Laura Guillon, a roaming reporter for CICK News in Smithers, BC has conducted a number of interviews with northerners who are sharing their Bigfoot stories.

The legend of Sasquatch (or Forest People, Bigfoot) is documented as crypto-zoology, a pseudoscience and subculture that searches for and studies unknown, legendary, or extinct animals whose present existence is disputed or unsubstantiated, particularly those popular in folklore.

According to wikipedia, as a field, "cryptozoology originates from the works of Bernard Heuvelmans, a Belgian zoologist, and Ivan T. Sanderson, a Scottish zoologist. Notably, Heuvelmans published On the Track of Unknown Animals (French Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées) in 1955, a landmark work among cryptozoologists that was followed by numerous other like works. Similarly, Sanderson published a series of books that assisted in developing hallmarks of cryptozoology, including Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life (1961)."

Laura's piece on Sasquatch looks at the history of this nebulous creature and sites Kristi-Lane Sinclair's article on the Indigenous history of this creature. Here is an excerpt from her piece: "To Indigenous people, legends of this ape-like or “wild man” creature has existed since time immemorial.  The Musqueam First Nation calls the creature “Sesq’ets”, the Stolo Tribe calls it “Sacsquec”, and to the Haida, “Gaagiixid”. To the Nuxalk it’s Boq’s."

Listen to hear Laura's interview with Bulkley Valley ecologist and forester Jim Pojar, a respected biologist of his own Sasquatch encounters.