Sasquatch Sightings

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Teenage boys had reported seeing "an ape in a tree" north of Fontana, and Jerrilou Mendenhall and Kathy Albright, both 16, were driving around the dirt roads looking for it. Mendenhall said she was backing slowly down a dirt road when a seven-foot hairy beast covered with moss and slime came out of the bushes and grabbed her arm through the window. She screamed, stepped on the gas and got away with only scratches on her arm. Hand prints twice as large as human but with short, thick fingers were left on the car hood. She saw the creature walk quickly back into the brush. It had a terrible odour, like a dead creature. She reported to police, and one possible footprint, 18 by 6 inches was reported found. In the mid '70s, now Geri Lou Whelchel, she recalled the incident under hypnosis for Robert Guenette when he was making the "Mysterious Monster" movie. Location of incident is near a dirt track for auto races, and near orchards.