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Nahganne: Tales of the Northern Sasquach
Tales of the Northern Sasquatch is about giant bipedal, forest-dwelling, hirsute hominoid entities. For as long as humans have been around the North, the activities of these giants have been observed in many places, but only a few people have taken the time to share their stories of coming in contact with these forest giants. In the North they have been given many regional names; although they are commonly known as Nahganne or Sasquatch. The book presents activities occurring in the North such as sightings, strange vocals, the discovery of large human-like footprints, strange animal reaction, and weird tree events. It also contains bits of history and details about the First Nation Peoples of the North. In the book, Red Grossinger investigates and analyses the many reports that he has received with details about the encounters and occurrences.
288 pages, Paperback
Published October 4, 2022
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October 1, 2023
Meet the John Green of the Yukon
Author Red Grossinger is interviewed on a YouTube episode of "The Alaska Bigfoot Highway: Bigfoot Beyond the Trail" on the channel Small Town Monsters. He talks about how, as a resident of Yukon, he became captivated by the Sasquatch phenomenon after having a sighting himself while fly fishing in the Takhini River. He began to hear some noise behind him, so he looked and there was something at the edge of the bush that was tall and totally covered in hair. It was not any animal that he knew of. He mentioned it to a First Nations friend of his, who just remarked, "Oh, that's a bushman, a Sasquatch." And from that day on, he read everything he could on the subject. His reputation as a researcher got around, and the locals began sharing their stories with him, whether they were sightings or other kinds of encounters.
In his file he says he has over 150 reports, and about half of them found their way into this book. These reports include sightings and other experiences that may or may not be attributable to this creature, things like loud vocalizations, strange animals behaviours (dogs that come back from the woods obviously frightenened), and sometimes just a strange, strong sense of not being wanted in a particular place, an unusual feeling of unease, of a need to leave the area. And, of course, there are the reports of large, human-like footprints. There is even one photo in the book that I would reproduce here if I could figure out how to upload it. It is the kind of evidence that I find very hard to dismiss because of its detail.
One reported behaviour that bothered me, however, was that in four of the sightings accounts, the creature was observed to have essentially disappeared right in front of the eyewitness, becoming gradually transparent, and then completely invisible. The author just includes those reports but admits he has no idea what to do with them. The reports bother me because I can only make sense of the Sasquatch phenomenon if we are talking about a large, hairy hominid that is just an animal that happens to be very, very good at remaining hidden. But if the darned things can disappear in front of you, well, then you might as well start talking about a supernatural Sasquatch as some people already do. And then you've lost me. I'd lose interest in the subject if this is not a flesh-and-blood being and belonged in the same realm as UFO's.
This is a pretty interesting compilation of reports. The descriptions of the encountered are supplemented with details of the local geography and the local history. And there is a map of the Yukon at the beginning which is divided up into named regions, and these regions are then referred to in each report in order to give the reader a better idea of where the report originated from. I found myself referring frequently back to that map, and found that the vast majority of reports came from areas not too far from Whitehorse, which, I suppose is to be expected as that is where most of the people would be located.
I thought perhaps another reviewer was a little harsh in appraising the writing style, reporting with faint praise that the author "isn't illiterate." I would say, by contrast, that the author showed a real talent in putting to pen his keen observations. Here is a sampling of his writing:
Around 1900 hours (7 pm), I started a campfire, lit another pipe, opened a beer, relaxed in the heat of the campfire, and just enjoyed the early evening sceneries for a couple of hours. With a clear sky, I knew that it was going to get cold that night. I just listened to the wilderness around me, to the birds chirping and the squirrels gathering food for the winter. I watched the numerous flocks of ducks, swans, geese, and loons gathering on the close by water, getting ready for their annual fall voyage south, flying away from the coming cold weather of the Yukon.
This is not the prose of someone who is barely literate. When he is recounting his own experiences and not just reporting those of others, he gives such an attention to detail of the surrounding wildlife that you find yourself transported there.
All in all, this is a worthwhile read. I am left like Fox Mulder from the X-Files television program - "I want to believe." So many reports from just the Yukon, never mind in other books from other regions. But like I said, when there are four separate accounts of the creature disappearing before the witnesses eyes, I, like the author, don't know how to process that. It is, however, worth preserving the accounts because belief in the Nahganne, which is the local name for Sasquatch, runs deep in First Nations culture. A book like this will ensure that the stories and accounts are not lost.
Here's the link to the YouTube program where you can listen to the author, Red Grossinger, featured in a brief five-minute segment. Back up a bit to around the 33:00 minute mark before you begin. Perhaps, like me, you'll find your appetite whetted and you'll read the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ma4x...
