heard many different animals in the wild but nothing like this. I grew up hunting with my grandfather for the first 12 years of my life,” Meekis said.

Meekis explained that his family retreated to their vehicle when the tone and rhythm of the  howling increased.

In Alert Bay, British Columbia  sounds that are similar were recorded in 2015.  According to CTV News (video below).  Local residents suggested that the noises came from a sasquatch.  The island where the howls were heard doesn’t house any large mammals.

Whether it was a Sasquatch or not, Meekis and his family encountered something frightening in the remote forests of Ontario.  And the video has gone viral.

More Reading:

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3aqva/viral-video-captures-the-screams-of-a-mystery-creature?utm_source=viceig&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-vice&utm_content=later-3965447&utm_medium=social
http://wolvesontario.org/wolves-ontario/
https://www.siouxlookout.ca/en/living-here/about-sioux-lookout.asp
https://www.muskokaregion.com/community-story/6746390-elusive-algonquin-wolf-is-officially-a-threatened-species/

John Green

John Willison Green was a Canadian journalist and a leading researcher of Bigfoot. John  was born on February 12, 1927, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  His father was Howard Green, a long-time Member of the Canadian Parliament. His mother, Marion Green (nee Mounce), was the first woman to graduate from the University of British Columbia school of Agricultural Sciences.He graduated from the University of British Columbia and achieved his Master's degree in Journalism at Columbia University.  He has compiled a database of more than 3000 sighting and track reports.

In 1963 he was elected Mayor of the Village of Harrison Hot Springs, BC.   It has always been a resort community, but it also has the Ranger Station Public Art Gallery, and is the closest access to Sasquatch Provincial Park.  He was responsible for the construction of the Harrison lakefront beach, and spearheaded the World Championship Sand Sculpture Competition for many years.  He also had a passion for history, founding the Kilby Historical Society in 1973, then later the Fraser heritage Society and he continued to donate his time and funds to go towards the maintenance of the site. He was a Board member for over 40 years.


John Green settled in Agassiz, BC in 1954  He purchased the local newspaper becoming the owner and editor of the Agassiz-Harrison Advance. In 1972 Green sold the local paper to pursue his Sasquatch research and interest in writing publications.  It is now known as the Agassiz-Harrison Observer and is still in publication.  He raised his family, ran a business and pursued his political aspirations. He ran for provincial office as a Conservative but lost four times.He was a competitive sailboat racer in his youth, designing and constructing the first fiberglass hull sailboat to steer through British Columbian lakes. He also was a successful investor of an inheritance he received from his father, and a philanthropist. Forty years after first being elected Mayor, he won a commissioner’s seat in 2002.
 

  Green first began investigating Sasquatch sightings and track finds in 1957. He had met René Dahinden and they collaborated in interviewing witnesses and sharing information of alleged sightings. In 1958, Green was shown a series of 15" tracks crossing a sandbar beside Bluff Creek in California and investigated the tracks in the summer of 1958. Green had access to a variety of British Columbia news and had written a fictional April Fool’s story about Sasquatch in 1953.  He was first asked seriously about Sasquatch in 1956 when René Dahinden entered came to his newspaper office looking for reports in the area. Green told Dahinden the accounts were nonsense.

This is about 20 minutes of Q & A with Mr. Green from the Sasquatch Summit in Harrison Hot Springs.





Green authored several Sasquatch books, including Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, regarded by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) as the "best written book on the subject".  It has recently been re-issued, along with an updated combination of two earlier books, and is titled The Best of Sasquatch Bigfoot.  Green also was contracted as a speaker at a number of scientific symposiums on Bigfoot research, and appeared in several documentaries on the subject.  He surveyed Eastern and Southern hominid reports as well. He also asked his correspondents to research aboriginal tales of Bigfoot.  A relatively conservative man, he often called for pushing the envelope for the researchers.

Green made distinctions between typical reports of “Bigfoot”, and strange, far more massive footprints that were discovered.  Some researchers believed that indicated the presence of even larger creatures.  In his obituary, written by fellow researcher Loren Coleman,  it states that He holds the title as the first primary chronicler in Sasquatch studies, and his work in the field had lead some to affectionately call him “Mr. Sasquatch.”

