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The first written account of the North American "Bigfoot" occurred in 986 AD When Leif Erikson and his men landed in the New World. In Samuel Morison's of the Norse voyages, Erikson mentions creatures that were ugly, hairy, swarthy, and with big black eyes.

In 1924 Albert Ostman claimed he was kidnapped by a Sasquatch and held captive for a week by the beast. Most would of ignored the claim if his description had not been so exact and of similar to what the big foot looked like in future claims.

Another encounter happened in 1924 also the second case was a little more violent with a story involving 4 miners attacked by several giant ape like creatures thawing rocks at them. In washington state in a area called Ape Canyon. Many believed the men because of how terrified they were ensuring that something pretty unreal had to happen to them.

sources:

Myra Shackley - Still Living?, Yeti Sasquatch and the Neanderthal Enigma (1983)

http://www.bigfoot-lives.com/html/bigfoot_history.html

http://ourbigfoot.com/bigfoot_history.html