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visit Bigfoot classified dot com. This
is Bigfoot Classified. For countless generations,

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the soup Piac people of the namwalik
And program region have whispered tales passed on

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through generations of a captivating, an
elusive entity known as not to Knock,

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whose presence is said to dwell within
the impenetrable thickets of the southern Kenai Peninsula,

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particularly the Portlock area. Passed down
like folklore, these stories speak of

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a towering creature reminiscent of Bigfoot,
renowned for its remarkable strength and uprooting trees,

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and its ability to produce knocking sounds
that echo through the wilderness, and

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the terrifying occurrences of individuals vanishing without
a trace in its presence. While the

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tales have stood the passage of time, the town of Portlocks it's empty,

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with the last of the residents fleeing
during the nineteen forties. This is the

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story of the Portlock Bigfoot. Nathaniel
Portlock is believed to have been born around

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seventeen forty eight in Norfolk, Virginia, and hailed from a family with acestrel

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ties to the English Southwest dating back
to his grandfather's immigration around sixteen eighty five.

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Tragically, Nathaniel's father passed away in
seventeen fifty two, leaving behind his

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wife, Rebecca previously known as Rebecca
Valley, who had a daughter from a

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previous marriage. Following the death of
Portlock's father, Rebecca quickly remarried for the

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third time to a man named Richard
Scott, who became the guardian of her

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three surviving Portlock children and had additional
children with her. At approximately twenty four

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years old, Nathaniel Portlock joined the
British Royal Navy forcibly recruited from the Merchant

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Marines. Nathaniel and his brother quickly
aligned themselves with the loyalist colonists in America,

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commonly known as American loyalist. He
later departed the country following the conclusion

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of the War of Independence. On
March seventeen seventy six, Portlock began serving

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as a master's mate on the Discovery
captain by James Cook. During Cook's third

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and final Pacific voyage. In May
seventeen eighty five, Nathaniel Portlock and George

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Dixon, originally from Cumberland and a
former armorer, embarked on an expedition under

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the banner of the King George Sound
Company. This venture aimed to capitalize on

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the lucrative sea otter fur trade,
which had been identified during Captain James Cook's

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third voyage, when Cook's crew sold
pelts on their return journey to Britain.

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Equipped with two ships, the three
hundred twenty ton King George and the two

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hundred ton Queen Charlotte, the expedition
set sail from Britain in September seventeen eighty

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five. Both vessels had crew members
who had sailed with Cook during his third

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voyage, bringing valuable experience in navigating
the North Pacific. It has been suggested

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that the choice of royal names for
the ships might indicate some form of government

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approval, although the expedition possessed a
five year license from the South Sea Company

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and relied on its authority when engaging
with other traders they encountered, including John

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Mears. Additionally, the expedition benefited
from the meticulous record keeping of William Beresford,

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who documented the voyage in detail.
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Captain John Gore released Portlock from the
resolution towards the end of Cook's journey.

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Copies of the ship's journals and the
news of Cook's passing were carried by Portlock

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as she sailed ahead and the HMS
Portlock was given his lieutenant's commission in September

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of seventeen eighty Departing Britain in September
seventeen eighty five, the expedition sailed down

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the Atlantic, making stops in Madeira
and Cape Verde Islands before reaching the Falkland

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Islands in January of seventeen eighty six. After spending sixteen days in Port Egmont,

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they rounded Cape Horn and ventured north
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twenty fourth, they arrived off Hawaii
near the kaya Laikakua Bay, where Cook

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tragically lost his life in seventeen seventy
nine, seeking fresh provisions to combat scurvy

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which had afflicted the crew, Portlock
hesitated to land due to the uncertainty about

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the reception from Kameahmea, the island's
overall chief. Consequently, he decided to

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bypass Malakai and nearly encountered the French
explorer La Perouse, who had just arrived

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at Maui. Eventually, Portlock anchored
at to Manlua Bay on the south coast

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of Oahu, with the eastern end
of the bay now known as Portlock.

