MURPHY’SSasquatch/Bigfoot

EXHIBIT

CATALOG OFEXHIBIT ITEMS

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Exhibit Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Background Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Use of Artifacts and Other Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Footprint Casts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Hand Prints and Knuckle Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12Skeletal Artifacts – Models and Cutouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Carvings and Sculptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Dioramas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20Paintings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22General Display Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Stamps and Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Noteworthy Prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35General Photographs and Posters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Interactive File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40DVD Presentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Exhibit Example Photographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Gift Shop Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Exhibit Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

CONTENTS

Note on Measurements. This Catalog uses Imperial (USA)measurement units. The metric conversions are as follows:

1 inch = 2.54 centimeters1 foot = 30.48 centimeters1 pound = 0.45 kilograms

EXHIBIT CONDITIONS

Murphy’s Sasquatch/Bigfoot Exhibit is offered free of charge toPublic (government) Museums. The only condition is that the muse-um pays the transportation cost and insurance to obtain the exhibitand return it to a designated location.

Museums may charge admission with all funds collected given tothe museum’s administration fund.

Museums must specify the duration of the exhibit. Extensions willbe granted in accordance with other commitments.

If a museum wishes the exhibit curator, Christopher L. Murphy, toattend and talk at an exhibit opening, then all transportation andlodging must be paid by the museum.

Museums must warrant proper care, handling, and security of allexhibit items. If any breakage occurs and it is feasible for the muse-um to have repairs performed, then it is expected that such will bedone.

Museums are requested to take photographs and/or videos of theexhibit and provide them to the curator for website informationaland advertising purposes.

Museums are requested to keep and provide attendance at the exhib-it for use in coordinating other exhibits.

Museums are requested to assist in finding other museums in theirregion that may wish to host the exhibit.

This catalog is for administration purposes only. It must not beprinted and sold. Contact the curator for information in this regard.

Note 1:Artifacts/items added to this exhibit after initial publicationof this catalog will be shown at the back underADDITIONS.

Note 2: Borrowing of original artifacts/items represented withphoto cutouts or photographs/prints is possible. The curator willprovide contacts upon request.

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This exhibit was created from a collection of artifacts andother material over many years. The first exhibit was held

at the Museum of Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2004/5.This museum had two applicable artifacts in storage and wasable to obtain on loan some other artifacts from other muse-ums. In addition, artifacts were provided on loan fromresearchers and collectors. Photographs were taken of all arti-facts on loan and life-size photo cutouts created as applicable.Subsequent museums used the cutouts. Nevertheless, if amuseum wished to borrow an actual artifact, they were at lib-erty to do so.

Over the next 12 years the exhibit traveled to 6 other pub-lic museums. Details in this regard will be provided onrequest. Attendance at exhibits generally ranged from good toexcellent, and in two cases, the exhibit was extended for aconsiderable period.

Over the course of time working with museums, it wasdetermined that the exhibit should not be used to addresssasquatch/bigfoot existence. What we do know for certain isthat the being (real or otherwise) has been a part of NativeNorth American culture for probably hundreds of years. Itmigrated into non-Native culture in the 1700s.Ssasquatch/bigfoot are considered a cultural phenomenon onthe fringes of science. The exhibit provides insights into bothNative and non-Native culture. Beyond that, people can lookat the evidence and decide for themselves as to the being’snature.

Museums that wish to consider hosting the exhibit need tothink about what is stated here and approach the subject froma cultural perspective. For certain, every museum holds “cul-tural” exhibits, and this exhibit is exactly the same.

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USE OFARTIFACTS AND OTHER ITEMS

Museums are at liberty to use all or any artifacts/itemsshown in this Catalog, which provides everything avail-

able.

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Bluf f Creek, California, 1958. Famouscast Jerry Crew took to a newspaper and theresulting article gave birth to the word “big-foot” as the name of the being in the UnitedStates. Length: 17.5 inches. (Copy)

Believed to be from Bluff Cr eek,California. The person who made this castis not known. It was probably made in thelate 1960s. Length: 14.5 inches. (Original)

Strathcona Provincial Park, VancouverIsland, British Columbia, Dr. JohnBindernagel, 1988. Length: 15 inches. Thehorizontal lines on this cast were caused bya hiker who stepped in the footprint. (Copy)

FOOTPRINT CASTS

Unusual human-like footprints are found in both rural andwilderness regions. Researchers who are called to examine the

prints will generally create a plaster cast. The casts provided hereare some of the most noteworthy. In most cases, the casts displayedare copies of the original cast.

It is important to note that the cast images provided in thisCatalog may be a different version (copy/generation) of the castoffered for display. If the cast shown in the image can be obtained,it will be provided.

Abbott Hill, South Olympic Peninsula,Washington,Deputy A.D. Heryford, 1982.Length: 15 inches. (Copy)

Shawnee State Park, Ohio, Joedy Cook,2003. A man and his wife found unusualfootprints and called a bigfoot hotline. Cookresponded and found nine footprints.Length: 15 inches. (Original)

Laird Meadow Road, Bluff Creek area,California, Roger Patterson, 1964. Printswere found in the area by Pat Graves,October 21, 1963, who told Roger Pattersonof the location. Patterson went there laterand also found prints. The creature thatmade the prints is believed to be the same asthe one that made the prints found by JerryCrew. Length: 16 inches. (Copy)

Skeena River slough, Terrace, BritishColumbia, Bob Titmus, 1976. . Both castsare from the same trackway. Children foundand reported the footprints; Titmus investi-gated and made the casts. Length: 16 inch-es. (Copies)

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Chilliwack River , British Columbia,Thomas Steenburg, 1986. Steenburg wasinformed of a sighting in the area three daysafter the occurrence and went to investigate.He independently found 110 footprintimpressions. Length: 18.5 inches. (Copy)

