Sasquatch Sightings

Account

Ben E. Foster Jr., Sharon Gorden and Richard Foster, 13, camped at Basin Gulch campground. About 8 p.m. Sharon saw a sasquatch watching from a hill above the camp about 50 yards away. Ben walked toward it. At about 25 yards it threw in his direction a 5 1/2 lb. rock it apparently had in its hand. He went back to camp and the creature retreated up a ravine. Later Sharon saw it approach to about 30 feet as she sat in the car. Around the fire that night they saw dark forms in the trees above the camp and "at least four different sets of eyes glowing red in the darkness." Later, Sharon, sleeping in the car, was awakened about 4.30 a.m. by loud footfalls and saw a dark form standing a foot from the car. It reached across the hood and flipped the radio antenna on which Ben's shirt was hanging, then walked away. Next morning 9 good tracks were found on the hill above camp and across the ravine, as well as many possible tracks in forest litter. Four casts were made. That evening (August 12) about 8.30, Sharon saw eyes up the skidroad and Ben walked over and saw a sasquatch about 75 feet away. It gestured, moving its right hand from its hip outward, and he copied the gesture. It crouched low, he followed suit. After several exchanges of gestures it turned and walked away. About 9 p.m. Archie and Bill Buckley and George Haas arrived, but the creatures were seen no more. Several others joined the party later, and J. Foster, Ben's uncle, on August 15 found a small fawn on the hillside 200 yards east from camp which appeared to have been torn in two. There were many deer around, and the group thought the sasquatches were there to hunt deer. sleeping in