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To: Yaacov who wrote (8832)	4/28/2005 8:07:37 AM
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Sasquatch seen? Norway House video 'shaky' By PAUL TURENNE, STAFF REPORTER While people in Norway House have been flocking to see a video shot by a local man last weekend that may show a sasquatch walking in the Nelson River, the million-dollar question remains unanswered: Are there Bigfoots in Manitoba? Bill Borody, whose home near Anola is known as the Manitoba Sasquatch Research Centre, said he's heard of more than 300 sasquatch sightings in Manitoba in the past 30 years. Borody said he doesn't want to pass judgment on the Norway House video because he hasn't seen it, but added he understands it was shot from about 1,000 feet away -- which he thinks is too far to identify anything positively. CBC-TV videojournalist Mychaylo Prystupa saw the tape on Tuesday and doesn't believe it proves anything. "What I saw was a dark, shadowy figure in the distance," said Prystupa, who was shown at least 30 seconds of the clip. "It appears to be humanoid and it's tall, but the video itself is very shaky ... I think if the video could be slowed down and enhanced, then it could be interesting." 'Shape-shifters' Regardless of whether this viewing is legitimate, Borody is sure sasquatches roam Manitoba. "There's no doubt in my mind these things exist," he said. Borody said one reason proof continues to elude science is native lore claims they are shape-shifters, capable of changing into almost any animal. "I think this thing goes well beyond our logic," he said. Bill Watkins, a zoologist with Manitoba's biodiversity conservation unit, can't imagine what the creature might be. "Other than a black bear standing on it hind legs, there's nothing (in Manitoba) someone experienced in the woods could mistake for a sasquatch," he said. "There's always the possibility it's a deliberate fabrication, but I wouldn't suggest that until I saw the film." Watkins said he hopes the tape will be provided to his department for analysis, but is skeptical sasquatches exist. If they did, he said, there would need to be a large enough population to reproduce without inbreeding. If a population that size existed, someone would likely have found a dead or roadkilled sasquatch or even some bones by now, said Watkins. canoe.ca