Bluf f Cr eek, California, Bob Titmus,1958. Both casts are from the same track-way. The cast on the left (right foot) is like-ly the most duplicated cast in sasquatch his-tory. About 400 copies were made and givenaway for promotional purposes by theColumbia Brewing Company (Kokaneebeer). The campaign featured RenéDahinden. Length: 16 inches. (Copies)

Bluf f Creek, California (film site), RogerPatterson, October 20, 1967. Length: leftcast, 15 inches; right cast 14.6 inches.Actual footprints in the soil measured about14.5 inches long. (Copies)

South side of Mill Creek watershed, BlueMountains, Walla Walla, Paul Freeman,1986. Length: 19 inches. Note that thesasquatch stepped on a rock.(Copy)

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Blue Creek Mountain road, Bluff Creekarea, California, John Green, 1967.Length: 13 inches. (Copy)

Blue Creek Mountain road, Bluff Creekarea, California, John Green, 1967.Length: 15 inches. (Copy)

Bossburg, Washington, “cripple-foot”casts, René Dahinden, 1969. Over 1,000footprints were found. They were discov-ered on two different occasions. On the firstoccasion, a few prints were found, and thena few weeks later a long line of prints wasfound. Length: left cast, 16.75 inches; rightcast, 17.25 inches. (Originals shown here,copies will be provided.)

Set of the Bossburg cripple foot castsshowing the speculated bone structure ofthe feet as determined by Dr. GroverKrantz. It is reasoned that the deformed foot(left cast, but actual right foot of the crea-ture) was the result of an accident or a birthdefect. Casts shown were made by BoneClones, California.

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Elk Wallow, Walla Walla, Washington,Paul Freeman, 1982. Note that thesasquatch stepped on a rock. Length: 14inches. This cast is a copy of one of threecasts made by Paul Freeman on which Dr.Grover Krantz discovered dermal ridges(akin to fingerprints). (Copy)

Cast of double-tracked bear prints.Sometimes a bear makes a print with one ofits front feet, and then fully or partiallysteps into that print with one of its back feet.After the prints have weathered for a fewdays, they can take on the appearance ofone large print. Sasquatch footprints areoften said to be double-tracked bear prints;however, there are distinct differences. Thefirst major difference is that a bear’s bigtoes are on the outside. The sasquatch, likea human, has its big toes on the inside.Length: about 12 inches. (Copy)

Bear Footprint Cast. This is the cast of asmall black bear’s footprint, about 9.25inches long. The cast has been compared inthis image with a sasquatch footprint castthat has been photographically registered toabout the same size (original cast is 15 inch-es long). The great difference in the config-uration of both prints is immediately appar-ent. Also, the bear’s cast shows clawimpressions above the toes which are absentin this and all probable sasquatch casts.

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Model of the Ruby Creek, BC, cast creat-ed from a tracing of the original cast. Thesasquatch was seen by Jeannie Chapman andher children in 1941 approaching the fami-ly’s house. Jeannie fled with her children toget her husband who worked nearby.Footprints about 17 inches long were laterfound on the property and a cast was madeof one of the prints. A tracing was made ofthe cast on brown wrapping paper by JoeDunn, a deputy sheriff in Washington, whowas investigating the incident. The castitself was later inadvertently broken and dis-carded. The model is made of clay and plas-ter. The display case is about 20 inches by 12inches.

Himalayas,Eric Shipton and Michael Wardexpedition of 1951. Possible yeti footprintcast. Length: 12.5 inches. Cast was createdfrom a photograph. (Copy)

How Casts are Made dis-play. An explanation of thecast-making process and whatcasts represent. The footprintand cast are about 14.5 incheslong. The entire display isabout 20 inches wide, 16inches deep and 18 incheshigh.

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Model of a sasquatchfoot, 16 inches long andabout 7 inches wide,based on a footprint cast,which forms the sole. Itis believed that asasquatch would havevery thick “padding” onits feet that enable it to walk bare-foot in all sorts of terrain. Itsfootprints are usually impressed into the soil up to one inch,which results in plaster casts being this thickness. Perhapscasts are an indicator of the actual thickness of the padding.The overall display is about 20 inches long, 15 inches wide,and 7 inches high; provided in a close-fitting glass case, about12 inches high.

Photo cutouts of astone foot (about actualsize) – left, view fromabove; right, view frombelow. (Note: The foot ismissing a big toe). Theartifact was found nearLillooet, BC in 1947. Ithas been speculated thatit was made to representa sasquatch footprint. Its age is not known but probably datesbetween 1500 BC and 500 AD. It is officially believed to be amedicine man’s ceremonial bowl (note that the left photo isslightly hollowed-out). Size, 8 inches high, 7 inches wide(both cutouts individually).

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Cast made from a hand print found by PaulFreeman in the Blue Mountains, Washin-gton, 1995. Freeman stated that a footprint,

which measured 16inches long, was foundnear the hand print. Thehand of a man 5 feet,10.5 inches tall is shownin the adjacent photo-

graph for comparison. Contributed by HennerFahrenbach. (Copy)

A hand comparisondisplay invites patronsto compare their handto the cast. Instructionsare shown.

Photo cutout of a hand cast(about actualsize) from a print found by Bob Titmus atthe bottom of a shallow pond, OnionMountain area (Laird Meadow), California(c. 1960). Titmus drained the pond to makethe cast. The length of the print from the tipof the fingers to the end of the palm is about12 inches. The entire cutout is about 14inches.

