In May 2018, a retired Canadian Forces veteran and scientist living near the Seine River roughly thirty minutes south of Winnipeg reported an extraordinary daylight encounter with three alleged Sasquatch moving through woodland close to his property.
According to the account, later published through Phantoms & Monsters, the witness had been taking a routine walk through a secluded forested area near the river when he noticed movement among the trees. Emerging from the cover, he claimed, were three large bipedal figures unlike any known wildlife native to the region.
The witness described the creatures as standing approximately seven feet tall with broad muscular frames covered in dark hair. Their movements appeared cautious but controlled, as though aware they were being observed. One detail that reportedly unsettled the witness was the facial structure of the beings, which he described as unusually human despite their heavy body hair and size.
Unlike many Sasquatch reports, which occur briefly at night or under poor viewing conditions, the Seine River encounter allegedly took place in clear daylight and lasted several minutes. The witness also claimed to have taken photographs during the incident, though the available images remain inconclusive due to their quality and distance from the subjects.
According to the report, the creatures displayed no signs of aggression. After observing the witness for a short period, they reportedly withdrew silently back into the forest.
No independent corroboration for the incident has publicly emerged. There are presently no secondary witnesses, official investigations, physical trace evidence or independently verified photographic analyses connected to the case. The account appears to derive solely from the original witness testimony published through the paranormal reporting outlet.
Even so, the report fits within a much broader pattern of Sasquatch sightings reported across Canada over the last century.
While British Columbia tends to dominate modern Bigfoot folklore, Manitoba has quietly accumulated its own long history of sightings, particularly around heavily forested river systems and sparsely populated rural corridors. Databases maintained by organisations such as the contain multiple reports from across the province spanning decades.
The Seine River area itself is not traditionally considered a major Sasquatch hotspot. Yet its dense woodland, water access and relatively isolated stretches of terrain match the type of environment frequently associated with North American Bigfoot reports. Similar descriptions recur throughout Canadian witness testimony: large hairy hominid-like figures displaying apparent intelligence, evasive behaviour and an ability to disappear rapidly into dense cover.
The witness profile also adds an interesting dimension to the story. Sasquatch researchers have long noted that many modern reports come not from obvious believers or attention seekers, but from hunters, military veterans, police officers, outdoorsmen and technically trained professionals who describe themselves as initially sceptical. That does not validate the phenomenon, but it complicates simplistic assumptions that all such reports stem from fantasy or misidentification.
Indigenous traditions across Canada have also preserved stories for centuries describing large wild beings inhabiting remote forests. Interpretations vary significantly between communities, and researchers remain cautious about collapsing distinct indigenous traditions into modern “Bigfoot” mythology. Nevertheless, the persistence of similar themes across geographical regions continues to attract attention from folklorists and cryptid researchers alike.
The Manitoba report echoes the southeastern Ontario case, where witnesses also described more than one creature and a possible adult-and-juvenile dynamic rather than a single fleeing animal, reported in Southeastern Ontario Teen Reports Close Encounter with Juvenile and Adult Bigfoot in 2014.
The scientific mainstream remains unconvinced. Despite thousands of reported sightings across North America, no verified body, fossil record or uncontested DNA evidence has ever confirmed the existence of Sasquatch as a biological species. For critics, that absence of physical evidence remains decisive.
Cases such as the Seine River encounter therefore remain suspended in the uncertain territory between folklore, eyewitness testimony and unresolved anomaly. Whether the witness encountered an unknown animal, misinterpreted something ordinary under unusual circumstances, or experienced something genuinely unexplained is ultimately impossible to determine from the available evidence.
Source: Phantoms and Monsters
