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Batsquatch
In 1994, a teenager near Mount St. Helens reported a 9-foot tall creature with blue fur, a wolf-like face, yellow eyes, and enormous bat wings that landed on his car. More sightings followed in the area. The creature was dubbed 'Batsquatch'—a bat-winged Bigfoot hybrid.
1994
Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA
10+ witnesses
A flying Bigfoot with bat wings haunts Mt. St. Helens.
The First Sighting
April 1994:
- Brian Canfield, 18
- Driving near Mt. St. Helens
- Car engine died
- Creature landed on car
- Flew away into night
The Description
What he saw:
- 9 feet tall
- Blue-tinted fur
- Yellow eyes
- Wolf-like face
- Huge bat wings
The Location
Mt. St. Helens:
- Volcanic area
- Remote wilderness
- Previous Bigfoot reports
- Erupted 1980
- Sparse population
Other Sightings
Subsequent reports:
- Hikers in area
- Similar descriptions
- Winged creature
- Large and dark
- Into 2000s
The Name
Batsquatch:
- Media coined term
- Bat + Sasquatch
- Describes hybrid nature
- Popular culture icon
- Pacific Northwest cryptid
Theories
What could it be:
- Misidentified bird
- Flying Bigfoot?
- Mass hysteria
- Unknown species
- Imagination