Photograph/print (scale drawing) of theFort Bragg hand print with a human hand(man about 5 feet, 11 inches tall, for com-parison. A sasquatch is said to have gone upto a building in 1962 and place its muddyhand on the wall by the front door. A tracingwas made of the print and a scale drawingwas subsequently created. The actual lengthof the sasquatch hand is 11.5 inches from theedge of the palm to the tip of the longest fin-ger.

HAND PRINTS AND KNUCKLE PRINTS

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Cast of knuckle prints found by PaulFreeman in the Blue Mountains, Wash-ington, 1982. The knuckles of a man 5 feet,10.5 inches tall are shown in the adjacent

photograph for com-parison. Note: Actualcast for the exhibit is alater generation. (Copy)

SKELET AL ARTIFACTS – MODELS/CUTOUTS

Replica skulls ofthr ee current pri -m a t e s— h u m a n(modern and Abor-igine), gorilla—andG i g a n t o p i t h e c u sblacki). They illus-trate the differences,even within the samegroup. The Giganto-pithecus skull was constructed by Dr.Grover Krantz based on an actual jaw bone(dark section seen). It has been speculatedthat sasquatch may be the descendent ofthis extinct Asian creature which possiblymigrated to North America over the BeringStrait land-bridge some 300,000 years ago.Sizes, human to about 2 times human.

Ceramic skull (appears to be professionallymade) probably that of an australopithecine(existed about 3.5 million years ago). It iswidely held by archaeologists and paleontolo-gists that the australopiths played a significantpart in human evolution. Could there also be aconnection with the sasquatch? Size, abouthuman size. Contributed by Joedy Cook.

Sasquatch Skull Model. Thegeneral height of an adultsasquatch as reported by witness-es is about 8 feet (96 inches). Ithas a very large head that sits lowon its body, giving it the appear-ance of not having a neck. Fromthe evidence we have, the head toheight ratio is no more that 6 to 1.In other words, 6 head heightsequal its standing height. Thisindicates that the height of itshead would generally be about 16inches. It has noticeably largebrow ridges and a massive upperjaw (considerable distancebetween its nose and upper lipresulting in what has beenreferred to as a “muzzle”).

This model is about 15 incheshigh, and aside from the featuresmentions, has a giant human skullshape; however this does notimply that the sasquatch ishuman. Nevertheless, witnessesdo report that sasquatch look veryhuman (even deciding not to shoot one for this reason).

It might be reasoned that the large size of the sasquatchhead, and likely very thick skull, enables it use its head as aweapon. The low head position, which effectively eliminatesits neck, would also be an advantage in any sort of combat asthe neck is a very vulnerable part of an animal’s body.

The model was sculptured by Christopher L. Murphy withwhite clay on a large Styrofoam skull and colored with ordi-nary brown shoe polish. Acrylic paint was used for detailingof the teeth. It weighs about 6 pounds.

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Ir on skeleton of a 9 foot tall human. Theskeleton was made by students at a univer-sity in Arizona (probably in the 1970s). Ithas welded joints and weighs at least 250pounds. The head is made of plastic andscrews onto the neck. The skeleton illus-trates, to some degree, what a sasquatchskeleton would look like.

Photo cutout of a “yeti scalp” in thePangboche Temple, Nepal. One such scalpfrom a temple in Namche Bazaar, Nepal,was sent for analysis in the late 1950s anddetermined to be made from the hide of aserow (goat-antelope family); however, itwas learned that this scalp was purposelyfabricated out of resentment for the public-ity received by the Pangboche Temple for their scalp, which has neverleft the temple. (Scalp is seen here with a skeletal hand cutout, seenext entry) Size, about 13 inches high.

Photo cutout (approximate actual size) ofa skeletal hand that was in the PangbocheTemple, Nepal, said to be that of a yeti.Aanalysis of the thumb and a finger bone in1959 indicated that the hand was “human.”DNA analysis in 2011 confirmed this find-ing. The hand was stolen from the temple inthe 1980s. Size, about 7 inches long.

Photo cutouts (about life size – front andprofile view) of one of the stone headsmade by early Native North Americans inthe Columbia River valley, USA. The headsare believed to have ape-like characteristics.This has led to the speculation that theywere sasquatch-related. One head was deter-mined to be dated between 1500 BC and AD 500. It is rea-soned that the others are about the same age. Size, about 8inches high.

Bear head and sasquatch bust.Sasquatch sightings are often“written off” by authorities asbeing simply bear sightings.Aside from the fact that bearsseldom walk very far on twolegs, there is the obvious differ-ence in the shape of their headsand facial features. This comparison provides some insights.The bust is made of clay and is about 1.3 times human size.

NOTE: Restrictions apply to the transportation of animalparts to the United States. Special arrangements are neces-sary.

Sasquatch head/mask created byVancouver, BC artist, Penny Birnam.Inspiration and scale for the work wasderived from the Patterson/Gimlin film.Size, about 18 inches high by 12 incheswide.

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CARVINGS AND SCULPTURES

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Sasquatch sculpture createdby C. Murphy. The entiresculpture including the baseoccupies a space 24 incheshigh, 24 inches wide and 16inches deep. The sculptureitself and “snow” is made ofnatural clay. The entire workweighs in excess of 60 pounds.The monument stand (blackbox) on the right is hinged atthe back and lifts to provide alittle compartment for docu-ments. The plaque reads:

SASQUATCHSaid to inhabit North American forests,

the sasquatch is a hair-covered, man-likeprimate often reported to be over sevenfeet tall and to weigh in excess of 500

pounds. Sasquatch sightings are believedto predate recorded history. The first news-

paper report of a credible sightingappeared in 1818.

Photo cutout of a sasquatch sculptureby the Russian hominologist, IgorBur tsev. The depiction is of the subjectseen in the Patterson/Gimlin film. Thebeing is shown at the moment it turnsand looks at Patterson and Gimlin (orthe camera). The sculpture is to scale. Itis one of the main artistic artifacts insasquatch studies. Size, about 12 incheshigh and 8.5 inches wide.

