The Native cook at a logger camp in Peace River, Alberta bags up the leftover food and sets it out for her 'Big Friend' each evening. Apparently, the local Bigfoot is regularly fed by her.
I received the following account:
"I'd like to tell you a story. I work as an ice logger in Peace River, Alberta. Now mind you I am there only 4 months a year. But I will tell you that we have a nice camp, a nice setup and we go 24/7 hauling wood for the big chippers, and chips go to China as wood heat, etc. Anyhow, we had a bridge out where we have to take the big chip trucks across, and were 6 of us there.
Some idiot trucker threw out a bag of trash right on the river, mind you at this time in the season it was 40F below. We all saw these big tracks come out to this bag and rifle through it. This thing whatever it was dragged its feet whether to hide its prints or what. But all of us are tough, bruised, battled, and scared loggers who NEVER said a word to each other. Just looks or I guess glare at each other. But we knew there was something there in the wood line. We've done our work and we got the hell out of there.
This is the thing. Truck drivers don't have to stay in the woods like us. Whatever it was did not like that bag of trash thrown there. We were not allowed at night when we were skidding to go 5 feet from the machine, have your smoke but don't go too far. Now this is written down as an offense if you do it.
Our 'Old Cook'..well she is not that old but she told us not to throw food out at the camp because it would cause ravens to come in and cause a racket in the morning. Because the boys work 12-hour shifts and hate to get woke up.
Anyway, this night I was on days at the time and could not sleep. So after supper, I stayed around the kitchen talking to her. She is a Plains Cree lady and I am Mi'kmaw. So after a while like 9 or 9:30, I noticed her bagging stuff, leftover dinner, etc. I said I will take that out for you. Our trash bins are bear-proof with heavy lids. She said 'no.' So I watched her take this bag outside and lay it beside the bear-proof bins. I was thinking WTF. I did not ask her much or why really she does that. But in a way, she said it was for her 'Big Friend.' I did not go see if the food was gone as I work 12-hour shifts, but I do watch here after our supper and or breakfast. She puts certain things aside for 'somebody or something.' Anyway, just a little thing that made me think of you. I love your page." MJM
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