Comments on: Port Chatham left to spirits

By: Cryptomundo » Nantiinaq

Cryptomundo » Nantiinaq — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:36:20 +0000

[...] a Bigfoot known from and seen around Port Chatham, Alaska. Over a “long period of time,” a nantiinaq (Nan-te-nuk) – or big [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:54:21 +0000

Funny, you should mention the giant land otter. One summer while I was working in Seward, some friends and I went camping south of town. Not too far, probably just a few miles on foot, we visited one of the old military lookout/shelters which apparently had a big gun at one time. Anyway, we camped just a hundred yards or so from the beach. The next morning I woke up and looked toward the ocean. I saw a very large otter (I had seen plenty in the water near Valdez and even a picture of one among dry-docked boats in Seward).

At first I couldn’t understand what it was because it looked so big and thick. I thought it was a mountain lion at first. The tail was very long and thick like a cougar’s tail. But as I watched it walk slowly along the shore, I realized it didn’t move like a cat at all. I have no guess about the measurements, but it was very large – longer legs, longer body, and a really longer and thicker tail – than those I have seen on TV and in the water. Plus it seemed to be totally dry and kind of fluffy. Not wet at all.

By: doug l

doug l — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:46 +0000

Very interesting story. One has to wonder if it has has some relationship to stories of the Kushtaka, the giant land otter, that populates the legendary landscape of the coastal native cultures to the south of the Kenai and down all along the coast to northern California. The prevasively consistent nature of the descriptions suggests that if it’s only imagination there is a powerful but hidden aspect to it for the stories to be so similar. And if it’s a real creature it supports what many feel; that humans are not done discovering all the mystery of animal life that still survives.

By: Dudlow

Dudlow — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:18:28 +0000

It is curious, indeed, how many stories I have read of the Wildman, from Alaska to the Yukon, which reflect a malevolent tendency on the part of Squatchy.

Here in the more southern provinces, such as Ontario, our Sasquatch appear to be somewhat less aggressive and more curious by way of temperament.

I have dealt with southern Sasquatch but would not want to chance a Northern encounter.
Dudlow