Written by Mark Nielsen
Citizen staff
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Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
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Leo Selzer says the photos of very large footprints posted on a website by fellow sasquatch researcher Brian Vike "hardly do justice to what you look at in real life," but are similar to what he's come across.
"The measurements coincide, the stride coincides, the general physical appearance of the footprints coincides with other evidence that I have found," Selzer said.
Vike, who lives in Houston and is also a UFO enthusiast, drove out to Moricetown, about 430 km. west of Prince George, after receiving an e-mail from someone who came across the footprints on Monday morning after strange noises were heard out in the dark the evening before.
Along with taking the photos, Vike collected some samples of blood and hair that he plans to send off for testing.
After a handful of strange encounters over the years, particularly in the Gregg Creek area, Selzer is now convinced the creature is more than mythical.
He has set up his own web site, www.sasquatch-pg.net, to share his knowledge and collect stories from others more reluctant to tell them to others for fear of getting strange looks in return.
Vike's sasquatch website is found at http://bigfoot-sasquatch.blogspot.com.
Selzer maintains people have come across sasquatches and did not even know it, incorrectly identifying them as bears. There have been times when it's been the other way around.
"I've had people come to me and say 'hey, look, I've just photographed some tremendous sasquatch footprints, come and take a look at them,' and they've turned out to be very large grizzly bear tracks," Selzer said.
What's the difference between a grizzly track and a sasquatch track?
A lack of claw marks is a good first sign it's not a bear, but Selzer added a sasquatch footprint resembles a small child's.
"You know how the foot of a four-year-old child is kind of boxy looking and from the big toe to the little toe it doesn't have as much of a slant as an adult's? That's very much what a sasquatch footprint looks like," Selzer said.
Contrary to popular belief, the size of a sasquatch print can be as little as four to five inches long in the case of the youngsters old enough to walk, although the large males' are as much as 18 inches and 16 inches in the case of the females.
They are very family oriented, Selzer added, so the footprints are can be found in groups of various sizes although the young adults without mates often travel alone.
What's the difference between a human footprint and a sasquatch's?
"Sasquatches don't have an arch," he said. "They have additional joints within the foot so they have a flat foot that's capable of wrapping around things better than the human foot with an arch."
However, they're still a far cry from an ape or chimpanzee.
"Sasquatches are not able to grab things with their foot anymore than a human," he said.
Because of job commitments, Selzer hasn't been able to get out to search for more evidence but when he gets the chance he plans to establish contact with a family he believes is roaming around the Gregg Creek area.
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