Sasquatch Sightings

Account

Roger True, Greg Pointer and other youths from Richland went repeatedly at night to look for the "white demon", a biped covered with dirty white hair, about 8 feet tall, very heavily built, that frequented a disused gravel pit near West Richland, dug into the side of "old flattop". It was shot at close range several times with deer rifles and at least once with a shotgun without apparent effect. Weight estimates 600 or 700 pounds. Seen repeatedly by groups of youths. Never on all fours. Greg Pointer told of seeing it walking across a field at 10 to 15 miles an hour, not running at all. He also said others had timed it at 40 miles an hour as it chased their cars. Carl Franklin's brother from Seattle (Jim?) had it scratch the door of his car. Eyes shone red in the dark with no light on them. High pitched scream was described by others. Tracks were left 16 to 18 inches long, like a wide human foot. Roger True said that he hit it at least twice with a .270 rifle and that his friend Tom Thompson shot it at 10 yards with a 12-guage shotgun and "didn't faze it at all." Another group of youths had seen it earlier in the summer at Sawyer, near Yakima, where they were picking fruit.