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Sasquatch sculpture with syn-thetic human hair. Witnessesreport that sasquatch are covered inhair, not fur. Alleged sasquatch hairsamples show that their hair is thesame as human hair. The hair on asasquatch is generally said to bevery thick, although may be“patchy” in spots. Their hair is nat-urally “wild and ungroomed” as befits a forest dweller. This littlesculpture might provide an insight as to how their hair would appearunder close inspection, but the face is not usually hair-covered. Size,about 4 inches high and 4.5 inches wide.

Native Mask depicting D’sonoqua, thewild woman of the woods. Size, about 6inches wide by 8 inches high, plus hairwhich measures about 20 inches.

Photo cutout of a Tsimshian mask (aboutlife-size) discovered in British Columbia inabout 1914. It was likely made in the mid1800s. It obviously depicts an ape-like crea-ture. The Tsimshian people have expressedthat they believe in “mountain monkeys.”Size, about 8 inches high and 6 inches wide.

Photo cutout of a bigfoot sculpture createdby Roger Patterson in the early 1960s. Thesculpture is shown at about the actual size.Patterson’s concept of the being at the timeappears to be along the lines of a caveman.The creature he filmed was greatly different.Size, about 4.25 inches high and 3 incheswide.

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CSI Display. A Sasquatch headmodel is provided as part of a pos-sible “CSI” analysis. Many peoplewho see what they believe is asasquatch provide distinctive headand facial features. This sasquatchhead model attempts to capturethese features and is comparedwith a normal human head used tocreate the likeness of a “suspect” from witness descriptions in policework. Size: The head model is about 1.5 times human size and ismade of “CSI” putty; the model form is human size.

Engraved plate by Ron Austin showingthe head of a sasquatch as seen on theChehalis First Nations Band logo. Austindesigned the logo in the 1980s. It is remi-niscent of the sasquatch seen in thePatterson/Gimlin film when it turns andlooks at the two men or the camera. Size,about that of a standard dinner plate – 10inches in diameter.

A sample of the soil in the Bluff Creek,California, ar ea where a possiblesasquatch was filmed by Roger Pattersonand Bob Gimlin in October, 1967. The soilhas a blue-gray tinge and holds footprintsextremely well. The prints left by thesasquatch were still intact nine days afterthe filming when ten of them were cast inplaster by Bob Titmus. A toy sasquatch fig-ure made in the likeness of the film subjectis provided. Total display is about 7 incheslong, 5 inches wide and 9 inche high.

Scale model of thefilm site seen in thePatterson and Gim-lin film. The modelportrays the point,known as film frame352, where the crea-ture turns and looks atthe men/camera. Size,24.75 inches long, 16inches wide and 11inches high (i.e.,backdrop). Displayhas a clear plexiglasscover.

Ruby Creek diora-ma. In September1941 a sasquatch wassaid to have visitedthe Chapman homenear Ruby Creek, BC.Mrs. Jeannie Chap-man was at home withher three children atthe time and she fledwith them to fetch herhusband who workednearby. Size, about 14inches width, depthand height. Displayhas a clear plexiglasscover.

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DIORAMAS

Campsite visits dio-rama. This little dio-rama illustrates inci-dents in which whatare believed to besasquatch visits tocampsites late atnight. It appears thebeings are very curi-ous about campersand possibly watchesthem from a distance,then move in for acloser look when all is quiet late at night. Strange shadows ontent walls have been reported, and the beings may have actu-ally peeked into tents. Campers have been too frightened toventure outside. In the morning, huge footprints indicate thatindeed something definitely “paid a visit.” Size, about 12inches wide, 10 inches deep and 11 inches high. Display has aclear plexiglass cover.

Sasquatch food sour-ces diorama. A sas-quatch is seen lookingat a young deer drink-ing at a little spring.Deer is considered amain food source forsasquatch. Size, about12 inches width, depthand height. Displayhas a clear plexiglasscover.

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Sasquatch – Food PreservationTheory. A commercially producedceramic was repurposed to providea clay sculpture/diorama of asasquatch in a snowfield setting.Exactly why sasquatch evidentlygo high up above the snow line inmountainous regions is not known;however, it is speculated that theybury meat in snow to freeze andpreserve it. Later, if food becomes scarce at lower elevations,they retrieve their “stash” and take it down to their usual hunt-ing grounds where it thaws and become edible. Wolverines areknown to practice the same thing and could be the source ofsuch knowledge. Size, length 9.5 inches, width 10 inches andheight 8.5 inches.

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PAINTINGS

Portrayal (acrylic paint-ing on canvas) of RogerPatterson (died, 1972)who took the movie filmof an alleged sasquatch atBluff Creek, California,on October 20, 1967. Inevery sense of the term,Patterson was a Western“cowboy.” The painting isbased on an early photo-graph of Roger. He wasextremely energetic andambitions. Size, 16 inchesby 20 inches.

Portrayal (acrylic paintingon canvas) of the Canad-ian explorer/geographerDavid Thompson (died1857) who reported findinglarge unusual footprints nearwhat is now Jasper, Alberta,in the winter of 1811. Thereis no known true portrait ofThompson. This painting isbased on a written descrip-tion and drawing when hewas quite young. A DavidThompson Society memberobjected to the beard; how-ever, few men who spentmonths in the Canadianwilderness bothered to shave. Parka coats (made of animalskin/fur) were invented by the Eskimos, and one virtuallylived in the garment. I think this intrepid explorer would havehad one. Size, 16 inches by20 inches.

