Sasquatch Outmaneuvers Hiker on Oregon Switchbacks in 1994

A video that recently popped up on YouTube has been generating some buzz in the Sasquatch community, and for good reason. It details a terrifying encounter from October 18th, 1994, involving a 352-pound female hiker named Mara Ellison and a nine-foot Sasquatch on Oregon's Red Basin Trail. The story starts out like any other hiking tale. Mara, 39 years old and experienced on the trails, was making her way up Red Basin Trail with a plan to turn around at a specific time regardless of how far she'd gotten. She'd studied the topographic map the night before, marked water sources, and was prepared for a solid afternoon hike. About four miles in, she stopped to retie her boot and was passed by two hikers coming down. They mentioned hearing something large moving through the timber, heavy enough to break several branches, and noted a strange, heavy, damp smell in one section. Mara thanked them and continued on. What happened next is where things get really interesting. Mara noticed a strip of brush pressed down along an almost vertical line, crossing the trail perpendicularly. Several alder branches nearly as thick as her wrist had been bent hard without breaking, with exposed wood still damp where bark had been rubbed away. This is exactly the kind of physical evidence that researchers pay