John Green's research and personal collection of artifacts were donated to Kilby Historic Site in Harrison Mills, BC. Today this exhibit is a lasting tribute to Green's 58 years in the field of Sasquatch sightings and original castings. For more information visit www.kilby.ca  Green became so famed for his Sasquatch studies that late in his life he complained about trying to keep up with an ever-growing correspondence. He directly influenced many of the early researchers in the field, including Jim McClarin, René Dahinden, Tom Slick, Ivan T. Sanderson, Roger Patterson, Loren Coleman, Mark A. Hall, Bob Titmus, Grover Krantz, Chris Murphy, John Kirk, and Jeff Meldrum. His film of Jim McClarin at the site of the Patterson-Gimlin footage is still cited as one of the critical research analysis for the height of that Bigfoot.

John  Green passed on May 28, 2016 in Chilliwack, BC.  He was predeceased by his wife June, brother Lewis, and a grandson.  He left behind, three sons and two daughters, as well as thirteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.    In 2000, John was recognized as B.C. Senior of the Year, and has been  honoured at several public gatherings for his community service, research work and writing.




More Reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willison_Green
https://www.tourismharrison.com/hot-springs
https://www.agassizharrisonobserver.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKwc331mnxc
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/06/john-green-veteran-sasquatch-researcher-and-author-has-passed-away/
http://www.cryptozoonews.com/johngreen-obit/

First Nations Canadian Sighting

In March 2014 some aboriginal people had a bit of a surprise.

Tofino, British Columbia sits on the west coast of Vancouver Island.  Although it has just over 1900 residents, it is a popular tourist destination.   Surfers, hikers, nature lovers, bird watchers, campers, and whale watchers flock to the area every summer.  Because of its temperate climate, festivals of all sorts are held all year long.  Tofino was a filming location for the movie "Going the Distance" in 2004 and for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" in 2009.  Geographically, it is just south of the Ahousaht First Nations reserve.  The reserve is taxed with patrolling the waters in the area to enforce legal fishing practices by both natives and civilians.

Ahousaht Fisheries Manager Luke Swan, Jr. and his father returned to the site and claim to have seen tracks measured at 16 inches long and seven to nine inches wide.  They also photographed the Cedar trees that had been stripped of bark about eight feet off the ground. They believe they have found evidence of the legendary biped that has purportedly been spotted in the Pacific Northwest for over a hundred years.

“Something really big stood up, probably between eight or nine feet,” he said. “The first thing I had in my mind was to get off the beach. I pushed off as fast as I could and got to deep water.”

Bigfoot Encounters website says one of the earliest Sasquatch sightings took place in B.C.’s Toba Inlet. Prospector Albert Ostman claimed he was held hostage by one of the creatures for several days in 1924.

The Ahousaht Fisheries website gives this mission statement:

The primary goal for Ahousaht's Fisheries department is to provide safe, reliable and sustainable fisheries in our seas and rivers for today and future generations.

 The Ahousaht First Nation is the largest Nuu-chah-nulth Nation.  Ahousaht means people (aht) of Ahous, a small bay on the west side of Vargas Island. All Ahousaht reserves are accessible only by boat or floatplane.  The area is also home to Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve which is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Why is this sighting important?  Aside from all sightings being important, this one has some additional credibility.  First, the sighting was by a Fisheries Officer, who would have deep familiarity with the flora and fauna of the area.  Second, this sighting comes from a member of First Nations, which has a long history of verbal teaching about Sasquatch, including petroglyphs, carvings, and sacred significance of the creature.  Finally, the area is one of the best for the ability to sustain bigfoot populations.  The Biosphere provides everything necessary, including vast remote areas where colonies could live.


More reading: 
www.ahousahtfishingcorp.com
https://twitter.com/AhousahtAdmin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofino
http://www.ahousaht.ca/
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/purported-sasquatch-tracks-found-on-vancouver-island-1.1714645
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/first-nations-sasquatch-references-gallery.html