'I do not know what to say about the Sasquatch, inhabitant of the mountainous districts, of whom all have an unbelievable fear. They imagine his body as very monstrous, all covered with stiff black bristle; a head similar to a human one but with much greater, sharper and stronger fangs than those of the bear; extremely long arms; and toes and fingers armed with long curved claws. His shouts alone force those who hear them to the ground, and any unfortunate body he slaps is broken into a thousand pieces.'

An excerpt from Noticia de Nutka by Jose Mariano Mozino (an account of Nootka Sound written in 1792)

'There is your Big man standing there, ever waiting, ever present, like the coming of a new day. He is both spirit and real being, but he can also glide through the forests as though the trees weren't there... I know him as my brother... I want him to touch me, just a touch, a blessing, something I could bring home to my sons and grandchildren, that I was there, that I approached him, and he touched me'

Statement from an Ogala Lakota Medicine Man