Old Timey Crimey #82: Albert Ostman - "Woolen Bananahammock"

Old Timey Crimey

He was a manly man's man, and then a man of a different kind took him on a little trip. A man covered in hair. A man...with large feet.

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Music:

Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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Sources:

http://www.bigfootencounters.com/classics/ostman.htm

https://www.ufoinsight.com/cryptozoology/bigfoot-encounters/sasquatch-abduction-albert-ostman

https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/adultlitfundreader3/chapter/searching-for/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/scary-abandoned-town-port-chatham-ak/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Genoskwa

https://www.reddit.com/r/MysteriousUniverse/comments/dp3a55/an_interesting_comparison_of_missing_411_cases/

Animalplanet.com

Newspapers.com (The Province, Saturday, May 4, 1957

Findagrave.com

nytimes.com

NYTimes. David C. Anderson. “It’s hard to prove that something, even a monster, doesn’t exist.” https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/20/archives/stalking-the-sasquatch-its-hard-to-prove-that-something-even-a.html

Wikipedia. “Toba Inlet.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_Inlet “Portlock.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlock,_Alaska. “Albert Ostman.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Ostman

Canberra Times, 1982. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130838866?searchTerm=albert%20ostman

Carey Seward. “This Abandoned Ghost Town In Alaska Is Downright Bone Chilling.” Only in Your State. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/this-abandoned-ghost-town-is-downright-bone-chilling-ak/

“Mysteries of Portlock Alaska and the Abandonment of the Small Town in the 1900s.” KINY radio. https://www.kinyradio.com/news/news-of-the-north/mysteries-of-portlock-alaska-and-the-abandonment-of-the-small-town-in-the-1900s/

Animal Planet. “Top 10 Hairiest Bigfoot Stories.” http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/finding-bigfoot/lists/9-the-tale-of-albert-ostman/

Don Lory. “Kidnapped by a Sasquatch.” Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=44400288&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjUwMTMwNTQwMiwiaWF0IjoxNjAxNTA4OTUxLCJleHAiOjE2MDE1OTUzNTF9.2wmFv8gkExT22U-dfxNsHyIRtet67vjDbSelZ_4WQWU

Tim Flight. “The Hairy History of Bigfoot in 20 Intriguing Events.” History Collection. https://historycollection.com/the-hairy-history-of-bigfoot-in-20-intriguing-events/7/

Daily Colonist. https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist18840704uvic/18840704#page/n2/mode/1up

Bigfoot, Yeti, and the Last Neanderthal: A Geneticist's Search for Modern Apemen by Bryan Sykes (genre: “controversial literature” lol)