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Bigfoot sighting near Jasper, Alberta
7 Jan 1811 · Jasper, Alberta, Canada
In January 1811, surveyor David Thompson and his party found a large four-toed track in snow near Jasper, Alberta, and did not follow it.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- A surveyor and trader for the Northwest Company comes across tracks of an unusually large, unidentified animal
- Date
- 7 Jan 1811
- Place
- Jasper, Alberta, Canada
- Evidence
- track, visual
- Point
- 52.949, -118.073
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- other
- Creatures
- 1
- Behaviour
- walking
- In the account
- family lore, footprints found, near water, reported years later, ruled out bear, snow on ground, thought bear first
- Tracks
- 36 cm (14.0 in) long, 20 cm (8.0 in) wide, 4 toes
- Account
- book
- Sources
- 3 independent
Sources
- Canada Bigfoot Points (ArcGIS)Read the report
- BFRORead the report
- Kerry Clausen-Kilmury: Canada mapRead the report
Nearby sightings
- June 1989 - Jasper
- July 11, 1999 - Jasper
- Spring 2004 - Pyramid Mountain
- 1937 - Jasper
- April 1942 - Zengel Mountain
- 1973 - Jasper
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