by Scott Harper
The state of Kentucky sits just
south of Ohio, where I grew up. Based on personal experience, I know Ohio has Sasquatch activity. So, it's no surprise that Kentucky has a history of it,
too.
Several massive skeletons were
found in a Native American burial mound in 1858 in Adair, Kentucky. According
to the report, it is unknown what became of them after they were dug up.
There is a report on file from
1878 in which a 6-and-a-half-foot-tall Sasquatch was captured. According to the
report, the creature was put on display in Louisville. The report makes no
mention of what became of the Sasquatch.
Frontiersman Daniel Boone claimed
to have shot, and killed a Sasquatch—Boone called the creature a
"Yahoo"—in a cave in 1882. According to Boone, the creature was 10-feet-tall.
In Oldham County, in August of
1884, there were several sightings of a "Wild Man" in the woodlands
of the area.
May of 1894 brought in a report
of a group of men tracking a "Wild Man" to a cave after the creature
had raided farms in the area. The report ends there, not relating what happened
after the men reached the cave. This supposedly happened in the Deep Creek
area.
Summer of 1902 brought in a
report from two men who were walking late one night, and encountered an
"Ape Man". One of the men reportedly shot the creature, causing it to
flee. This happened in the area of the state now known as "Land Between
the Lakes".
Sometime in the 1920's a giant
humanoid skeleton was unearthed during the building of a bridge in Beals,
Kentucky. The skeleton was measured; it was 12-feet-tall. The bones went into a
private collection. Its whereabouts are presently unknown.
Two children, in the summer of
1950, spotted a Sasquatch watching them as they played near a cave in the
mountains. A few seconds after the children saw the creature, it retreated
deeper into the woods.
A woman in Johnson County spotted
a 9-foot-tall Sasquatch with copper-colored hair peeking into a house through a
window in 1951.
In October of 1953, a group of
children reported seeing a Sasquatch using two pieces of wood to dig in the
dirt. If this account is true, it's one of the very few occurrences of Sasquatch tool use that I've ever run across—aside from wood knocking, rock
clacking, etc. of course.
Three children spotted a Sasquatch digging in mud with its bare hands in the Cumberland Gap in 1954. The
children were playing, while their parents listened to the radio nearby. Upon
spotting the creature, the children froze. When the Sasquatch saw the children,
it flung a handful of mud at them. The children turned, and fled, retreating to
their parents.
Kentucky continues to be the location of many more Sasquatch sightings and encounters to this day. It seems that the state has a good population of the creatures living there. If the past is any indication, we can probably expect a steady flow of new sightings coming from Kentucky, as well.
About the Author
Scott Harper is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 30 published short stories, and several novels. Harper grew up in Ohio, and graduated from Marysville High School in 1993, and began screenwriting in 2007, after the publication of several short stories and novels. He has worked on projects for James Tucker Productions, and 11th Dimension Films. He is currently involved with several projects, covering literature, film, and comic books. He was also a contributing writer for "Nuclear Winter Entertainment" for several months before that site shut down. Scott is very happily married to bestselling paranormal author Desirée Lee. Together, they have a wonderful little girl, and are working jointly on several projects. Those projects include multiple books, as well as the hit webcomic "MoonWraith."
More information about his work can be found on his website: www.scottharper.net
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