A portrayal (acrylic paint-ing on canvas) of Khwit(died, 1954) who was theyoungest son of Zana, analleged Russian ape-woman(died 1880s). Khwit wasextremely masculine and veryquick-tempered. He lost hisright hand in one of his manyviolent encounters. This por-trayal is based on an oldblack/white photograph and isperhaps a little “complimenta-ry.” Size, 16 inches by 20inches.

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Portrayal (acrylic paint-ing on canvas) of RenéDahinden (died 2001)who was one of the firsttruly serious sasquatchresearchers. He spentover 45 years of his life ina quest to find a sas-quatch. He is believed tohave been the inspirationfor the character JacquesLa Fleur, the main antag-onist in the 1987 film,Harry and the Hender-sons. The artist knewRené well and the paint-ing is based on a photo-graph taken of him in themid 1990s. He was an extremely colorful person, and thosewho met him never forgot him.Size, 16 inches by 20 inches.

Portrayal (acrylic paint-ing on canvas) of PaulKane (d. 1871), artist,writer, and explorer. Herecounted strange storiestold to him by Nativepeople in the Mount St.Helens, Washington area(1847). He was told thatthe mountain is inhabitedby “a race of beings of adifferent species and whoare cannibals.” Althoughsasquatch are not knownto be cannibals, a possibleconnection has beenspeculated. Based on aphotograph. Size, 16inches by 20 inches.

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A painting of a sasquatchthat was witnessed by theartist, Jan Brassinni. Jansaw the oddity near the littlecommunity of Hamlet inOregon. She had gone for awalk and was astounded bywhat she saw. She laterpainted the scene. Sheshowed me the paintingwhile at my exhibit at theColumbia Gorge DiscoveryCenter, The Dalles, Oregon,and kindly provided it fordisplay at exhibits. Size,Allow 16 inches by 20 inch-es; painting is smaller.

Portrayal (acrylic paintingon canvas) of SerephineLong (d. 1940s) by JanBrassinni. Serephine, aChehalis Native alleged thatin 1872 (at age 17) she waskidnapped by a sasquatchand forced to live with himand his parents. She waseventually allowed to leaveand after arrival back home,she gave birth. The babydied after a few hours. Thepainting is from a 1940sphotograph. It might be thatshe closed here eyes in fearof having her picture taken.Size, 16 inches by 20 inch-es.

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Photograph/print of theSkookum Cast.This castis said to show the bodyprints of a sasquatch. Itwas taken in the GiffordPinchot National Forest,Washington, in 2000 byresearchers with theBigfoot Field ResearchOrganization (BFRO).They had set fruit on the ground in an area of soft earth/mudhoping to get sasquatch footprints. When they later returned tothe spot the fruit was gone and they saw unusual impressions.Prints indicating buttocks, a thigh, forearm, heel and handwere observed. It was determined that possibly a sasquatchhad reclined on the ground and reached over for the fruit.Professional analysis of the cast concluded that the impres-sions could not be attributed to any known animal species. Theprint is a poster on heavy paper. It was made by Rick Noll, themain researcher associated with the finding. It does not haveprinting. Size, about 24 inches wide by 18 inches.

A sample of bear grass (Genus:Xerophyllum; Species: tenax) from thepossible “bigfoot bed” discovered byRené Dahinden. The plant is exceedingdifficult to remove or break (needs a“hand”). Although it looks like a type ofgrass, it actually belongs to the lily fami-ly. Native North Americans in Oregon,Washington, and British Columbia havetraditionally made beautiful baskets with the stems and rootsof bear grass. Size, about 11 inches by 8.5 inches.

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GENERAL DISPLAY ITEMS

There are restrictions on the transportation of animal hair to theUnited States. Special arrangements are required. A large high-res-olution photograph may be used as a substitute. Size, 10.5 incheswide, 5.75 inches high, 2 inches deep.

A 16mm Kodakmovie camera of theexact same typeRoger Patterson usedto film what isbelieved to be asasquatch at BluffCreek, California, in1967. The camera ispowered by a wind-up spring. With a 100-foot roll of film loaded, the camera pro-duces about 5 minutes of movie footage. The original leathercarrying case and instruction manual are provided. The fulldisplay requires about one square foot, about 8 inches high.The camera was donated to the exhibit by Roger Knights.

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Hair display. It includes possible sasquatch hair as providedby Dr. Henner Fahrenbach (noted specialist on hair).

“Quatchi” stuf fed toy. A love-able little sasquatch design wasselect as a mascot for the 2010Olympic Games in BC. Named“Quatchi” the design was used fortoys and promotional items,including a legal tender 50-centcollector’s coin (see Stamps andCoins display). The toy is about10 inches high and about the samewidth. Donated to the exhibit byMarquie Murphy, curator’s granddaughter.

Photo cutout of an artifact (exact size)given to Peter Byrne by villagers in Nepalwho stated that it was a mummified infantyeti. It turned out to be a turnip-like plant.Size, about 13 inches high by 3.25 incheswide.

Stuf fed toy of “Harr y”fr om the Harry and theHendersons movie.Thetoy might be displayedwith a collection ofHarry and the Hendersonscollector cards(bubble gum) also provided. The toy is 18inches high and 8 inches wide. It wasdonated to the exhibit by Jackie Parkwhile attending the Yakima Valley exhibitin 2014.

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Color copy of Alber t Ostman's scribblerproviding the account of his capture and cap-tivity with a family of sasquatch in 1924.Size, 17 inches by 8.5 inches.

Harry and the Hen-dersons CollectorCards. The cardsare arranged on athick backing. Size,about 16 inches by22 inches. Theywere donated byMichael Rug in2003.