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Some of his men rode westward,
catching a glimpse of Pearl Harbor's entrance beyond

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Wakiki. From there, the expedition
made its way to Waimia in Kawaii,

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where they obtained supplies of yams and
pigs. They then proceeded to Kneehow,

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renowned for its abundance of these resources. Departing the Hawaiian Islands on June thirteenth,

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King George and Queen Charlotte set their
course for Alaska. Here, Nathaniel

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and his crew stumbled upon what would
later be Port Lock. The area had

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been inhabited for centuries by the Alayu
community, who were divided between the US

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state of Alaska and the Russian Administrative
division of Kumkachi Krai. The Aliute are

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indigenous to the islands and the western
part of Alaska Peninsula in present day Alaska.

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Picture of land of rugged coastlines,
towering volcanoes, and a maritime climate

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that has shaped the lives of these
resilient individuals for centuries. For the Alau

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people, the ocean has always been
their lifeline. They were skilled hunters,

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fishermen, and gatherers with an intimate
connection to the sea. Their survival dependent

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on the abundant resources found in the
waters surrounding their homeland. Seals, sea

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otters, and other marine mammals provided
them with not only sustenance, but also

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materials for clothing, tools, and
crafts. Their cultural heritage is a tapestry

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of artistry and craftsmanship, from intricately
woven baskets to beautifully carved ivory and wood.

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The Alloyou people expressed their creativity through
various mediums. Their distinctive parkers,

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adorned with sea otter fur, are
a testament to the mastery of their environment.

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The Alloute society thrived through close knit
communities and complex social structures. Kinship

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systems played a significant role in their
organization, with extended family networks forming the

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backbone of their communities. After Nathaniel
left, the small settlement, Portlock continued

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to thrive and was later named after
the commander. Settlers discovered an abundance of

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salmon in the bay and exploited the
catch long enough to establish a successful cannery

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operation, working with the natives to
share resources. This attracted seasonal workers and

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brought economic prosperity to the community.
Soon enough, by the turn of the

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nineteen hundreds, the community was thriving, but this is when things started to

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go horribly wrong. In nineteen oh
five, Indigenous Allute fishermen working during salmon

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season began claiming they were being harassed
at night by a large animal. A

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cannery supervisor would note how the men
quit their jobs over the hairy man bothering

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them and refused to come back to
work. The Aute workers began speculating that

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the hairy man was nothing less than
the angered ninety knock, directly translating to

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big hairy man in the Alloute Natives
language. The ninety knock was described as

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an evil sasquatch like creature. Covered
in hair and walking on two legs,

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who wanted them to leave the settlement, angered that humans had destroyed his habitat.

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After months of back and forth and
ceased operations at the cannery, eventually

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supervisors were able to negotiate with the
alleutes for better pay, and the indigenous

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workers returned the next season. However, whispers of a mysterious creature they called

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the ninety nine remained. In nineteen
twenty, a group of bow hunters made

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a disturbing discovery on the banks of
the Yukon River. The group were out

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hunting when they stumbled upon a houseboat
that had drifted down streaming become stuck.

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Going over to see what they could
do to help, they quickly noticed the

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boat was covered in what looked like
blood. Fearing the worst, they hid

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it inside, armed and ready for
whatever had made the mess to strike.

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Inside the boat, they found the
owner, Albert Petka, covered in his

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own blood and nearing death. Despite
his injuries, Albert was able to tell

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the bow hunters what had happened to
him. Between gasp He told them in

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how the night before he was inside
the boat when he heard howling nearby,

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going out to investigate, Albert armed
himself with a rifle and stirred his dogs

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to come along with him, searching
the darkness for the source of the noise.

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Within minutes, he found himself face
to face with a terrifying creature,

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standing at seven feet tall and covered
in fur. The creature shrieked at him

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as he approached, and Albert raised
his rifle to strike at the beast.

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Within the blink of an eye,
the creature attacked him, battling his rifle

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away with ease and lashing out at
Albert, penning him against his boat.

