Vic McDaniel is a Klamath-Chinook Indian with woods savvy. Four
years ago he and his companions; Uncle Buddy Parazoo, brother Louis, and
Frenchy
Spinal of Warm Springs, now deceased, were elk hunting in season,
Oct.-Nov. The
group
had all left the main road at the Bear Springs Ranger Station near Mt.
Hood, and
cut
across the ridges to the McQuinn Strip 1972 addition of the Warm Springs
Reservation.
What they saw there both amazed and scared them. In the meadow 800 yards
away
were two Bigfeet.
They
had apparently killed an elk, and
were tearing off
chunks and eating. Shortly another came out of the brush to join
the group, and later another. Three were in the 7 foot range, and there
was
another smaller
one maybe 5 feet high.
There was good viewing as the party watched the
action through their rifle
scopes.
Concerned r their own safety though, they retreated, worried that if
critters
that size
could so easily down and kill an elk, they might want them on their menu
for
dessert.
On the hike out, uncle Buddy told of a friend who
had seen bigfeet
herding deer for the kill (a high protein diet would help to maintain
their
bulk, strength,
agility, and high speed).
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