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It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. T(...)
It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. T(...)

It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. T(...)

Date3/19/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: It was a hairy time at Metro Zoo yesterday as the legendary monster of the western timberlines loped out of the widerness to cavort with youngsters. The usually shy beast; Bigfoot; or Sasquatch as he's also know; is interviewed by Steven Dean and Susie MacKenzie. He admitted he actually is 25-year-old Allan Smith; a Yonge St. record-store clerk. He will come out of hiding daily at 11 a.m.; 1 p.m. and 2 p.n. during school break.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116381F
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