National Post: “Tales of a giant, hairy ape-like creature tramping through the woods are running wild in a northern interior B.C. town after a rash of sasquatch sightings.

There have been three reported sightings in the area within a month, said Brian Vike, the Houston, B.C.-based director of HBCC UFO Research. ‘To be honest with you, I don’t know what to make of all this,’ said Mr. Vike. ‘I know with UFOs we’re doing well in B.C., but I don’t know with the sasquatch. I’m just trying to figure it out.’

One of the sightings was reported by Houston resident Delores Harrie, who was at home on July 28 just after 6 p.m., when her two dogs began barking furiously. She saw the doorknob rattle, and when she went outside to investigate, she saw a shaggy creature running across the tree line into the bushes.

‘It was huge – about seven to eight feet tall – and hairy,’ said Ms. Harrie, 45. ‘He had long hair, shaggy… in a pine-beetle colour, totally covered.’ ‘I couldn’t believe how fast he moved,’ she added. ‘I can’t see it being a grizzly. They run but they don’t run on two legs. I know it’s not a moose either.’

Ms. Harrie, who was ‘freaked out’ about the encounter, said she’s trying to be open-minded about what she saw. ‘There are so many things out there. I think it would be a little crazy to think we’re the only ones here.’”

New York Times: “For years, cyclists who ride on city streets have cherished an unusual superstition: if they wear a helmet, they are more likely to get hit by a car. ‘I belong to an e-mail list for cyclists, and they complain about this all the time,’ says Ian Walker, a psychologist at the University of Bath who rides his bike to work every day. But could this actually be true?”

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