Raincoast Sasquatch: The Bigfoot / Sasquatch Records of Southeast Alaska, Coastal British Columbia & Northwest Washington from Puget Sound to Yakutat [Paperback]

J Robert Alley (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0888395086 | ISBN-13: 978-0888395085 | Publication Date: November 2003

Leave the civilised world behind as 'Raincoast Sasquatch' takes you out into the rain-drenched forests of the Pacific Northwest on the trail of a living, breathing species of hominid, unlike any known primate today. Enjoy the mystery as you explore the existence of this elusive creature along the remote coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. This is an impressive collection of the first-hand accounts, historical reports and Native folklore that surround Bigfoot/Sasquatch. Sure to be enjoyed by believers and skeptics alike, this book will make you take a closer look into forests everywhere.

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About the Author

Robert Alley has 30 years of interest in Sasquatches. In 1974-75 he worked with the late Rene Dahinden to delve into police sightings of Sasquatches in Washington state. Since 1989, he has been a field investigator with Alaska Bigfoot researchers and has been a member of Oregon-based Western Bigfoot Society since 1998.

Product Details

• Paperback: 359 pages
• Publisher: Hancock House Pub Ltd (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0888395086
• ISBN-13: 978-0888395085
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Canadian coast "investigation", January 19, 2004

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R. Howell "boriskhan" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raincoast Sasquatch: The Bigfoot / Sasquatch Records of Southeast Alaska, Coastal British Columbia & Northwest Washington from Puget Sound to Yakutat (Paperback)

Being a sasquatch buff, I picked this book up in a little store in Bandon, Oregon. I'm glad I did. Robert Alley takes more than a passing interest look into the sasquatch phenomenon and keeps it to a region he is fairly familiar with, the coast and islands of British Columbia. Alley does an excellent job in his research and reiteration of the stories/sightings that he was told / investigated. For those that enjoy a good thorough look into sasquatch/bigfoot, pick this book up but keep in mind, Alley sticks to a limited region here; he does not talk about occurances in the U.S. as those can be found in many other books. It is a fairly limited geographical region he covers but he covers it exceptionally well. Definitely a book to pick up for the avid bigfoot follower.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard To Put Down, April 26, 2006

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R. McRae (Saugus, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raincoast Sasquatch: The Bigfoot / Sasquatch Records of Southeast Alaska, Coastal British Columbia & Northwest Washington from Puget Sound to Yakutat (Paperback)

I've been caught-up in the whole Sasquatch/Cryptozoology phenomenon since Jr. High, and consider myself very well read on the subject; John Green, Rene Dahinden, Loren Coleman, etc. But found this particular book extremely interesting. I was aware of several remote sightings in our 49th state, but didn't realize how frequent the sightings, and the rich prospect of scientific breakthrough. I wouldn't be surprised if the final solving of this mystery occurs in Alaska. I did however expect more reports from British Columbia and Washington State, but past publications, and the numerous Internet websites cover those areas quite well. Stunning eyewitness accounts, and absorbing data. I can't wait for future works on the subject from Mr. Alley.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raises the Bar for Alaska and BC Reports!, January 1, 2009

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Sweet Sasquatch Odor "Investigative Science i... (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raincoast Sasquatch: The Bigfoot / Sasquatch Records of Southeast Alaska, Coastal British Columbia & Northwest Washington from Puget Sound to Yakutat (Paperback)

I really worry this book will soon be out of print. It offers the best coverage of sightings for the remote coastlines of British Columbia and Alaska EVER!

For those reviews that have mentioned that the book might be limited because of its "spatial" focus, I will say this is the book's strength. The bigfoot book genre will need to start moving in this focused direction to better serve readers and researchers. All the big stories have been covered many times over.

What Alley has done represents true research. He's traveled to these small fishing villages and hamlets and interviewed native populations to obtain never-before published accounts of sasquatch encounters. This is no easy chore either. Just look at a map of BC. North of Vacouver, there are only two roads to the coast: one to Prince Rupert and one to Bella Coola. The rest must be reached by boat, plane, helicopter or foot.

Raincoast Sasquatch is a rare look into the remote rainforests of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska. If you are a skeptic, you may want to find yourself a good chair. This book will have you questioning your place in the world.

Kudos to Alley. I hope he will one day publish a follow-up to this seminal work.