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The dogs managed to scare the creature
off, but the damage was done.

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Albert lay for hours, slowly dying, until the group came across him and

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rushed him to a nearby doctor.
Sadly, Albert would die from his injuries,

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and a doctor would later a note
that he could not attribute any animal

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or human known to man for being
responsible for causing such catastrophic injuries, and

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from there fear of the nineteen knock
began to grow. Months after Albert's death

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came a rise in miners and hunters
going missing from the Portlock area. Bodies

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would be discovered in the creek or
strown in the woods, with authorities having

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no idea who or what was causing
the casualties, serial killer encrypted well,

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the locals had already decided they were
being plagued by an angry nineteen knock.

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By nineteen thirty one, deaths were
already at an all time high when Longer

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Andrew Camlock was found dead in the
woods. Andrew and his extended family had

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lived in Portlock, with the longer
preferring solitude out in the wilderness. One

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day after Andrew failed to return home, a search party was sent out,

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and after scouring the dense wilderness,
they came across him, face down in

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the with the back of his head
completely shattered, close by a large piece

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of logging equipment covered in blood.
Initially a thirties work to peddle the story

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of a logging incident gone wrong,
but the community knew better. Andrew was

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known for his safety precautions and had
been on the job long enough to not

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make mistakes like this. His family
argued that if an accident had happened involving

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the logging machine, Andrew would have
been found next to it. Instead,

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he was over fifteen feet away with
injuries that would have killed him. Instantly,

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How was Andrew so far from the
machinery if he had simply fallen foul

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of his bad planning. The distance
between the body and the equipment strongly indicated

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that the machinery had been deliberately wielded
to brutally strike his head before being cast

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aside. The sheer weight and size
of the equipment required the strength of three

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to four men to lift and move
it. So who or what killed him?

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In one incident, Thomas Wyene Larson, who moved to Portlock in nineteen

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twenty five to work on the mines, came face to face with the beast

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as the creature destroyed fish wheels on
the beach. Tall standing on two feet

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and covered in hair, the creatures
stared down the miner, daring him to

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strike, as Larson mustered up the
carriage to raise his weapon, But just

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as he was about to strike,
an overwhelming force came over him, telling

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him not to kill the beast.
Powerless to stop himself, he lowered his

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weapon and walked away, spending the
years up until his nineteen ninety four death

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questioning what had compelled him to spare
the creature that had terrorized his town With

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instances continuing to ramp up. Town
settlers felt like they were being picked off

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one by one. Cannery workers would
go out in groups, never to return,

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and only for their mutilated bodies to
turn up months later. Hunters began

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tracking the beast and found footprints that
resembled humans, the difference being this one

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was eighteen inches long, stretching out
into the dense forest. The hunters attempted

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to find where the beasts sheltered,
but the prince eventually trailed off and the

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deaths only continued. During a search
operation, a hunting party stumbled upon a

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disfigured corpse of a missing hunter in
a creek. The injuries inflicted on the

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body were not typical of a bear
attack, raising suspicions of a different culprit.

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Similar gruesome discoveries unfolded as bodies cascaded
down from the mountains into a nearby

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lagoon or washed up on the shores
of poor Chat, bearing unmistakable signs of

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being torn apart by an extraordinary,
powerful creature. The alarming frequency of deaths

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and disappearances sent waves of unease through
the local community. The lagoon became a

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haunting spectacle, with lifeless body surface
on a regular basis, causing residents to

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retreat indoors, gripped by fear of
the eerie forest that surrounded them. These

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unsettling events coincided with a surge in
sightings of towering, hairy beings and shadow

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entities. Settlers referred to these creatures
as mountain apes, hairy men, or

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devils, while the indigenous population identified
them as the ninety nine. These entities

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became synonymous with the area's atmosphere of
strangeness and death. As the incidents intensified,

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a mass exodus from Port Lock ensued. In the late nineteen forties.

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Settlers and natives combined all fled the
area, searching for safety in neighboring towns.

