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Portlock, Alaska
An entire village was abandoned due to mysterious deaths. Hunters disappeared. Bodies were found mutilated. Residents reported a large hairy creature. By 1950, everyone had fled. The ghost town remains.
1900s - 1950
Portlock, Alaska, USA
50+ witnesses
Portlock was abandoned because of what lurked in the woods.
The Village
Remote community:
- Cannery town
- Port Chatham area
- Isolated location
- Self-sufficient
- Native residents
The Deaths
What happened:
- Hunters disappeared
- Bodies found mutilated
- Dismembered
- Unnatural deaths
- Pattern emerged
The Creature
Nantiinaq:
- Aleut name
- Large and hairy
- Bigfoot-like
- Territorial
- Killing people
The Exodus
Gradual abandonment:
- Fear spread
- Families left
- By 1950
- Everyone gone
- Never returned
The Investigation
Modern research:
- Hunters still report
- Strange encounters
- Area avoided
- Locals know
- Don’t go there
Ghost Town
Today:
- Ruins remain
- Nature reclaiming
- No visitors
- Too remote
- Too dangerous