Thomas Sewid and his wife Peggy Seaview operate Sasquatch Island which is a website www.sasquatchisland.com, a YouTube channel and their very popular Facebook group Sasquatch Island. They are fast become one of the most recognized speakers and performers of Sasquatch or as his Kwakwaka'wakw Tribe from Vancouver Island north British Columbia Canada calls them Dzunukwa. 

Sasquatch Island has been sharing their North American Tribal culture, perspectives, beliefs, art and Tom's encounters with Sasquatch. Tom likes to call himself the modern day bushman, for he lived and worked in the bush for decades. When he was not in the bush, he had a career as a commercial fisherman throughout coastal British Columbia. Having been a hunting guide for decades focusing on black and grizzly bears, this along with his other experiences have allowed him to be a Sasquatch personality that few can compare. 

One will be mesmerized, entertained and most of all educated about characteristics about Sasquatch that few know other than other North American Indians. During their stage show, Sasquatch Island will display and perform traditional masks of Dzunukwa and other regalias of creatures few will ever get to see other than if you were attending a Potlatch. Tom and Peggy are a performance all Sasquatch enthusiasts will want to experience! 

Mel is an enrolled member of the Yakama Nation in Washington State.  His entire career (37yrs) has been in the forests of The Pacific Northwest, with the United States Forest Service and the Yakama Nation, where he spent 27 years  

He started to listen to stories of the Forest People as a young child from his great grandfather. He would listen to locals and other enrolled members of their encounters. During is career he has had numerous encounters with Sasquatch, ranging from putrid smells to sighting one. 

That is when it peaked his interest and wanted to learn more than just the stories.  He became a member of the BFRO and investigating encounters across Washington and Oregon. During his Forestry career was the main investigator for all the encounters of Bigfoot. 

He has done many interviews with all media including Coast to Coast AM, The Robb Report, ESPN and The Yakima Herald Republic. 

Mel has appeared on television programs; Red Earth Uncovered, Finding Bigfoot, Expedition Bigfoot, Yeti Massacre.  ALSO has appeared in bigfoot documentaries; Bigfoot’s Reflection,  A Flash of Beauty: Bigfoot Revealed and its sequel Paranormal Bigfoot. 

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Scot Violette, who grew up in Summerville, Oregon, graduated from Imbler High School and moved to Baker City with his wife, Hannah, in 2012.

“I do believe they exist. I think the proof is right there.”

Scot’s interest in this most famous of “cryptids” – animals whose existence has not been conclusively proved – dates to age 7 and an afternoon trip to watch a movie and witnessed for the first time the Patterson/Gimlin film.

Scot, a student of Anthropology, has devote his life to pursuing what mainstream science long ago decided was merely a myth.

Violette’s dedication to the pursuit of Bigfoot is considerable.

“It’s important to me that science eventually accepts this,” he said. “It’s not just a reason to go out into the woods.”

Hannah Violette is a city-born urbanite who only discovered that the outside was bigger than her backyard after marrying her country boy.

She never gave Bigfoot a thought – and has only recently watched “Harry and the Hendersons” – until Scot started presenting his finds for her opinion and consideration.  

She has since learned to love hiking and camping. While greatly appreciating the scientific approach to Bigfoot research, she is far more interested in the Native American and other cultures’ lore surrounding the subject. She is an accomplished researcher writer and educator and uses her skills to blog about their squatching life on the road as well as bring levity and personal growth to her own readers. She also helps people get healthy so they can go on their own squatching adventures without running out of breath.

Jesus Payan Jr. is an actor who plays "Gonzo" on the Television Series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, along with numerous other hit movies with John Cena, Mark Wahlberg, Denzel Washington and so many more.

Jesus Jr. began his lifelong quest to find and understand the reality of the elusive Sasquatch. He was chosen as one of the field researchers for the “Falcon Project.” He was featured on FINDING BIGFOOT on their “Four Corners episode on the Upper Fruitland Navajo Reservation where Jesus Jr. threw the first Bigfoot Conference ever on that reservation.

He’s worked with numerous Ph.D.’s in Anthropology and was part of the Cryptid Hominid Genome Project. 

He’s been face to-face with a Sasquatch within 10 feet of him as well as other sightings. He’s been researching Sasquatch in and out of the field for over 30 years and sharing his research on his YouTube channel