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Homes were abandoned, with personal effects
left untouched for decades. One by

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one, families picked up and left, and by the close of the nineteen

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fifties, the post office, one
of the last remaining hints of civilization,

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closed, with the postmaster fleeing his
post. By nineteen fifty one, the

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town stood desolate and forsaken, leaving
behind structures, equipment, and even an

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abandoned cannery. The god daughter of
Andrew Camlock and the local elder from Nawallack,

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Milania. Helen Kell gave an insightful
interview that was published in the Homer

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Tributes October two thousand and nine issue. She gave light on the causes of

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the village's disappearances because she was born
there in nineteen thirty four. According to

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her, her parents and the other
villagers were wary of experiencing the dread brought

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on by a creature known as the
ninety nine, which translates to half man,

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half beast. Numerous locals eventually came
to the point of refusing to go

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into the nearby woodlands, and over
time they left their homes, the local

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school, and moved up the coast
to Port Graham. Though Portlock now stood

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abandoned, that didn't stop tales of
strange encounters from the area emanating. In

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nineteen sixty eight, a hunter who
was in search of goats claimed to have

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been pursued by a mysterious creature while
out in the hunting grounds. Another incident

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occurred in nineteen seventy three, when
three hunters sought refuge in the same area

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during a severe three day storm.
They reported that each night something circled their

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tent, producing the distinct sound of
walking on two feet. Fast forward to

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nineteen ninety, when the Anchorage paramedic
was called to provide medical assistance to a

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seventy year old Native individual who had
suffered a heart attack while incarcerated in the

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Eagle River Jail. During the treatment, the paramedic mentioned previous hunting experiences near

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Portlock. To the paramedic surprise,
the elderly man abruptly sat up, grasped

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the medic shirt, and urgently inquired, did it bother you? Did you

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see it? The paramedic ed later
shared his encounter on the Bigfoot Encounter's website,

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documenting this intriguing interaction. I don't
belong to any UFOL group or anything

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like that, but this actually happened
to me. I've told a few trusted

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friends about it, but never bothered
to write it down, So I'll try

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to relate it as accurately as memory
allows. In ninety ninety, while I

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was working as a paramedic in Anchorage, we got called out on an alarm

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for a man having a heart attack
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He was a Native man in his
seventies, and after I got him stabilized

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with IVS, O two and cardiac
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transport him to the Native hospital in
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I had time to talk to this
gentleman, who was a Elliott from the

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Native village of Port Graham, a
remote village on the lower end of cook

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Inlet. Well, as usual with
me, the topic eventually drifted to hunting

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and fishing, and I casually mentioned
to him that I and two other hunting

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buddies were once weathered in at the
Upper Lagoon at Dogfish Bay, only a

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few miles from his home in Port
Graham. The lagoon was about as beautiful

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and wild a place as I ever
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Well, when I said that I
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salt Man sat up on the gurney
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shirt. He got right up to
my face and said, did it bother

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you? Well, with that question, the hair just stood up on the

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back of my head. I said
yes, did you see it? Was

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his next question. I said,
no, did you see it? He

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said no, but my brothers seen
it. It chased him. A salt

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Elliott and I were talking about the
same thing. But we never mentioned the

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word bigfoot or legend or anything like
that. But we both knew what we

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were talking about. You see,
in August of nineteen seventy three, three

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of us were bow hunting for goats
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wilderness of Lower cook Inlet when a
storm forced us to take shelter in Darkfish

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Bay Lagoon. We beached our skiff
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After a dinner of broiled salmon,
we turned into our tent. Back in

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those days, the best tent I
had was a dark green canvas job with

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a center pole and no windows or
floor. We left the fire burning and

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cleaned the pots and pans so as
not to attract bears during the night,

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and turned in. The sky was
clear, but the wind was howling through

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the old growth timber that lined ashore. Sometimes around two AM, my friend

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Dennis woke me up by squeezing my
leg and I could dimly see his face

