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Show J SALT FLAT NEWS, NOVEMBER, 1970 10 by Richard Mcnzies At least one lucky deer hunter was home from the hills this month with a most remarkable story. Alvin Pratt of Las Cajas, Nevada, a rambling suburb of Los Angeles, is one of very few men ever to see a sasquatch and tell about it. On the 31st of October Pratt was hunting, deer on the west slope of the Ruby Mountain Range, where the unusual incident occurred. According to Pratt, he had just parked his camper bus in the Lost Creek wilderness sector and was patrolling the area in his ATV (All Terrain Vehicle). Suddenly he detected a movement in the bushes to his right. Thinking it might be a fellow hunter, Pratt discharged six shots from a 30.06 rifle in the general direction, whereupon the strange creature bolted and ran. Pratt, whose marksmanship is equalled only by his skill as a photographer, then went for his camera and snapped the remarkable picture reprinted here. Sports The elusive sasquatch has long been sought after by government fish and game authorities, chiefly by the Interior Secretarys Special Commission to Study the Snipe, Sasquatch and Sidehill Auger, established in 1932. To date, only five sightings of the sasquatch, believed a relative of the Himalayan yeti, have been recorded. In 1936, following a sighting in the Deep Creek Range, the commission set about an ambitious project to obtain a plaster cast of the animals footprint. Approxihundred and mately thirty-tw- o acres of plaster were eighty-fiv- e poured by the Civilian Conservation Corps, mostly around water-hole-s and suspected hangouts. Several foot and hand impressions were secured, along with a great deal of graffiti nothing, however, that could be attributed to tiie recondite sasquatch. MAKE TRAILSiTO WELLS later at a Rotary described the Pratt banquet, strange animal as being about the size of a short man, covered from head to foot with a thick coat of hair. It ran very quickly Speaking on its hind feet and made a sort Merriment at Mt. Tent of whistling sound." Animalia specialists last week speculated the creature seen by ftatt might be a species of the Remarkable photograph taken by Alvin Pratt of Las Cajas, Nevada, shows sasquatch running away from hunter. Unidentified object in upper left corner of the picture is believed to be flying saucer. North American sasquatch, or Bigfoot, as it is known among local Indian tribes. Comparing Pratts blurred photograph with similar blurred photographs appearing in Argosy and True magazines, the scientists arrived at their startling conclusion. The group had hoped the Nevada hunter could supply more information; however, he (Pratt) was running too fast to note specific CAMRA Car 27 Bounces Bach; Not Far Enough Special to the NEWS CAMRA chal- PHOENIX-T- he lenger from Wendover and Salt Lake literally got bumped out of the running here last month, but bounced back respectably before another accident put it out of the running. Car 27, the Little Giant driven by Billy Madsen, hit the wall on the dirt track and overturned three times during a major race on the banked oval. Undaunted, owners Vern Madsen and Roy Palmer, who operate service stations in Wendover and Salt Lake, had the car rebuilt in time for competition on a one-mil- e later. asphalt track one week In that Phoenix Invitational, Car 27 went up against the top . cage sprints and modified cars on the same track as used by Indianapolis type cars. j Car 27 is a top contender n Modified the Canadian-America- n Pow-- j circuit. Racing Association inch cubic a 318 ered by engine, juries, but a broken axle and wheels meant Car 27 would not - ' finish. December 20th Drawing for SKI-DO- O T NT 440 Sponsored by the WELLS JAYCEES details. The car is now being tom down to its frame, inspected and rebuilt for next season. Major League Hondos Win Special to the NEWS STANSBURY ISLAND-- An team came in first in' a sixty-mil- e motorcycle race over salt flats and rocky trails to beat out thirty other teams here last all-Hon- da asketbaDI month. The team headed by Adrian Nebeker took trophies and a $200 purse for Nebeker and David Spencer of Draper, Bill Denniss of Bountiful and Alan McKelvie. Only eleven teams finished the grueling stretch of nothing in Tooele County. Bees Motorcycle Club of Salt Lake City sponsored the race. . in smallest displacement racked has car the up CAMRA, i ! i I trophy after trophy for its new owners and helped Billy Madsen become CAMRAs rookie of the driver year and ninth-ranke- d this year. Because of its hasty rebuild, Car 27 qualified poorly at the Phoenix Invitational, placing sixteenth in a field of seventy-fou- r cars. But during the first fifty lap event, Car 27 passed by eleven cars in front to end fifth overall. The second fifty lap event, however, went not so well. After Wendy Shepherd, daughter of seventeen laps 'and moving up Mr. and Mrs Gerald Shepherd to fourth place, Car 27 was of Wendover, was chosen as the -Wimped into the wall at about West High Rise dorm candidate6 ne hundred and sixty miles an .for Utah State University homehour. There were again no in- - coming queen. -- . TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE SALT PALACE TICKET OFFICE or phone (801) 355-289- 1 :or 363-768- 1 |