Wood frag-ment scalephotograph.This is thefragment thatit is believed the sasquatch stepped on in the Patterson/Gimlinfilm. The length of the fragment indicates that the sasquatchwas over 7 feet tall. Size, the actual fragment alone is 26.25inches long by about 4 inches high and 2 inches thick. The fullimage shown is about 27 inches by 6 inches.

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Official Nor thwest ResearchAssociation certificate issued andsigned by RogerPatterson. Thiswas the first “bigfoot club,” as itwere, and Patterson was the first toissue a newsletter on bigfootresearch. The member shown herewas John Fuhrmann (d. late 1980s).He was an important researcher atthe time and amassed a remarkable collection of newspaperand magazine articles on sasquatch/bigfoot. Size, about 7inches by 6 inches.

Canadian “sasquatch” post-age stamps created by C.Murphy under the CanadaPost “Picture Postage” pro-gram. Sheets of the stampsare provided for exhibit pur-poses. The sheets are in hold-ers. Size, about 8.5 inches by11 inches each.

Canadian postage stamps—sasquatch related (left to right):1) “Quatchi” (Olympic Mascot)stamp issued in 2010.2) Jacques Cartier – holding a pipeshowing D’sonoqua, issued in1984.3) David Thompson – foundunusual footprints in 1811, issuedin 1957.4) Legendary Creatures series showing a sasquatch, issued in1990.Size, about 4 inches by 3 inches, for the full display.

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STAMPS AND COINS

Stamp sheet depict-ing sasquatch foot-print casts and not-able artifacts (non-postal). The stampsheets with a print(portrait of a sas-quatch) are in aframe with glass.The stamps werecreated by ChrisMurphy. Size, 20.5inches by 11 inches.

Canadian sasquatchcoin in presentationcase. The coin islegal tender; issued2011. The map on theright pulls out of thecase. Size, about 5inches by 4 inches.

“Quatchi” (Olympics Mascot) 50-centcoin in a presentation case. The coin islegel tender; issued 2010. The overallsize is 4 inches wide by 3.25 incheslong/high.

The “Pareidolia Sas-quatch Head” on theHamilton US ten dol-lar bill. The bill issigned by John Greenwho immediately sawthe head when the billwas handed to him.Novelty item. Size, 11inches by 8.5 inches (bill is mounted on an explanation sheet).

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Film frame prints. A full set(12) of the clearest frames inthe Patterson/Gimlin film.The individual prints are 11inches by 16 inches. Eachprint is laminated. The filmframe numbers are not shownon the exhibit prints. They areprovided here to identify thesequence for display purpos-es. The actual images are veryclear.

Four of these prints areprovided individually on stiffbacking (made by theMuseum of Vancouver).These prints are shown in thefollowing photograph; theyare about 11 inches by 17inches.

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NOTEWORTHY PRINTS

Eight prints, 6 of the above; 1 a close-up of Frame 352 and a Full Framewere made into laminated posters in the mid 1990s, (11” x 16/17”). A full setis provided.

Photograph/print – drawing creat-ed by Myrtle Roe of the creature herfather, William Roe, saw on MicaMountain, BC, in 1955. The drawingwas request by John Green in thatyear. It remained folded/rolled untilabout 2000. A photograph was takenimmediately it was unfolded and laidflat. The creases were later mini-mized and a better image obtained.Size, 11 inches by 17 inches.

Ar tistic Progression in the enhancementof the sasquatch head seen in thePatterson/Gimlin film by C. Murphy .Film photographs were taken of the work inprogress to produce a portrait of “Patty,” asthe sasquatch is known. The photographswere registered on a panel. Size, about 11inches by 8.5 inches.

Portrait of Patty (last image in forgoingentry) by C. Murphy; a laminated print.The image is likely the most published art-work of a sasquatch. Size, 11 inches by 16inches.

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The Moment,epic artworkcreated by Michael Ruggthat depicts the moment thesasquatch in the Patter-son/Gimlin film was spot-ted by the men. Size, 11inchs by 17 inches. Note:Can be printed to any size,a high resolution file willbe provided.

Painting of a sasquatch bynaturalist artist RobertBateman. Size, 8.5 inchesby 11 inches. Note: can beprinted to any size; a highresolution file will be pro-vided.

Painting of a yeti by natu-ralist artist Robert Bate-man. Size, 8.5 inches by 11inches. Note: can be print-ed to any size; a high reso-lution file will be provided..

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The PattersonBook Legacy.Roger Pattersonwas the first towrite a reason-able comprehen-sive book on big-foot/sasquatch.The first editionof his book (topleft) was pub-lished in 1966. Itsold quite well sohe had it reprint-ed in 1967 with arevised cover(top right) andother editionsfollowed.

In 1996 thebook was reprint-ed by René Da-hinden, who nowowned the copy-right (lower left);publisher: Pyra-mid Publications.

In 2005, as u p p l e m e n twas added byChris Murphyproviding com-plete coverage of the Patterson/Gimlin film and other mate-rial updating the work. The revised work was called TheBigfoot Film Controversy (lower right); it contained aduplication of Patterson’s original book, but with errorscorrected. Since Patterson’s time numerous books havebeen written on sasquatch/bigfoot, many of which reflectupon the Patterson Legacy. The size of each book is 5.5inches by 8.5 inches.

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BOOKS

Tracing Time. Key photographs takenover the last fifty years are provided instandard plastic display stands. Also,there is a wide assortment of posters,charts (some scientific), and general art-work prints by such notables as PaulSmith, Rob Roy Menzies, and YvonLeclerc.

