Bigfoot sighting in Manitoba

A group of children in Canada claims to have sighted Bigfoot.

June 2, 2005, Newswatch 50

A young girl and her friends reportedly encountered the elusive creature near the same place where a Canadian man claimed to have gotten video of the creature last month. The young girl and her play mates made the sighting in Paupanekis Point, Norway House, Manitoba, which is located on the south end of the same First Nations reserve where ferryman Bobby Clarke videotaped a large, dark, bipedal creature walking along the bank of the Nelsen River.

The girls were close to a residential area, which borders the woods, at around 7:30-8:00 pm on May 20, when the encounter occurred. The woods are bordered by knee-high grass, which is where the creature was standing in plain view, apparently watching the children play. One of the girls fainted from fright, after seeing "a huge creature." None of the children were hurt, but they are understandably still quite shaken, and afraid to be left alone.

Footprints were found where the actual sighting occurred, as well as deeper into the woods. The sizes of some of the tracks measure 3larger than a man’s size 16 shoe2 said one witness, and have a clearly defined outline of the toes. The tracks have been preserved, photographed, and videotaped by Norway House residents. Hair samples have also been found at several locations, including on the inside edge of one of the footprints, and at another location, clinging to a pine tree where more tracks, and a strong lingering odor was also reported. The odor was described to be a mix between wet dog and skunk.

This rash of sightings is not the first in this area. In 1976, multiple sightings, spread over a length of time, were reported in Poplar River, 76 miles south of Norway House.