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Batsquatch

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The Batsquatch is a flying cryptid that was allegedly seen near Mount St. Helens in the 1980s. It resembles a flying primate, similar to the Ahool and the Orang Bati of Southeast Asia, and its name is a portmanteau derived from the words "bat" and "Sasquatch".

A witness allegedly took several pictures of the creature. However, these pictures have not yet been analyzed, and thus cannot prove the creature's existence.

Description[]

This creature was said to have yellow eyes, a dog-like muzzle, blue fur, sharp teeth, bird-like feet and leathery bat-like wings that span up to fifty feet. In addition, Batsquatch is said to be 9 feet tall and has the ability to affect car engines.

Japanese books and websites sometimes describe batsquatch as being 22 ft (7 m) tall, but this is probably a mistranslation as no batsquatch of this size has ever been sighted.

Sightings[]

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Sightings of batsquatch began in 1980, shortly after the eruption of Mount Saint Helens. Reports from this period describe it as a monkey-like creature with red eyes and wings that flies through the plume.

In April 1994, Brian Canfield was driving in Washington's Pierce County when his truck suddenly died. Canfield said a large creature landed in front of him. He said it was human-like, 9 ft tall with batlike wings and also sported a coat of blue fur.

As Canfield's report became well-known, a series of new reports followed. A person named Butch Whittaker reported that he was in a private plane in the vicinity of Canfield's encounter with the batsquatch and encountered a flying batsquatch.

In 1998, a driver of a truck hauling logs in northern Oregon reported a collision with a batsquatch. The batsquatch seen at this time was described as 15 ft tall, with purple eyes and nose and small wings.

In 2009,near Mt. Shasta in California. Several hikers witnessed a "huge" creature with leathery wings (spanning 50 ft.) fly out of a crevice in the mountain. At first, an eye-witness described the creature as having a head similar to a pterodactyl, however upon reconsideration the witness claimed it was more akin to a flying fox bat. 

In June 2011 Pheonix Tieraz (pseudonym) was in his yard walking his dog. He went to pick up the dog when he saw something in the sky. He said the following:

I saw something flying in the sky. It had bat wings, blue fur and had a face similar to eyes glowing red. It was about 9 feet tall at the least, after I watched it just flew away.

On April 14, 2014 at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, a second period Spanish class spotted a giant black mass zip by the window of the classroom at incredible speed. The class claims it was about 9 feet tall with a 20-30 foot wingspan.

Other cryptids that may be related to batsquatch[]

Karl Shuker wondered if batsquatch might be related to deva, a red bat-like creature 10 to 12 feet tall that Geoffrey Hodson saw in the Lake District of England in June 1922. He also heard from Mark Phillipps that there had been sightings of a 30-40 foot wide orange bat, which he thought might also be related to batsquatch.

Others thought that the Unnamed Kaiju captured in Japan in 1826 might be batsquatch.

In Popular Culture[]

  • Batsquatch is featured in popular trading card game MetaZoo: Cryptid Nation.
  • Batsquatch is the name of a beer produced by Rogue Brewing in Oregon.

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