The following is a list of the posters withrecommended use (sizes vary):

1. Meldrum - Foot Analysis DEFINITE2. Meldrum - Dermatoglyphics DEFINITE3. Meldrum - Midfoot Flexibility etc. DEFINITE4. Bigfoot Lives DESIRABLE5. Smith - Usual Suspects DESIRABLE6. Sasquatch in the Pacific NW DEFINITE7. Menzies - Sasquatch Head DEFINITE8. Chinese Article (Dahinden) OPTIONAL9. Menzies - Sasquatch in Water DESIRABLE10. Menzies - Ostman ` OPTIONAL11. Menzies - Sasquatch on all 4’s OPTIONAL12. Smith - Sasq. Ripping Log DESIRABLE13. Bigfoot Country DESIRABLE14. Smith - Two Sasquatch DESIRABLE15. Smith - Sasquatch on a Trail OPTIONAL16. Smith - Sasq., Americas Great Ape OPTIONAL17. Ruby Creek DEFINITE

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18. Bossburg DEFINITE19. John Green DEFINITE20. Leclerc - Patty Profile DEFINITE21. Dahinden - Land of the Sasquatch DESIRABLE22. Kaptar Footprint DESIRABLE23. Council of Elders DESIRABLE24. Dermal Ridge Patterns DESIRABLE25. Canada Postage Stamp DESIRABLE26. Leclerc - Pithecanthropus DESIRABLE (3)27. Leclerc - Height Calculation DEFINITE28. Stone Heads DEFINITE30. Bob Gimlin alone DESIRABLE31. Bob Gimlin on horseback DESIRABLE32. Film Frames Poster Set (8) DESIRABLE33. Portrait of a Sasquatch Study OPTIONAL34. Full Film Frame No. 61 DESIRABLE35. Bossburg Casts - originals OPTIONAL36. Portrait of a Sasquatch - large DESIRABLE37. Leclerc - Meet Bigfoot OPTIONAL38. Film Frames No. 61 and 72 OPTIONAL39. Twelve Film Frames in sequence DESIRABLE40. Menzies “Bigfoot” OPTIONAL41. Leclerc - Ohio Hand Cast OPTIONAL42. Menzies Cartoons (2) OPTIONAL43. Menzies - Sasquatch Museum of Van. OPTIONAL44. Giganto - The Real King Kong OPTIONAL45. P/G Film Ad OPTIONAL46. Onion Mountain DESIRABLE47. Blue Creek Mountain DESIRABLE48. Bigfoot at Bluff Creek DESIRABLE49. Sas/Bigfoot Plaster Casts DESIRABLE50. Sasquatch Legends DESIRABLE51. Sasquatch Food - Wild Vegetation DEFINITE

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PANELS

Eight-Foot Sasquatch. A series of panels areprovided to construct an 87.5-inch tallsasquatch. The illustration provided here showsthe individual panels, which push together tocreate a near perfect image. The image is basedon the Patterson/Gimlin film. (Created by YvonLeclerc)

Plywood Sasquatch Cutout. A seven-foot tallcutout is provided for advertising purposes orplacement at the exhibit entrance (made by theMuseum of Vancouver).

Small Exhibit Histor y Panels. Eighteen histo-ry panels, about 11 inches by 16 inches each,provide a professional treatment of sasquatchand related homin history.

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Large Exhibit Histor y Panels.Nine panels, about 24 inchesby 30 inches, stark in nature, trace the history of the sasquatchand the yeti (provided by the Museum of Vancouver).

General Panels - Various Themes (generally 20 inches by 30 inch-es):

1. Jacko - Newspaper article OPTIONAL2. The UBC “Monster Book” DESIRABLE (NEW)3. Canada Sasquatch Stamp Article DESIRABLE (NEW)4. Patterson/Gimlin Film Site DESIRABLE (NEW)5. Curator “Welcome” DEFINITE (NEW)

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Major Interactive reference file onmany sasquatch-related subjects, pro-viding numerous digitized photographs(many 8 inches by 10 inches). The boxand files weigh 32 pounds.

Also provided is a small library ofbooks that people can look through—sort of a little research center.

A number of rare magazines areprovided for display only in the librarysection.

EXHIBIT EXAMPLE PHOTOS

The following are photographs of the Yakima Valley Museum,Yakima, Washington, exhibit. This museum used most of the avail-able artifacts/items. There were two galleries, comprising about 900square feet. Yakima used plexiglass partitions for the main displays.A corner with a desk and chair represented the curator’s office witha vast assortment of intriguing items and images. A few additionalitems have been added to the exhibit since the Yakima exhibit.

Photographs of all exhibits since 2004 can be seen on the SasquatchCanada website <http://www.sasquatchcanada.com/gallery-home.html#.WLvcGtQrJkg>; go to the PHYSICALMUSEUMEXHIBITS – PHOTO PRESENTATIONS section. The Indianapolisexhibit is on the main website page.

DVD PRESENTATIONS

1. The Patterson/Gimlin Film (Permission Required)2. The Sierra Sounds3. Segment from Sasquatch – Legend Meets Science

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KNOW THE SASQUTCH: This coffee-tablebook, 11 inches by 8.5 inches, 319 pages, fullcolor, contains over 900 photographs, illustra-tions and charts. Essentially all the artifacts andother items in the exhibit are featured withdetailed coverage. The book can be used toaccompany the exhibit.

GIFT SHOP ITEMS

BIGFOOT FILM JOURNAL: Comprehensivecoverage of the circumstances and aftermath ofthe Patterson/Gimlin film, 11 inches by 8.5 inch-es, 104 pages, full color, contains 98 photo-graphs, illustrations and charts.

BIGFOOT FILM CONTROVERSY: A reprintof Roger Patterson’s 1966 book (corrected) withan update supplement on the film taken inOctober 1967, 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches, 264pages. The supplement is in full color with 61photographs, illustrations and charts.

