RCMP deny Sasquatch capture - Bigfoot and Variations

RCMP deny Sasquatch capture
January 19, 2009
Ash-Cache-Journal.com

The buzz on some Internet sites of late reported a rare Sasquatch sighting on the highway “this side of Cache Creek” just after Christmas.

The report was made by someone who claimed their father was following behind a pickup that hit the creature. Both drivers got out, “and there was this big hairy thing laying in the road, arms halfway down his legs and huge hands and feet and was walking upright before the guy hit it.”

The report goes on to say the men loaded the creature, still alive, into the back of the pickup truck, “and they were taking it to the RCMP in Cache Creek.”

Ashcroft RCMP Sgt. Dave Prentice says he’s seen plenty of Sasquatches in Harrison Hot Springs - “That’s a hotbed for Sasquatches down there!” - although none of them have been real.

“I have never seen one here to the best of my knowledge,” he said, “and no one is admiting to having seen one here.”

Both the RCMP and The Journal received inquiries asking whether the story was true, from as far away as the state of Washington. Some have been good natured while others were quite serious.

Rumours persist that the creature is being kept “on ice” somewhere in the dark recesses of the RCMP Detachment. Prentice says the only cooler they have is the little fridge in the lunchroom. They keep blood samples in it as well, but no Sasquatches.

“It’s a good lesson that just because something is on the Internet or in print, you don’t have to believe it,” he said. “I guess it’s fun to believe.”