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Albert Ostman (c. 1893 – 1975)

Sasquatch and held captive for six days. He stated that the event took place near Toba Inlet, British Columbia
in 1924.

The story

In 1924, Albert Ostman, a lumberjack and woodsman, went to the area for a vacation. Ostman had heard stories about the "man beasts" who supposedly roamed these woods but refused to believe them.[2] As Ostman lay asleep one evening a Sasquatch purportedly picked him up and carried him off while he was in his sleeping bag.[3] Ostman was carried in his sleeping bag across country for three hours by the Sasquatch.[4] The Sasquatch dropped Ostman down on a plateau. Standing around him was a family of four of the creatures.[5] Albert was kept captive by the Sasquatch. The captors were two adults and two children which held Ostman captive for six days.[6] One of the Bigfoots was reported as being eight feet tall.[7] Ostman did not use his gun on them as they had done him no harm.[8] He stayed with the Bigfoot family for a week.[9] Ostman ate "sweet tasting grass" that they gave him.[10] According to Ostman the female Sasquatch washed and stacked leaves.[11] Albert escaped by making the large male Sasquatch groggy by feeding him some snuff.[12] He did not tell his story for more than 24 years after it happened for fear of being thought of as crazy.[13] As more Sasquatch stories appeared in the press Albert decided to tell his story to a local newspaper, The Province, in 1957.[14]

In 2007, the skeptic

John Napier states that "Ostman's story fails to convince me primarily on the grounds of the limited food resources available."[17] Bigfoot researcher Peter Byrne cannot accept Ostman's story without more evidence.[18]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1892264152
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  2. ISBN 978-1609250904
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  3. ISBN 978-0814786420
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "Mystery Man-Ape of the Cascades", Life Magazine, 64 (13), Time Inc.: 17, March 29, 1968
  5. ^ E. R. Stuart (October 1980). "Tracking Bigfoot". Boys' Life. The Boy Scouts of America. p. 34.
  6. ISBN 978-0345240811
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  7. ISBN 978-0736827157
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-1770704565
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  9. ISBN 978-1404256750
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  10. ISBN 1530340802
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  11. ISBN 978-1934588383
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  12. ISBN 978-0472025466
    . Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  13. ISBN 978-0778741435
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  14. ^ Lory, Don (4 May 1957). "Kidnapped by a Sasquatch". The Province. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Nickell, Joe (January–February 2007). "Mysterious entities of the Pacific Northwest, Part I". Skeptical Inquirer. 31 (1): 21.
  16. ISBN 978-0759105393
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  17. ISBN 978-0888396853
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  18. ISBN 978-0791097786
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