hello fellow travelers and welcome to exit through the gift shop today we are at Ruby Creek site of
place east of Harrison Hot Springs British Columbia along Highway seven which is now
known as Sasquatch highway September 1941 a creature paid a visit to the Chapman family
in broad daylight about 3:00 in the afternoon the Chapmans eldest son aged nine came running
into the house calling for his mother when Mrs. Chapman went outside to see what was wrong she
thought she saw a very big bear moving amongst the bushes in the field just beyond the railway
tracks however then the creature moved onto the tracks and she saw to her horror that it was a
gigantic man covered with hair not fur the hair seemed to be about four inches long all over and
a pale yellow brown color body of the creature was entirely human in shape except that it was
immensely thick through the chest and its arms were exceptionally long Mrs. Chapman gathered the
children fled to safety of the nearby village when Mr. Chapman came home around 6 o'clock
he saw that the woodshed door had been battered in and spotted enormous humanoid handprints all
over the place a 55-gallon drum of salted salmon had been broken apart and its contents partially
eaten the creatures giant height was confirmed by a number of long brown hairs stuck in the doorway
at about eight to ten feet chapman's remained at the residence but in the following days they
found giant footprints in the area each night the incident drew local attention and was investigated
by the Sheriff's Office in Bellingham Washington one of the sheriff's deputies took a cast of one
of the giant footprints that had been found which measured at approximately 16 inches
this drawing shows an outline of the cast along with a regular men's foot size 11 for comparison
on two nights at about two o'clock in the morning the Chapmans heard strange noises and their dogs
started to bark feverishly after several days of this the experience was all too much and the
family finally moved out and never went back to the cabin local newspaper ran the story on October
21st 1941 a child scream the uproar of dogs and a frightened woman's hurried glance led to tales
among Ruby Creek Indians today of a huge hairy monster preying on their encampment it turned out
to be a bear but a huge one Rosie small daughter of Mrs. George Chadwick was playing in her garden
half a mile east of Ruby Creek when she suddenly looked up to see the enormous beast approaching
she screamed for help her mother rushed to her got one glimpse of the monster swept the child
in her arms and dashed into the bush where she remained for three hours before venturing home
again on her return she found the racks of salted salmon scattered in every direction but nothing
else about the premises was touched in describing the animal Mrs. Chadwick declared it was ten feet
tall Carrie with a human face little credence was given to the story until the beast returned
this time it left tracks revealing it to be one of the largest bears ever known in the vicinity
its hind foot marks measured 8 inches across and 18 inches long the span between the strides was
5 feet the incident popularized the idea of Sasquatch in the area although wild men had
long been known by local First Nations peoples today within the vicinity Harrison Hot Springs
is known as Sasquatch capital of Canada and several local places have been named after
the Sasquatch including Sasquatch Provincial Park and the Sasquatch caves locals seemed to embrace
the folklore as a scene in theming of a newly open Adventure Park the Syéxw Chó:leqw Adventure
Park is a 33 acre park owned and operated by the scowl of First Nations it's located about
way in between hope and Agassi and very close by to where the Ruby Creek incident occurred the park
features walking and mountain biking trails a huge playground and fascinating works of art including
sasquatch carvings alright that's it for today leave your comments down below do you think this
was a Bigfoot sighting or do you think it was just a bear please remember to subscribe so you can
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