The beginning of the story of the Skookum in Orting, Washington, 1973-1977: The wind paused to fill its cheeks, seeking direction for its next mighty onslaught. It blew fresh off the glaciers of Mt. Rainier, freezing everything in its path to a still-frame of winter glory. Northwest natives knew the secret of the wind: With it came the low, mournful cries of Skookum, the great man-beast of the mountain. Generations of fathers and sons passed on the knowledge of the elusive tribe of giants. Skookums? grotesque likenesses ...
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The beginning of the story of the Skookum in Orting, Washington, 1973-1977: The wind paused to fill its cheeks, seeking direction for its next mighty onslaught. It blew fresh off the glaciers of Mt. Rainier, freezing everything in its path to a still-frame of winter glory. Northwest natives knew the secret of the wind: With it came the low, mournful cries of Skookum, the great man-beast of the mountain. Generations of fathers and sons passed on the knowledge of the elusive tribe of giants. Skookums? grotesque likenesses graced Totem poles in each village and peopled campfire tales. Skookum was part of the Indian world. Each year, at the first sign of autumn, Skookum would retire to the caves on the Great Mountain. They would stay there until the scent of the thaw reached their nostrils from the valley below. Finally, winter began to lose its hold on the land and mournful cries could be heard on the wind?
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Fine. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Glossy pictorial wraps, fine. Pages fine. Bright brown and green cover design of a sasquatch leaving its impression in a meadow floor by Scott Davis. A four-year story of ongoing encounters between the author, Sali Sheppard-Wolford, her young child, Autumn Williams, and a group of Bigfoot that played on their country property and thunderously walked by their house in the dead of night peering in through windows. Autumn Williams, after nearly three decades, finally convinded her mother to tell the tale of four years of encounters with a group of Bigfoot in Orting, Washington. Includes investigations of Bigfoot and other strange phenomena in the area. Sheppard-Wolford describes her spirit journeys with the Indian guide, Dream Walker. In addition, other investigations near Orting are examined, including a suppressed UFO crash where the old newspapers reporting the incident have unexplainably vanished from archives, and, the unexplained spirit lights that have appeared on the ridge above a nearby river. 286 pages.
