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APRIL 1ST IS NOTORIOUS in the world of sasquatch/bigfoot studies. I shudder when I see the date

on any old newspaper articles. However, believe me, it is just a date where this newsletter isconcerned.

THIS ARTWORK of a Neanderthal man intrigued mesomewhat. I dont think there is any relationship withthe sasquatch, but most certainly with the Russiansnowman or almasty (which I think may also be inNorth America). Indeed, it has been theorized thasuch are relict Neanderthals. It is very strange thatthey all disappeared, and would you believe that onehighly unlikely theory on the reason here is that their

brains (heads) continued to enlarge and eventuallybecame too big for the female birth canal. Incidentallyby my calculation, the size of a sasquatchs head (i.e.Patty) is about one-sixth of its height; while withhumans it is one-eighth (see page 99, Meet theSasquatch).

ROGER KNIGHTS has asked meto be a little more explicit on thepath the creature took in relationto the elevated photograph of the

film site. Shown here is what Ibelieve to be fairly close, startingat frame 352 (heading East). Ineffect, the creature did head intothe forest on its left hand side.

The reason the film site gotwiped out is that at some pointin time (likely several times) after1972, torrential rains turned BluffCreek into a raging torrent, and itcould not negotiate the bend shown. It could not go straight ahead because it was blocked by a

mountain. There was nowhere else to go but the film site. For certain, judging by the soil rocks and soforth, the creek had done the same thing in the past, and was likely responsible for the little clearingin the first place. This time, however, it was much stronger and left a great gorge, well over two-thirdsinto the site. However, standing in the gorge on a sunny autumn day gives one the feeling that it hasalways been there. I would say the entire region, referred to as the primitive area, is in a state ofconstant change, but few, if any, people really notice because so few go into the area.(More on this subject is available on my blog under Film Site Album(link provided).

Note: My diagram is only generally the same as the diagram Bob Titmus made as seen on page 42 of Meet theSasquatch. Bobs drawing was not intended to be a scale diagram, so it is difficult to reconcile with an actual photograph.Also, please note that the photograph covers just a portion of the area Bob shows.

An early 20thcentury view of howNeanderthal man may have looked.

THE MURPHY FILE NEWSLETTER #28

April 1, 2007C. L. Murphy - cmurphy101@shaw.ca

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ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO Ren Dahinden gave methis photo (7x 9.25) that shows Sheriff Bill Closnerholding a cast he made of footprints found inSkamania County, Washington in March 1969. At thetime, it was reported that the cast was 22 inches longRen showed this in his books (first and later edition),and I show the same in Meet the Sasquatch, p, 175

On the back of the photo, Ren shows a notation thatthe cast was actually only 15.5 inches long. Although was aware of this when I wrote Meet the Sasquatchthe newspaper reports stated the cast was 22 inchesso I decided to leave the original figure. Now, lo and

behold, Dr. Meldrum has told me that Closner provided a copy of this cast to Dr. Grover Krantz, andthe cast is 15.5 inches long. Please put a little note next to the photo in Meet the Sasquatch.

SHOWN HERE, AT LONG LAST, is a photo of John WBurns, the teacher at the Chehalis Indian Reservation,British Columbia, who developed the word sasquatch,

which is now the Canadian word for creature. Burns startedworking there in 1925 and became acquainted with nativeencounters with the creature. Here is what he wroteregarding the name: The older Indians called the tribeSaskehavis, literally, wild men. I named them Sasquatch,which can be translated freely into English as, hairy giants.(See page 31 of Meet the Sasquatch for the full article onBurns.)

One of the sasquatch encoun-ters Burns recorded was the

abduction of 16-year-oldSerephine Long in about 1890.He offered the artwork shownhere to illustrate the story. Itappears the work was created

under his direction.

This is Serephine Long in a photo that I believewas taken in 1954. I will guess that she is about80 years old. This would put her birth date at1874. She probably told her story to Burns in the

1930s, making her in her 50s at the time.All of these photos were published in the

Canadian edition of Libertymagazine, December1954. All I have is a photocopy of the article thatwas given to John Fuhrmann. I am trying toobtain (purchase) a copy of the actual magazine.If anyone has any leads in this regard please contact me.

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DAVID CUSICK (died c.1840), author of Sketchesof Ancient History of the Six Nations(1828), createdthis engraving of Stonish Giants chasing nativepeople. The giants, it is said, started to overrun thecountry in about 242 AD. We are told they were soravenous that they devoured the people of almostevery town in the country. With the help of theHolder of the Heavens, the Giants were defeated

and forced to seek asylum in the regions of thenorth. I really dont think there were any townsaround at that time, but there were certainlysettlements.

THE FOOTPRINTS FOUND last October in the Plumas National

Forest, California, by Chuck and Michelle Padigo, were located inthe area seen here. The whole region is a very heavily forestedpark preserve, so most certainly there could be sasquatch livingin there. Unfortunately, its a case of, Lord, we dont needanother footprint. We are also at the same point with regard tosightings. We are not there yet with regard to photographs orvideosalthough the hoaxed material always counts for twostrikes against anyone who presents images.

MOST CERTAINLY, when we read about new discoveries in far-away places with strange-soundingnames, we marvel at the intrepid scientists who risked life and limb so that we can enjoy reading

about their adventures in National Geographic or some other prestigious scientific publicationHowever, I am pleased to see that a few of our treasured professionals do appear to stick aroundhome, although not many wander very far into the badlands. One, nevertheless, did kick a rock, andgot to wondering about something that intrigued me many, many years ago.

If you get out into the garden now and then and shift things around, you have undoubtedly seenlots of wood bugs. They always reminded me of little armadillos somehow theyre not quite thesame as the other bugs. Well, guess what? Someone has just discovered that they are not bugs,theyre isopods a kind of crustacean (which has crabs and lobsters in its ranks). The newspapereport that appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 10, 2007, is provided below in case you like thissort of thing.

PLEASE NOTE THIS UPCOMING MAJOR BigfootConference in Ohio. Don Keating is the organizer, and allthe necessary information on the event can be found on hiswebsite >http://www.angelfire.com/oh/ohiobigfoot/abc.html