Saskatchewan woman claims she saw sasquatch

CanWest News Service: Saskatoon (SK)

A woman from northern Saskatchewan claims she saw a sasquatch that left behind evidence of its existence described by an expert as "the find of the century."

Shaylane Beatty, 20, thought she saw a bear by the side of the road on her drive from Deschambault Lake to Prince Albert, Sask. But as she drove closer, she says she saw the animal was walking on two legs.

"I've heard the stories before and I didn't believe them. Then I saw the sasquatch," Beatty said.

About 2 1/2 metres tall, muscular with long, floppy arms attached to broad shoulders and covered in dark brown hair, Beatty said the creature isn't like anything she's seen before.

Returning to the area next day, Beatty and her two uncles found nearly a hundred footprints measuring 50 centimetres in length in the deep snow, she said.

"My uncles were struggling to walk through the same snow the sasquatch just breezed through," Beatty said.

Tom Biscardi, a sasquatch researcher for 33 years, says Beatty definitely saw some sort of primate.

The footprints are impressive evidence of the creature's northern wanderings, he added.

Beatty's uncles sent Biscardi a hair sample for analysis.

Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy at Idaho State university and author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, said three sasquatch sighting have been recorded in Saskatchewan.

"As long as there's forest cover and an area is sparsely populated, there is space to harbour any number of creatures," Meldrum said.

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