ALBERT
OSTMAN'S BIGFOOT ENCOUNTER – His Detailed Account
This story is one of
the most well known of all encounters to everyone long entrenched in Bigfoot
research. The purpose of this series is mainly, to enlighten people who are new
to, and interested in the subject of Bigfoot, present and future research.
Part 6 By Link Paul Editor Team Tracker
The next day, it wasn’t until around 4:00 pm, that Albert saw
the old lady returning home from foraging for food. In her arms he could see “grass and twigs and of all kinds of spruce
and hemlock as well as some kind of nuts that grow in the ground”,
a lot of which he saw all
over Vancouver Island. He also noticed that the young boy scampered up the
mountain better than a goat could on a daily basis. The youngster brought him
some long grass with sweet roots, which Albert ate. Albert made a dipper with an
empty can and gave it to the boy and ran over to show it to the old man. Also he
gave them a snuff box with a little in it for them to taste, which they
did.
The young boy came over to Albert and pointed to his dipper
as if to gesture, he wanted one for his sister. So Albert made one for her. When
he tried it out with a dip into the water, the boy looked at him and according
to Albert, “he was very pleased, almost smiled at me”.
Albert then put some snuff
in his mouth and started to chew, “ummmm, that’s good”, he said. The young boy
pointed to the old man and made a sound like “Ook”. Hinting that the old man
liked snuff and he wanted some for him. It had been six days now and Albert
thought he was making some progress. If he could get the old man to come over to
him, he would give him a full box of snuff. “That will kill him for sure” Albert
convinced himself, and he wouldn’t have to feel guilty because he killed
himself.
While contemplating
his great escape, Albert toyed with the notion of taking the young girl back to
civilization with him. But quickly dismissed the thought, when thinking of what
would happen to her. She probably would end up in a cage for public display.
The following is a
detailed description of the family members in Albert’s own words which is in the
public record;
“The
young fellow might have been between 11-18 years old and about seven feet tall
and might weight about 300 lbs. His chest would be 50-55 inches, his waist about
36-38 inches. He had wide jaws, narrow forehead that slanted upward round at the
back about four or five inches higher than the forehead. The hair on their heads
was about six inches long. The hair on the rest of their body was short and
thick in places. The women's hair on the forehead had an upward turn like some
women have — they call it bangs, among women's hair-do's. Nowadays the old lady
could have been anything between 40-70 years old. She was over seven feet tall.
She would be about 500-600 pounds. She
had very wide hips, and a goose-like walk. She was not built for beauty or
speed. Some of those lovable brassieres and uplifts would have been a great
improvement on her looks and her figure. The man's eyeteeth were longer than the
rest of the teeth, but not long enough to be called tusks. The old man must have
been near eight feet tall. Big barrel chest and big hump on his back — powerful
shoulders, his biceps on upper arm were enormous and tapered down to his elbows.
His forearms were longer than common people have, but well proportioned. His
hands were wide, the palm was long and broad, and hollow like a scoop. His
fingers were short in proportion to the rest of his hand. His fingernails were
like chisels. The only place they had no hair was inside their hands and the
soles of their feet and upper part of the nose and eyelids. I never did see
their ears, they were covered with hair hanging over them.
If
the old man were to wear a collar it would have to be at least 30 inches. I have
no idea what size shoes they would need. I was watching the young fellow's foot
one day when he was sitting down. The soles of his feet seemed to be padded like
a dog's foot, and the big toe was longer than the rest and very strong. In
mountain climbing all he needed was footing for his big toe. They were very
agile. To sit down they turned their knees out and came straight down. To rise
they came straight up without help of hands or arms. I don't think this valley
was their permanent home. I think they move from place to place, as food is
available in different localities. They might eat meat, but I never saw them eat
meat, or do any cooking.”END
PART 6
