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Albert Ostman (circa 1893 – 1975)[1] was a Canadian prospector who reported that he was abducted by a Sasquatch and held captive for six days.[2] 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.[3] As Ostman lay asleep one evening a Sasquatch purportedly picked him up and carried him off while he was in his sleeping bag.[4] Ostman was carried in his sleeping bag across country for 3 hours by the Sasquatch.[5] The Sasquatch dropped Ostman down on a plateau. Standing around him was a family of 4 of the creatures.[6] Albert was kept captive by the Sasquatch. The captors were 3 adults and a child which held Ostman captive for six days.[citation needed] One of the Bigfoots was reported as being 8 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]

On August 20, 1957, police magistrate A.M. Naismith wrote an affidavit which states "...I found Mr. Ostman to be a man of sixty-four years of age; in full possession of his mental faculties. Of pleasant manner and with a good sense of humor. I questioned Mr. Ostman thoroughly in reference to the story given by Mr. Green. I cross-examined him and used every means to endeavor to find a flaw in either his personality or his story, but could find neither..."[15] Albert Ostman also signed a Solemn Declaration indicating that his account of the Sasquatch story was true under oath and by virtue of the Canadian Evidence Act.[16]

In 2007, the skeptic Joe Nickell characterized the story as "more likely the result of imagination than of recollection".[17] Critics of Ostman note that he did not make the event public until 1957, thirty three years after he said it took place.[18] Primatologist John Napier states that "Ostman's story fails to convince me primarily on the grounds of the limited food resources available."[19] Bigfoot researcher Peter Byrne cannot accept Ostman's story without more evidence.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ Guittilla, Peter (2003). The Bigfoot Files. Timeless Voyager Press. p. 29. ISBN 9781892264152.
  2. ^ Laks Gorman, Jacqueline (2003), Bigfoot, Gareth Stevens Publishing, p. 4
  3. ^ Juanita Rose Violini (October 1, 2009). Almanac of the Infamous, the Incredible, and the Ignored. Weiser Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-60925-090-4. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Christopher Bader; Frederick Carson Mencken; Joseph Baker (January 1, 2010). Paranormal America: Ghost Encounters, UFO Sightings, Bigfoot Hunts, and Other Curiosities in Religion and Culture. NYU Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8147-8642-0. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  5. ^ "Mystery Man-Ape of the Cascades", Life Magazine, 64 (13), Time Inc.: 17, March 29, 1968
  6. ^ E. R. Stuart (October 1980). "Tracking Bigfoot". Boys' Life. The Boy Scouts of America. p. 34.
  7. ^ Michael Burgan (July 1, 2004). Bigfoot. Capstone. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7368-2715-7. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  8. ^ Lionel Fanthorpe & Patricia Fanthorpe (October 4, 2010). The Big Book of Mysteries. Dundurn. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-77070-456-5. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  9. ^ Therese Shea (October 30, 2005). Bigfoot. Rosen Classroom. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-4042-5675-0. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  10. ^ Marjorie Halpin; Ames, Michael (1980). Manlike monsters on trial: early records and modern evidence. University of British Columbia. p. 225. ISBN 1530340802.
  11. ^ Philip Spencer (July 2008). The Wildman of Kentucky: The Mystery of Panther Rock. Reality Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-934588-38-3.
  12. ^ Bil Gilbert (January 1, 2004). Natural Coincidence: The Trip from Kalamazoo. University of Michigan Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-472-02546-6. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  13. ^ Walker, Kathryn (2008). Mysteries of Giant Humanlike Creatures. Crabtree Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7787-4143-5.
  14. ^ Lory, Don (4 May 1957). "Kidnapped by a Sasquatch". The Province. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ A.M. Naismith (August 20, 1957), affidavit.
  16. ^ A.M. Naismith (August 20, 1957), Solemn Declaration.
  17. ^ Nickell, Joe (January–February 2007). "Mysterious entities of the Pacific Northwest, Part I". Skeptical Inquirer. 31 (1): 21.
  18. ^ David J. Daegling (2004). Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend. Rowman Altamira. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7591-0539-3.
  19. ^ Debenat, Jean-Paul; L. Murphy, Christopher (2009), Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the Mystery of the Wild Man: Cryptozoology & Mythology, ISBN 0888396856.
  20. ^ Rick Emmer (2010), Bigfoot: Fact Or Fiction?, InfoBase Publishing, ISBN 9780791097786.
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