Albert Ostman ( c. 1893 – 1975) [1] was a Canadian prospector who reported that he was abducted by a Sasquatch and held captive for six days. He stated that the event took place near Toba Inlet, British Columbia in 1924.
In 1924, Albert Ostman, a lumberjack and woodsman, went to the area for a vacation. Ostman had heard stories about the "man beasts" who supposedly roamed these woods but refused to believe them. [2] As Ostman lay asleep one evening a Sasquatch purportedly picked him up and carried him off while he was in his sleeping bag. [3] Ostman was carried in his sleeping bag across country for three hours by the Sasquatch. [4] The Sasquatch dropped Ostman down on a plateau. Standing around him was a family of four of the creatures. [5] Albert was kept captive by the Sasquatch. The captors were two adults and two children which held Ostman captive for six days. [6] One of the Bigfoots was reported as being eight feet tall. [7] Ostman did not use his gun on them as they had done him no harm. [8] He stayed with the Bigfoot family for a week. [9] Ostman ate "sweet tasting grass" that they gave him. [10] According to Ostman the female Sasquatch washed and stacked leaves. [11] Albert escaped by making the large male Sasquatch groggy by feeding him some snuff. [12] He did not tell his story for more than 24 years after it happened for fear of being thought of as crazy. [13] As more Sasquatch stories appeared in the press Albert decided to tell his story to a local newspaper, The Province, in 1957. [14]
In 2007, the skeptic Joe Nickell characterized the story as "more likely the result of imagination than of recollection". [15] Critics of Ostman note that he did not make the event public until 1957, thirty-three years after he said it took place. [16] Primatologist John Napier states that "Ostman's story fails to convince me primarily on the grounds of the limited food resources available." [17] Bigfoot researcher Peter Byrne cannot accept Ostman's story without more evidence. [18]
Albert Ostman ( c. 1893 – 1975) [1] was a Canadian prospector who reported that he was abducted by a Sasquatch and held captive for six days. He stated that the event took place near Toba Inlet, British Columbia in 1924.
In 1924, Albert Ostman, a lumberjack and woodsman, went to the area for a vacation. Ostman had heard stories about the "man beasts" who supposedly roamed these woods but refused to believe them. [2] As Ostman lay asleep one evening a Sasquatch purportedly picked him up and carried him off while he was in his sleeping bag. [3] Ostman was carried in his sleeping bag across country for three hours by the Sasquatch. [4] The Sasquatch dropped Ostman down on a plateau. Standing around him was a family of four of the creatures. [5] Albert was kept captive by the Sasquatch. The captors were two adults and two children which held Ostman captive for six days. [6] One of the Bigfoots was reported as being eight feet tall. [7] Ostman did not use his gun on them as they had done him no harm. [8] He stayed with the Bigfoot family for a week. [9] Ostman ate "sweet tasting grass" that they gave him. [10] According to Ostman the female Sasquatch washed and stacked leaves. [11] Albert escaped by making the large male Sasquatch groggy by feeding him some snuff. [12] He did not tell his story for more than 24 years after it happened for fear of being thought of as crazy. [13] As more Sasquatch stories appeared in the press Albert decided to tell his story to a local newspaper, The Province, in 1957. [14]
In 2007, the skeptic Joe Nickell characterized the story as "more likely the result of imagination than of recollection". [15] Critics of Ostman note that he did not make the event public until 1957, thirty-three years after he said it took place. [16] Primatologist John Napier states that "Ostman's story fails to convince me primarily on the grounds of the limited food resources available." [17] Bigfoot researcher Peter Byrne cannot accept Ostman's story without more evidence. [18]