Squatchin' in Metaline Falls

Like the old Olympia beer commercials used to say, “I seen ‘em.”

No, I’m not talking about “them there artesians” brewing beer in Washington state. I’m talking about “Squatch,” Sasquatch, Bigfoot. He was alive and well in Metaline Falls this past weekend at the annual Bigfoot Festival.

The region’s most ardent Bigfoot believers headed to up the Pend Oreille River to investigate Sasquatch evidence, meet the “experts” and hobnob with likeminded individuals. I tagged along for a day.

I was sure I’d spot the elusive Bigfoot, something I’ve never seen in decades of backpacking, hiking, hunting, sea...