New Abominable Snowman Sighted by B.C. Hunter

October 19, 1960, Reno Evening Gazette

Reno, Nevada USA

NELSON, B.C. (AP) – The Nelson Chamber of Commerce said today that British Combia’s abominable snowman – a hairly, flat-faced creature nine feet tall – deserves a better name that “Sasquatch.”

But it admitted it had no substitute title for the thing that frightened John Bringsli into a state of paralysis – his own words – up on Lemon Creek last month.

“It had very wide shoulders and a flat face with ears flat against the side of its head,” said Bringsli. This description left no doubt that the creature was the region’s legendary “Sasquatch,” handed down to the whites, name and all, from the Indians.

“It was seven to nine feet tall with long legs and short, powerful arms with hair covering its body,” continued Bringsli, known as a veteran outdoorsman with good eyesight.

He returned to the area with several armed friends, Bringsli said, and found a footprint measuring 11 or 17 inches in length.