Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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For centuries, B.C.’s Interior Plateau has been inhabited by four Interior Salish nations, all of whom have traditional stories about wild giants with a penchant for kidnapping humans. In this video, we take a look at wildman stories from Okanagan Country, British Columbia.

Co-Producer: Dan Chomistek
ChomistekFilms.com

Thumbnail Ogopogo by Hannah Parker
HannahParkerArts.com

0:00:00 – Okanagan Legends Related by Susan Allison
0:08:08 - Okanagan Legends Related by James Teit
0:12:07 - The Giant Who Stole the Keremeos Woman
0:15:53 - Stenwyken
0:20:44 - Giant Footprints Near Vernon, BC
0:23:07 - The Bridesville Monkey
0:25:43 - The Wildman of Enderby

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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

3 – The Columbia Mountains
youtube.com/watch?v=Aj9L_HrcmKI&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