Sasquatch In The Neighborhood?

By now, you've probably heard about the Bigfoot (aka. Sasquatch) sightings in SE Wisconsin over the last few weeks: a road-kill deer stolen out of the back of a highway worker's pickup near Holy Hill, a couple of boys from Merton who saw the creature at the edge of the woods in their backyard, and a sighting near Farmington.

As most of us, I don't believe in the existence of these animals. There has never been any supporting physical evidence such as a body or hair/fur samples. Yet people in this area have seen something - and it feeds the imagination.

Yesterday was garbage pick-up day at my house. As I left for work, I found one of my plastic garbage bags had been carried from the curb to a bench next to my house, ripped open, and foodstuffs partially eaten and strewn about. It was likely a raccoon or the like - yet my wife and I joked that Bigfoot had visited and even found the bench convenient to sit on while scavenging.

Today, at the office, a co-worker got a call from her husband. It seems that a number of their chickens had been killed and others maimed overnight. We all agreed that it was probably a fox or other small predator - yet no one could stop thinking about Sasquatch grabbing a little chicken dinner.

Cue the "Twilight Zone" music.