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Sasquatch
[< Salish se'sxac]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
See 1958 quote.
Quotations
1929
"The strange people of whom there are but few now--rarely seen and seldom met--" said the old hunter, "are known by the name of Sasquatch, or 'the hairy mountain men'."
1958
Known originally to the Indians--most of whom believe in this mysterious race--as Saskehavas (wild men), they are called by the whites Sasquatch (hairy men). They are described by Indians who claim to have seen them as hairy monsters between 7 and 9 feet tall, of subhuman appearance, with wide flat noses and abnormally long arms.
1966
Most villagers relate every Sasquatch sighting to the amount of alcohol they insist must have been consumed immediately prior to the monster's appearance.