Okay. After years of hearing about Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, I
have to weigh in on whether this beast exists or not. Let's get this out in the
open right now. I don't believe 'Squatch exists. I just don't.
I bring this up because 'Squatch has once again made an
appearance in the imagination of millions via a supposed sighting and
videotaping in the Utah outback.
A man calling himself Beard Card, the alias of a person who
posted the video of the supposed 'Squatch on YouTube, said he was camping near
Squaw Peak and Little Rock Canyon Overlook, according to reports.
Beard Card claims his family was looking for wildlife when
they came across what they thought was a bear. The video shows what appears to
be a black animal hunched over, moving slightly before it stands up and walks
away. The campers then flee, with video running as they escape.
"We don’t know what it was. I mean none of us really
believe in Bigfoot, but we’ve talked about it over and over again since then.
It happened on Monday and all of us are positive that thing wasn’t a
bear," said Beard Card.
First of all, nothing in the video appears definitive in
regard to whether the critter is a 'Squatch, bear or someone simply playing a
prank. It appears to me that whatever it might have been was caught squatting
behind a thicket of oak trees. You might even call it a "squatting 'Squatch from Squaw Creek"
– if you believe in such a thing.
If it was me in that circumstance, I would have gone back to
the sight with my video camera and looked for any "squatting 'Squatch scat."
At the very least, footprints would likely have been left behind, and maybe
some hair. But no, we have no other evidence, at least so far, as to whether it
was a "squatting 'Squatch." And if it was a "squatting
'Squatch" and it did leave behind some "squatting 'Squatch
scat," what do 'Squatches eat? Do they eat meat? Do they eat vegetation?
Do they eat acorns? If they eat squash, then those remnants might have been
called "Squaw Creek squatting 'Squatch squash scat." Say that three times as fast
as you can!
From my own analysis of the film, it looks as if an arm does
appear to dangle from the right shoulder area of the hairy thing when it stands
up. It then walks away from the camera. At this point, it exhibits a broad
body, but it doesn't appear to me to be the 7 or 8 foot behemoth described by
other 'Squatch watchers. Was it an immature 'Squatch watched by these 'Squatch
watchers? Because there were a few of these 'Squatch watchers, could they then
have been deemed a "squad of squatting 'Squatch watchers?"
Okay. Okay. I'll quit. 