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in the tent. His finger was
across his lips. I listened. Then

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I heard it a step. A
man was quietly walking outside of our tent,

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taking very deliberate steps. Not a
bear. Scenes from the movie Deliverance

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flashed through my mind. So we
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party, with the same leg grab
and finger to the lips. The walking,

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or rather the sneaking, continued until
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then all was quiet except for the
wind. We had our bows and the

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O six leaning against the tree outside
of the tent, so somehow we talked

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Joe into belly crawling out the tent
to get the rifle. We were scared

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shitless, I tell you. The
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to blow. We saw several black
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of the lagoon during the evening hunt, but had no chance for a shot.

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We didn't talk about what had happened
last night, too embarrassed, I

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guess, to be scared by a
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We got back to camp early,
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and ate dinner until around midnight in
August. There were still some light

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in the sky until about ten or
eleven. I recall that we all were

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embarrassed about being afraid about the coming
night. We had a flashlight and a

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rifle and the tent between us locked
and loaded. I finally dozed off,

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but woke right up when Dennis squeezed
my leg. The illuminated hands of my

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watch showed it was two thirty.
Joe was already sitting up and had a

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rifle in hand. I heard the
first step not more than about ten feet

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from the back of the tent,
slowly, then another and another. Whatever

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this was, it sounded like it
was walking on two feet. It made

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the same semicircle around the tent.
When we finally got enough courage to crawl

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out of the tent and turned the
flashlight on, we saw nothing, no

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tracks, nothing. The third night, we've decided if it bothered us again,

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we would come out of the tent
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It never came back the third night, and the following day we had a

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break in the weather and got the
heck out of there. Never told anybody

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about the experience for several years until
about nineteen seventy nine, when I happened

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to be reading an old Alaska Sportsman
magazine published in nineteen thirty five. In

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the letters to the editor, a
woman wrote that she recently found a letter

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written by some distant relative of hers
who was a schoolteacher at a canary in

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Portlock Bay, a rugged ford adjacent
to Dogfish Bay. The year was nineteen

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o five. She quoted from the
letter. It said that the Canary employed

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a small group of alliots from a
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Their camp was about a mile away
from the canary buildings. One day,

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all the alliots moved out of the
village and paddled there by darkness back

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to Port Graham. The letter said
that the alliots claimed that a hairy man

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was bothering and frightening them to the
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have since done some research into the
subject and found written histories of natives from

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Sildovia to Port Graham being frightened and
bothered by something. They even have a

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native name for it. It doesn't
translate into English very well. These accounts

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mostly take place during the first half
of the nineteen hundreds and a native related,

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but not all. I talked to
one white guy who in nineteen sixty

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eight got the bejeebers scared out of
him while coming down an all their choked

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gully while on a goat hunt in
Port Clark, Alaska. Most of These

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accounts proceed the big foot hype that
began to appear in the sixties and seventies

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in the Northwest. Well, anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to

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it. Native American cultures have a
long history of creating hybrid creatures that are

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equal parts and human. The Allute
people sincerely believed that, in the instance

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of the ninety knock, this monster
was once an ordinary human who sadly underwent

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a hideous transformation that were cruel curse
wrought by dark spirits. The evil being

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is not the only unexplained occurrence connected
to the Kenai Peninsula's wind battered cliffs.

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The Allute tribe also tells tales of
a vengeful spirit and a young woman who

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was attacked and killed by an unidentified
assailant. Returning hunters would tell stories of

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meetings with a pale faced woman with
flowing black hair who tried to trap them

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with see hands and drag them into
the grasp of death. With new technology

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and a thirst for answers, in
twenty twenty one, and expedition took place

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in the abandoned towns, with searchers
hoping to catch a sight of the ninety

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nine when modern myths meet native folklore, what did they discover that sent searchers

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fleeing? In Part two, we
will explore the recent events surrounding Portlock,

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including the infamous Alaskan Bigfoot Killer expedition, as well as sightings out of town.

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This is Bigfoot classify as the Boy