Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti, and the Abominable Snow man. All known by people as "the missing link." Supposedly, a Sasquatch is a 6-12 foot tall, primate-like creature, with huge feet (12-19 inches) which it gets it's nickname from. This is one of the biggest mysteries of our time, and also the biggest hoax of our time. Each year, more than 3,000 'sightings' of a bigfoot or bigfoot-like creature are reported in North America (Rocky Mountains), Canada, and many sightings in the Alpine Mountains. The first report dates back to 1784.
             As the early European settlers moved westwards into the northwestern United States and western Canada they began to record stories of the Sasquatch, which had long been a part of the traditions of the Native People of this region. As early as 1784, the London Times reported the capture of a "huge, manlike, hair-covered" creature at Lake of the Woods, Manitoba. In 1840, after spending nine years living among the Spokane Indians of the Pacific Northwest, missionary Elkanah Walker described them as believing "in the existence of a race of giants which inhabit a certain mountain, off to the west of us. They inhabit its top... They hunt and do all their work by night... They say their track is about a foot and a half long..."
             Nineteenth century newspapers record many encounters between BigFoot and the early settlers. The July 4, 1884 edition of the Colonist from Victoria, British Columbia described the capture of what may have been a young Sasquatch from alongside a railway line near Yale, British Columbia. The creature, nicknamed 'Jacko' by his captors, was described as being "half man and half beast", four feet seven inches tall and weighing 127 pounds. "He has long, black, strong hair and resembles a human being with one exception, his entire body is covered with glossy hair about one inch long... and he possesses extraordinary strength." 1Mysteriously Jacko seems to have disappe...