Sasquatch Sightings

Account

Two days after seeing an upright animal on the shore of Dunn Lake and finding the concealed body of a deer with a broken neck, Tim Meissner returned with several friends for a further search. They separated and Meissner heard branches breaking then found himself face to face with a sasquatch 56 feet away (measured later). Sentinel story says he fired in panic and the creature dropped to one knee then ran into the bush. Advocate story quotes his father, Ken Meissner, as saying that the animal fell, Tim went to get his friends, but when they returned it was gone. Ken Meissner also said that he had investigated at the scene and found clear tracks, human in shape, 16 inches long and 9 inches wide, sinking in soft soil more than an inch. He made casts, measured the stride at 5 feet. Tim Meissner said the creature was about nine feet tall and weighed about 400 pounds. It was covered with long, curly dark brown hair, except for a bare chest, had a squarish face, looking more human than ape, glared at him with huge, shining eyes, and stank like a rotten garbage dump. Another Sentinel story, also May 4, quotes Rene Dahinden making comments that indicated Meissner had said he could see neither female breasts nor a penis. The Advocate quotes Ken Meissner as saying that Tim estimated the animal to weigh 900 pounds, and that its shoulders were four feet wide. Calgary Herald story May 11 quotes Jack Wood, a teacher, as having gone to the site and found a footprint 16 inches by 9 inches with a 6-inch heel, on the side of a mountain trail. He said it had five toes and no claw marks. One toe was much smaller than the others. The Sentinel printed a picture of this cast. This story quotes Tim as saying the creature stood silently watching him from the trees until he fired at its head, and that it went down on one knee and one hand, then got up and ran away.