Author Red Grossinger is interviewed on a YouTube episode of "The Alaska Bigfoot Highway: Bigfoot Beyond the Trail" on the channel Small Town Monsters. He talks about how, as a resident of Yukon, he became captivated by the Sasquatch phenomenon after having a sighting himself while fly fishing in the Takhini River. He began to hear some noise behind him, so he looked and there was something at the edge of the bush that was tall and totally covered in hair. It was not any animal that he knew of. He mentioned it to a First Nations friend of his, who just remarked, "Oh, that's a bushman, a Sasquatch." And from that day on, he read everything he could on the subject. His reputation as a researcher got around, and the locals began sharing their stories with him, whether they were sightings or other kinds of encounters.
In his file he says he has over 150 reports, and about half of them found their way into this book. These reports include sightings and other experiences that may or may not be attributable to this creature, things like loud vocalizations, strange animals behaviours (dogs that come back from the woods obviously frightenened), and sometimes just a strange, strong sense of not being wanted in a particular place, an unusual feeling of unease, of a need to leave the area. And, of course, there are the reports of large, human-like footprints. There is even one photo in the book that I would reproduce here if I could figure out how to upload it. It is the kind of evidence that I find very hard to dismiss because of its detail.
One reported behaviour that bothered me, however, was that in four of the sightings accounts, the creature was observed to have essentially disappeared right in front of the eyewitness, becoming gradually transparent, and then completely invisible. The author just includes those reports but admits he has no idea what to do with them. The reports bother me because I can only make sense of the Sasquatch phenomenon if we are talking about a large, hairy hominid that is just an animal that happens to be very, very good at remaining hidden. But if the darned things can disappear in front of you, well, then you might as well start talking about a supernatural Sasquatch as some people already do. And then you've lost me. I'd lose interest in the subject if this is not a flesh-and-blood being and belonged in the same realm as UFO's.
This is a pretty interesting compilation of reports. The descriptions of the encountered are supplemented with details of the local geography and the local history. And there is a map of the Yukon at the beginning which is divided up into named regions, and these regions are then referred to in each report in order to give the reader a better idea of where the report originated from. I found myself referring frequently back to that map, and found that the vast majority of reports came from areas not too far from Whitehorse, which, I suppose is to be expected as that is where most of the people would be located.
I thought perhaps another reviewer was a little harsh in appraising the writing style, reporting with faint praise that the author "isn't illiterate." I would say, by contrast, that the author showed a real talent in putting to pen his keen observations. Here is a sampling of his writing:
Around 1900 hours (7 pm), I started a campfire, lit another pipe, opened a beer, relaxed in the heat of the campfire, and just enjoyed the early evening sceneries for a couple of hours. With a clear sky, I knew that it was going to get cold that night. I just listened to the wilderness around me, to the birds chirping and the squirrels gathering food for the winter. I watched the numerous flocks of ducks, swans, geese, and loons gathering on the close by water, getting ready for their annual fall voyage south, flying away from the coming cold weather of the Yukon.
This is not the prose of someone who is barely literate. When he is recounting his own experiences and not just reporting those of others, he gives such an attention to detail of the surrounding wildlife that you find yourself transported there.
All in all, this is a worthwhile read. I am left like Fox Mulder from the X-Files television program - "I want to believe." So many reports from just the Yukon, never mind in other books from other regions. But like I said, when there are four separate accounts of the creature disappearing before the witnesses eyes, I, like the author, don't know how to process that. It is, however, worth preserving the accounts because belief in the Nahganne, which is the local name for Sasquatch, runs deep in First Nations culture. A book like this will ensure that the stories and accounts are not lost.
Here's the link to the YouTube program where you can listen to the author, Red Grossinger, featured in a brief five-minute segment. Back up a bit to around the 33:00 minute mark before you begin. Perhaps, like me, you'll find your appetite whetted and you'll read the book.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ma4x...
March 13, 2025
This is a collection of reports from the Yukon related to sightings of Sasquatch type creatures. There is a consistency through the reports as well as similar reports from the Navajo Police and Dine residents in the Four Corners areas of the United States. Reading these stories is my guilty pleasure but it’s hard to dismiss them as nonsense when the reports are consistent. I hiked in New Mexico and there was a man who had been missing in the Pecos Mountains even though that area is well known. A woman went missing in the Jemez Mountains shortly after I went hiking there. Her car was discovered with the windshield smashed but her body has not been found. These stories add to eeriness of the tales of this strange creatures.
November 26, 2022
The only thing that exceeded my excitement to get this book is my disappointment in it. Reads like a database. The unit conversions throughout and weight estimates and calorie need estimates were tedious. Bushman, sasquatch, pipedal ambulating entity... Yup we get it, same thing, did not need to repeat sooooo many times. The author isn't illiterate, so I give the book an extra point for that. I should have given up, but was determined to finish and I did.
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