So an old piece of footage just surfaced showing what appears to be three Sasquatch on Vancouver Island, and honestly, this one has me sitting up and paying attention. The clip was shared on a YouTube channel run by a guy named Steve who goes by "Howtohunt," and the backstory on this footage is almost as interesting as the video itself.
According to Steve, a local woman who has been experiencing Sasquatch encounters since she was about six years old handed over an old VHS tape her father had shot years ago. The family used to go camping on Nint Lake, and one day they were ripping along in their boat filming the shoreline with a camcorder — not even thinking about Sasquatch at the time. Her dad had apparently seen these beings numerous times around the area, so when they reviewed the footage later, they spotted three figures standing on the beach. Steve mentions the woman told him one of them almost seemed to slightly disappear, and she admitted the video is fuzzy and not great quality. But three figures on the shoreline of Vancouver Island, captured unintentionally on old VHS? That's the kind of thing that makes you lean in.
The context here is what really sells it. Steve has been collecting stories from people all around his neck of the woods on Vancouver Island, and the encounters keep stacking up. The woman who shared the tape has had them in her yard, looking through her windows, standing right behind a friend of hers — almost five feet away — and even seen a female up in a tree just blinking back at her. There's also mention of a large gray male with a limp that locals around there have nicknamed "the old man," seen repeatedly over the years not far from Steve's own home. And another report of a female with a young one living up McCoy Lake Road, where people apparently saw them "all the time."
Vancouver Island has long been referred to as "Ape Island" by those in the know, and Steve makes a good point about it — when you start mapping out all the sightings and the locations, it does seem like there's a serious population of these beings moving through the area. From his own backyard to the islands in the inlet to the beaches across the way, the reports just keep coming.
Steve also reads through a couple of viewer emails toward the end of the video that are worth checking out. One person describes hearing a sound they compared to a "sad Wookie" — short little whoops that gave them and their family the impression something was wrong or upset. Another email comes from a guy in central Illinois who describes a really bizarre experience while driving with his eight-year-old daughter on Route 16. Both of them felt like their vehicle was rolling backwards even though it wasn't, and both described the tree lines on either side of the road appearing to move away from them. His daughter even asked him if they were rolling backwards, which is the kind of shared experience that gives you chills. The sender wondered if it was some kind of dimensional shift or portal moment.
If you're into Sasquatch footage, especially older stuff that surfaces unexpectedly, this video is definitely worth the watch. Steve lays out the whole backstory, shares the tape, and then gets into some of the viewer emails that add even more layers to the conversation. The footage itself might be grainy, but the history behind it — a family who had been seeing these beings for years and just happened to catch them on camera by accident — that's the real story here.