A Canadian Armed Forces veteran recalls two unsettling wilderness incidents from his military service, one involving unexplained voices during winter training near Algonquin Provincial Park, and a second, far more physical encounter near Wainwright, Alberta. What he saw that day, a huge reddish-brown, hair-covered creature violently ambushing a white-tailed buck, stayed with him for the rest of his life.

CASE FILE:

Date: Month not specified, likely winter training period

Location: Wainwright, Alberta, Canada

Secondary Location Mentioned: Mountaintop training area near Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario

Witness: Canadian Armed Forces soldier, communication specialist

Military Context: Canadian Armed Forces winter warfare and field communications duties

Entity Described: Large reddish-brown, hair-covered, muscular, upright humanoid

Associated Activity: Ambush predation of a white-tailed deer

Environmental Conditions: Deep snow, forest edge, open field, remote military training area

Report Type: Military eyewitness encounter, Sasquatch-type predation event

WITNESS REPORT

“I am a 62-year-old man, and I have seen a lot of things in my life. My mother and grandmother were Cree. When I was young, my mother told me a story from her grandmother about the Wendigo and how it related to our people. She would always warn me to beware of the Wendigo.

When I came of age, I joined the Canadian Armed Forces. My parents drove me to the gate as I was about to walk into my new life. My mother said, ‘I am proud of you, my son. I am sure you will do well. Just be careful when you are out in the wild. Watch for the Wendigo.’

After basic training, I was sent on a tradesman course and then to my first posting. I was assigned to the Special Service Force in Petawawa, Ontario, as a communication specialist. My job involved fixing telecommunication equipment, and I held a top-secret security clearance. We trained hard there, and I was prepared to face whatever enemy I might encounter during my missions.

One December, we were transported by helicopter to a mountaintop close to Algonquin Provincial Park for a week of winter warfare training. During that week, each of us had to take a turn on night guard duty.

One night, at around 2:00 AM, I began hearing strange voices coming from down the mountain. The temperature was around minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit. At first, I checked to make sure everyone was asleep in their tents. Everyone was accounted for. I scanned the area with my military-issued flashlight, trying to locate whoever might be out there. I could not see anyone.

The voices continued for a while. I called out, ‘Hello. Who goes there? You are on a Canadian Armed Forces base. Identify yourself.’

There was no answer.

I kept listening. The voices sounded Asian to me. Some seemed to come from the right, others from the left, almost as if several people were having a conversation. Since this was only a training exercise, we had no ammunition for our weapons. Not knowing what to expect, I did the next best thing. I fixed my bayonet and continued walking around the camp.

After a while, the voices stopped.

I remember wondering who in their right mind would hike at least 20 miles into the wilderness in that kind of miserable weather just to pull a prank on us. That week, the base was shut down twice because of the extreme cold. Of course, we remained on the mountaintop. That was part of the training.

When my replacement arrived, the first thing he asked was why I had the bayonet fixed to my weapon. I did not want to tell him I had been hearing voices down below us, so I told him it was so cold that I had been doing drill movements to keep warm. I do not know if he believed me.

The next month, there was a major military exercise in Wainwright, Alberta. The entire brigade was there. One day, my partner and I were sent out on a call to repair a piece of equipment that was somewhere in the middle of nowhere. We had been driving for about 45 minutes through deep snow and still could not locate it.

I was driving, so I stopped to check our location and find the equipment. My partner was studying a topographical map while I looked around for a reference point.

To our right was a forested area with pine trees and underbrush. To our left was an open field. About 100 feet from the tree line, at my 10 o’clock position, there was a large white-tailed buck foraging in the snow. The deer was facing us and looking in our direction.

Then, out of nowhere, a huge creature blasted out of the tree line and went straight for the deer.

It moved so fast that it covered the distance between the trees and the deer in less time than it took me to tell my partner to look.

The creature grabbed the deer by the head. It was about 2 feet taller than the deer. It was reddish-brown, with very wide shoulders. The head was pointed and seemed to sit directly on the shoulders, with no visible neck. Its arms were long and heavily muscled. Its legs looked like 55-gallon drums, and the entire body was covered with long hair.

I wish I had more time to observe it and take in more details, but everything happened so fast.

As soon as the creature reached the deer, it put one hand on top of the deer’s head and the other at the back of its neck. Then it twisted the deer’s neck like it was a rag. Without even stopping, it headed back into the woods with the deer over its shoulder.

I put the truck in gear and said, ‘Let’s get out of here!’

My partner eventually found the trail leading to our destination, and we located the equipment. When we returned to the bivouac area, my sergeant asked if everything had gone okay. I told him I didn't know what I had seen on the way to the other location, but it was pretty freaky.

He looked at me and said he did not want to hear about it.

So I kept it to myself and walked away.

As time went on, and as I grew older, I realized that I had witnessed a Sasquatch harvest that deer.

I had a good career in the Army. I served on several United Nations peacekeeping missions around the world. I saw strange animals and witnessed many unusual situations. But that beast in Alberta is the one thing I will never forget.” HJ

COMMENTARY

This report has several notable elements that set it apart from a routine, fleeting Sasquatch sighting. The witness was a trained Canadian Armed Forces soldier, a communications specialist accustomed to field conditions, military discipline, and stressful environments. His reaction was not a dramatic exaggeration. In the Ontario incident, he quietly fixed his bayonet and kept the matter to himself. In Alberta, after seeing the creature kill and carry off the deer, his immediate response was tactical withdrawal.

