BFRO #14511: Sighting by snowmobilers outside Castlegar

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📝 Description

Near Christmas of 1980, my father and friend decided to go snowmobiling about 9:00 pm and as my uncle was up visiting from Calgary I asked if we could tag along on my smaller sled. We unloaded the sleds and took off up Hadikin's mill road to try and get to Nancy Greene lake. It started snowing quite heavy and my father and his friend were getting bogged down trying to break trail into the lake (probably 40 miles into the deep woods) We turned the sleds around to head back, and my dad said him and his friend were going to race back to the truck and for me and my uncle to just putt back. I was about 4 miles down the fresh tracks when my uncle asked to drive. We switched spots and he made it to first corner and put the sled into a burn pile on the left side of the trail getting us stuck. While we were tramping a trail down in front of the sled we both started to smell something very strong (rotten meat) and my uncle went into hysterics crying and screaming bear. I, being a hunter since I was 5, knew bears should be hibernating; but that smell was making me scared too. I started the snowmobile and wriggled it back on the fresh trail to see a what I thought was an old trapper run from the behind the burn pile across the trail and through the bush shaking all the snow off the trees as he went. My uncle jumped on the sled and I went about 30 yards ahead where the creature ran and saw the large bare foot mark on the trail in front of me and the steps through the probably 4 feet of powder snow.. About 10 or so miles down the trail my dad was coming back to check on us and upon stopping he could see we were very shakin' up and I told him that there was a poor old trapper up the trail with no boots on??? I explained where the incident occurred (I was not going back) and I went back to the truck. When my dad returned to the truck he explained to me about the sasquatch and that it wasn't an old trapper in a fur coat that I witnessed...

🔍 Circumstances

my uncle (3years older than myself, I was 12) my father, who is now deceased.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

10;00 pm bright night snowing quite heavy

ℹ️ Additional Details

10;00 pm bright night snowing quite heavy

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