Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For centuries, the indigenous peoples of Canada’s Columbia Mountains have maintained that they share their traditional territory with mountain-dwelling giants who abide in the region’s most desolate crags and canyons. In this video, we delve into classic wildman stories from the West Kootenays and Wells Gray Provincial Park.

Co-Producer: Dan Chomistek
ChomistekFilms.com

0:00:00 – The Columbia Mountains
0:01:58 - Lower Kootenay Legends
0:02:57 - Sightings in the West Kootenays
0:04:37 - Okanagan Legends
0:06:44 - John Bringsli’s Experience
0:14:24 - More Bigfoot Sightings in the West Kootenays
0:17:47 - Shuswap Legends
0:18:37 - Sasquatch Sightings in the Northern Columbia Mountains

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Other videos in this ‘Classic Canadian Sasquatch series’:

1 – The Agassiz-Harrison Valley
youtube.com/watch?v=2Lws-RsBDi4&list=PLR3oQ3qzmt1dJnca5d64TNcpYPo3gXSZ9&index=8&ab_channel=HammersonPeters

2 – The Rocky Mountains
youtube.com/watch?v=g2zVgXrZWxc&ab_channel=HammersonPeters

4 – The Okanagan
youtube.com/watch?v=K2b2SJ0Za6M&ab_channel=HammersonPeters

5 – The Fraser Canyon
youtube.com/watch?v=8xiNxODE0zM&ab_channel=HammersonPeters

6 - The North Cascade Mountains
youtube.com/watch?v=oY5aL-gaSVs&ab_channel=HammersonPeters