The Wainwright portion is especially important because it describes behavior, not simply appearance. The creature emerged from cover, crossed roughly 100 feet in seconds, executed a direct predatory grab, broke or twisted the deer’s neck, and carried the animal back into the woods without stopping. The witness did not describe scavenging, road crossing, intimidation, or vocalization. He described what appeared to be an ambush.

Regional context is also worth noting. The Alberta Sasquatch Organization has specifically cataloged a Wainwright-area military witness report titled “Special Forces Soldier Has Dramatic Wainwright Encounter,” while also maintaining Alberta reports from Banff, Jasper, Nordegg, Waterton, Kananaskis, and other parts of the province. BFRO’s Alberta database also lists multiple Class A and Class B reports across the province, including daylight sightings, footprints, screams, roadside crossings, and hunter encounters from northern, central, and western Alberta.

The earlier Ontario incident near Algonquin Provincial Park also fits a known pattern in some Sasquatch and wilderness anomaly reports: disembodied voices, vocal mimicry, strange conversations, wood knocks, or sounds that seem to move around the listener. BFRO has archived sound-only incidents from the Algonquin border region, including wood knocking near the Rain Lake access area and Cripple Creek, though that report is separate from this witness account.

The witness’s Cree family warning about the Wendigo adds cultural weight to the narrative, but it should be handled carefully. The Windigo, or Wendigo, is part of the spiritual traditions of Algonquian-speaking First Nations and is generally associated with winter, hunger, cannibalism, and dangerous wilderness forces. That does not mean the Alberta creature was a Wendigo. However, the witness’s lifelong framing of the remote winter wilderness as a place where dangerous beings might exist clearly shaped his interpretation of both events.

From an investigative standpoint, the most compelling details are the creature’s speed, strength, lack of a visible neck, reddish-brown hair, enormous shoulders, and efficient predatory movement. The behavior suggests either an unknown large primate-like cryptid adapted to northern environments, a flesh-and-blood Sasquatch capable of opportunistic deer predation, or, more controversially, an anomalous humanoid intelligence occasionally interpreted through Indigenous wilderness traditions. The report does not require an interdimensional or ultraterrestrial explanation, but the Ontario “voices” incident leaves open the possibility that the witness experienced more than one category of wilderness anomaly during his military career.

CASE NOTES

• The witness had military training and was familiar with extreme field conditions.

• The Alberta encounter occurred in deep snow near a forest edge and open field, ideal terrain for an ambush from cover.

• The creature was described as reddish-brown, broad-shouldered, hair-covered, long-armed, and extremely powerful.

• The head appeared pointed and set directly onto the shoulders, with little or no visible neck.

• The deer was killed quickly by a head and neck twist, then carried away over the creature’s shoulder.

• The witness’s sergeant immediately discouraged discussion, suggesting either disbelief, discomfort, or prior awareness of unusual reports in the area.

• The earlier Algonquin-area incident involved unexplained voices in extreme winter conditions, which may suggest vocal mimicry or an unrelated wilderness anomaly.

• The Cree family warning about the Wendigo provides cultural context, but the physical description in Alberta is more consistent with a Sasquatch-type entity.

This Canadian military Sasquatch encounter near Wainwright, Alberta, is one of the more unsettling field reports because it involves an experienced soldier, a remote training environment, and the direct observation of a large hair-covered humanoid ambushing and carrying off a white-tailed deer. The account also connects with older wilderness traditions involving the Wendigo, unexplained voices near Algonquin Provincial Park, and long-standing reports of Sasquatch activity throughout Alberta. Lon

FAQ

Was this creature described as a Sasquatch or a Wendigo?

The witness later believed he had seen a Sasquatch. His mother’s warning about the Wendigo is important cultural context, but the physical description, including reddish-brown hair, massive shoulders, long arms, and a powerful upright body, is more consistent with Sasquatch reports.

Where did the deer ambush take place?

The incident occurred during a large military exercise near Wainwright, Alberta, while the witness and his partner were trying to locate equipment in deep snow.

Did anyone else see the creature?

The witness’s partner was present, but the account does not clearly state how much of the actual attack the partner saw. The witness did alert him as the creature emerged.

Why is the military context important?

The witness was trained, disciplined, and familiar with stressful field situations. His reaction, leaving the area and later quietly reporting something “freaky” to his sergeant, reads as controlled rather than sensational.

Are there other Sasquatch reports from Alberta?

Yes. Alberta has a long history of Sasquatch reports, including sightings, tracks, vocalizations, and roadside encounters in several regions of the province.

NOTICE: Witnesses Sought for Upcoming TV and Film Project

If you have ever seen a winged humanoid in Chicago or the surrounding region, including the O’Hare corridor, nearby suburbs, forest preserves, Lake Michigan shoreline, or northwestern Indiana, I would like to hear from you.

I am currently assisting with an upcoming television and film project focused on the ongoing Chicago Winged Humanoid phenomenon and am seeking credible eyewitnesses, both past and recent, who may be willing to share their experiences.

If you have previously contacted me or are a new witness who has not yet come forward, please consider reaching out. All serious inquiries will be treated with respect and discretion.

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