These titles and many other sasquatch/big-foot titles may be purchased from

Hancock House Publishers, Surrey, BritishColumbia, Canada.

https://www.hancockhouse.com/

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S A S Q U AT C H / B I G F O O TSTAMP SHEETS (Not valid forpostage). The most famous foot-print casts and notable artifactsare pictured on stamps (1.6 inch-es by 2.2 inches) The sheets are7.5 inches by 9.5 inches. They areprovided with an autographedPortrait of a Sasquatchprint andcan be framed to provide a highlyattractive collectable.

The images used for the stampswere scanned from actual filmphotographs collected by way ofextensive travels and museumexhibits over the past 20 plusyears. The stamps are very highquality—equivalent to govern-ment issued stamps. In stamp col-lecting circles, these stamps arecalled Cinderellas.

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For more information on the Sasquatch/Bigfoot subject, please visitthe SASQUATCH CANADA website. Please pay particular atten-tion to the VIRTUAL MUSEUM presentation. The curator has avast photographic collection (photo library). If a museum wishes tocreate custom panels/presentations, this resource is available alongwith the expertise to provide high quality work.

Although stated at the outset that the exhibit addresses the culturalaspects of sasquatch/bigfoot, certainly the body of evidence needsto be taken seriously by the scientific community.

http://www.sasquatchcanada.com/

British Columbiaresearcher Thomas

Steenburg with a“sasquatch” table at the

TRADEX exposition(hunting, fishing, boating),

Abbotsford, BC, March2017. Five hundred peo-ple visited the table and

seventy-five of them hadstories to tell of

sasquatch. For certain“outdoors” people stand

the greatest chance of witnessing the oddity and the stories related are very con-vincing. It is hoped this museum exhibit will result in more/better evidence.

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EXHIBIT

CONTRIBUTORS

(Alphabetical

Order)

J. Robert AlleyDonald AssuCliff BarackmanRobert BatemanDmitri BayanovRonald BeckBruce BerrymanDr. John BindernagelPenny BirnamColin BordJanet BordIgor BurtsevLydia BourtsevaJanet BrassinneRalph BurnsPeter ByrneConstance CameronJames ChilcuttGeorge ClappisonWilliam ClosnerLoren ColemanJoedy Cook

Tom CousinoClifford CrookPaul CropperErik DahindenMartin DahindenMarlon K. DavisDr. Henner FahrenbachJames FarmerRobert GimlinJeffrey GlickmanDr. Jane GoodallPat GravesPaul GravesDr. Donald W. GrieveDoug HajicekDavid HancockTony HealyJo Ann HerefordDennis HeryfordAl HodgsonDiane HortonDon HunterDon KeatingJohn KirkRuss KinneRoger KnightsKewaunee LapseritisR. Lyle Laverty

Yvon LeclercCaroline Sue LindleyLarry LundGerry MatthewsJames McClarinDr. Jeffrey MeldrumRobRoy MenziesCandy MichloskyBill MillerJoe MillerMatthew MoneymakerRon MoreheadRobert MorganKathy Moskowitz StrainEric MuenchBill MunnsDaniel MurphyRichard NollPatricia PattersonDaniel PerezErskine PeytonThom PowellTodd PrescottDerek RandlesDr. Peter RubecMichael RuggDr. Esteban SarmientoDr. George Schaller

My museum exhibits were made possible through the contributionsof many people, both present and beyond, and by many organiza-tions. Contributions were made in five different categories: knowl-edge, artifacts, photographs, artwork and support; all of which wereessential in completing the projects. We owe a great deal of grati-tude to these fine people and organizations; and I firmly believetheir contributions will be significant in moving us closer to resolvingthe sasquatch mystery. C. L. Murphy

EXHIBIT CONTRIBUT ORS

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James SemlorPaul SmithThomas SteenburgBrad TombePeter TraversWanja TwanThomas Yamarone

POSTHUMOUSLY

Donald AbbottMichael M. AmesFrank BeebeAlan BerryBarbara Wasson ButlerFred BeckBarry BlountJohn W. BurnsJeannie ChapmanJerry CrewRaymond CroweRené DahindenDr. Dmitri DonskoyDr. Leroy FishPaul FreemanJohn FuhrmannJohn GreenMarjorie HalpinPaul KaneDr. Grover S. KrantzDr. Q.C. MarshIvan MarxSylvester McCoyDr. John NapierAlbert OstmanRoger PattersonAmbrose PointLloyd PyeWilliam RoeTheodore RooseveltIvan T. SandersonBobbie ShortThomas Slick

Dr. Roderick SpragueDr. Daris SwindlerGlen ThomasDavid ThompsonRobert Titmus

MUSEUMS, PUBLICA-TIONS, WEBSITES,

ORANIZATIONS

Argosy MagazineBigfoot EncountersBigfoot Field

ResearchersOrganization

Bigfoot Research ProjectBigfoot TimesBone ClonesBritish Broadcasting

Corp.Canada Post Corp.Chehalis First NationsChronicle of Canada

(Chronicle Publications)

Daily Colonist (Victoria, BC.)

Hancock House Publishers

Hillary FoundationHood River NewsHumboldt TimesInternational Bigfoot

SocietyInternational

CryptozoologyMuseum

Memphis EnquirerOhio Center for Bigfoot

StudiesRoyal Museum, BCSan Jose NewsScott Stamp Monthly

MagazineSkamania County

PioneerSkamania County Board

of CommissionersTexas Bigfoot Research

CenterTimes-Standard (Eureka,

California)True MagazineUnited States Army

Corps of Engineers (Washington) Environmental Atlas)

University of Oregon – Museum of Natural History

Vancouver Gun ClubVancouver MuseumVancouver ProvinceVancouver SunWashington PostWhitewolf EntertainmentWild Entertainment Inc.

and Wilderness Productions Inc.

Willow Creek/China Flat Museum