Orthodox Missionaries and Sasquatch

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Hey Ya’ll,

Just throwing this out there. Some of the first descriptions of Sasquatch like creatures come from Protestant missionaries in the eastern united states. I was wondering if along the Sitka Coast and their interactions with the Northwest indian tribes, if Orthodox missionaries or traders ever wrote down or discussed native legends regarding wildmen of the woods and what not. Thanks!
 
I have no idea. I was wondering if other people perhaps came across something.
 
There’s a story that St. Innocent of Alaska tamed a sasquatch, who ran away when he saw a picture of St. Christopher the Dog-Face. Apparently, sasquatch don’t like dogs.

That’s all I know.
 
Little_Boy_Lost said:
Hey Ya’ll,

Just throwing this out there. Some of the first descriptions of Sasquatch like creatures come from Protestant missionaries in the eastern united states. I was wondering if along the Sitka Coast and their interactions with the Northwest indian tribes, if Orthodox missionaries or traders ever wrote down or discussed native legends regarding wildmen of the woods and what not. Thanks!
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If you do a google search on bigfoot sightings in history you will find some interesting stories dating back to the 19th century.
Since Google messed up the news archive search, it makes looking up old news stories a lot harder.
No BF sightings here in West Virginia.
We do have a Mothman though.😃
 
Little_Boy_Lost said:
Hey Ya’ll,

Just throwing this out there. Some of the first descriptions of Sasquatch like creatures come from Protestant missionaries in the eastern united states. I was wondering if along the Sitka Coast and their interactions with the Northwest indian tribes, if Orthodox missionaries or traders ever wrote down or discussed native legends regarding wildmen of the woods and what not. Thanks!
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Well I found this link:

texascryptidhunter.blogspot.com/2011/04/sonoran-sasquatch.html

Excerpts from the Jesuit:

Pfefferkorn wrote:

Bears are a special menace to stock raising, for they eat many a calf, and, if no smaller prey falls into their clutches, they will attack even horses, cows, and oxen. They delight especially in eating maize as long as it is still tender and soft. Woe to the field if a hungry bear breaks into it at night. He eats as much as he can and makes off with as much as he can grasp and carry in his mighty arms. In so doing he ruins even more of the field by breaking it down and treading upon it. The inhabitants of the country assert that a bear defends himself by throwing stones when one attempts to chase him away and that a stone hurled from his paws comes with much greater force than one thrown from the hand of the strongest man. This seems the more remarkable because the bear is supposed to throw the stones backwards. (Pfefferkorn 1949: 106-107)

Bears don’t throw rocks!!
Sasquatch is thought to throw rocks all the time.
 
Ahimsa said:
There’s a story that St. Innocent of Alaska tamed a sasquatch, who ran away when he saw a picture of St. Christopher the Dog-Face. Apparently, sasquatch don’t like dogs.

That’s all I know.
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Lol, that is most seriously one of the best stories I’ve ever heard. I know this one guy who is obsessed with both St. Innocent of Alaska and St. Christopher the dog-face. He would probably of laughter if I could show him that this is an authentic story. Do you happen to have a source?
 
Cavaradossi said:
Lol, that is most seriously one of the best stories I’ve ever heard. I know this one guy who is obsessed with both St. Innocent of Alaska and St. Christopher the dog-face. He would probably of laughter if I could show him that this is an authentic story. Do you happen to have a source?
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Nope. That’s all I know.🙂
 
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