A letter from John Lutz to Sabina Sanderson, written in the 1970's
The Odyssey Research Association in Baltimore, MD
A story told to him by a resident of Atlanta, regarding a skunk hunt on
June 29, 1972 in mountainous terrain somewhere in Virginia. The man said
he and two relatives were walking up the side of a mountain about 8:45
p.m. when something huge was heard coming down and they scattered out
of the way in panic. He described the thing as seven to eight feet tall,
500 pounds, running on two feet covered with hair and with a face like
an ape.
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
The end of April, 1977, according to the Roanoke Times, a set of 16 inch
footprints were found crossing a strawberry patch on the farm of Rupert
Williamson in Dinwiddie County.
Pittsylvania County, Virginia
On May 17, the Danville Bee carried a story that a Pittsylvania County
Deputy was checking two bigfoot reports. A woman who preferred to remain
anonymous but "who reputation for truthfulness and veracity is irreproachable" said the thing she saw was hairy and 7 feet tall but after she calmed
down she thought it must have been a person in a gorilla suit.
The ASA Monster, Virginia The Dumfries Virginia Potomac News on January 17, 1977 published
a long article about the sasquatch that contained the statement: "Much
had been written about the monster at the ammunition storage area at Quantico
Marine Corps Base..." but doesn't say what. There is a reference
to one Marine claiming to have seen a brown thing walking on two legs
and another reporting something that looked like a cross between an ape
and a bear covered with very long hair. Several people had apparently heard
loud screaming:
"We called
the ASA (Ammunition Storage Area) sergeant of the guard to determine
whether there had been any more sightings or sounds in the area but
were told that all information regarding the "ASA Monster"
is considered 'classified.' When asked why that is so, the guard answered
that he was not allow to answer that question either.
He later said
that the information is not really 'classified' but everyone at the
compound has been ordered not to talk about the monster at all."
Copyright John Green "Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us."
