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PR IN T: Sports Wednesday,Oct.31,2012 J Bigfoot finds solace in soccer, wows local team and coach Kelli Luke The Clackamas Print For thousands o f years, the Pácific'NorthWest has been the home of stories about giant like creatures?roaming our lush forests. Although these myths haveheen around since humans first settled in the region, the first known written record ing of these creatures was by Leif Erikson in 986 A.D. He described the creature he saw as “horribly ugly, hairy, swar thy and with big black eyes/’ The term “Bigfoot” came into play in 1958 and has passed the test of time. To this day, Bigfoot sightings are a day-to-day thing for the people of the Pacific Northwest, but surprisingly for the student and stafTof Clackamas Community College, these sightings are about to ¡ get tremendously more frequent. Standing over 8-feet-tall and weighing oyer 300 pounds, Sasquatcha, or Sas as she pre fers to be called, has decided to come ouf of hiding once and for all. After living in Mary S. Young State Park in West Linn for 19 years with her family, who requested to. stay anonymous, Sas made her first public appearance at West Linn High School last Monday to announce her existence. . Her unnatural size, man nish, hairy exterior and s ià é l l feet were startling to stùdents, to say the least. “We kept waiting for some one to jump out and téli us it was a joke,” said student Timothy. Jones. “It was com pletely unbelievable.” gE So why now? After thou sands of years of her species hiding from humanity, why did Sas choose to give up on all their hard work by .revealing herself to the public? When asked this, Sas took no time at all to reply. “It was for the love of my life: soccer,” said Sas. After being.referred to CCC by a WLHS faculty member, Sas contacted CCC’s Athletic Department and set up an appointment to meet with the head coach o f the women’s soccer team. “I told her about how I had spent my life watching kids play soccer from a distance, but never got the chance to be on a team, because Of what I àm,” said Sas. “Stealing balls that had been kicked into the bushes and practicing with my siblings just became too little. 1 needed to play for real.” O f course, "Clackamas accepted Sasquatcha,with open arm's. Her touching story Was one thing, but what really won over the coaches was her tal ent. The coaches and play- The biggest toes to touch a soccer ball on Oregon City soil, Sas shows fancy footwork at .OC High School Jackson Campus field where she has consistently wowedfans since she joined the team. ers were speechless when she practiced with them for the first time. “You wouldn’t expect some one o f her size to be as talented as she is;” said CCC* soccer fan, Austin Davies. “But with-, out a doubt, that girl knows how to play.” H Sas says that she. learned everything from watching oth ers, and perfected it simply by having a lot of free time to do so, “When your life is noth ing but a myth tb bthers, you have to, find something to keep you going. For me’;'soccer was that thing, and continues to b e /’ Sasquatcha hopes that her coming put will help mythical creatures take the leap out of the shadows once and'for all. Her dream is to someday createI' a mythigaf-r'fcfeature Olympics fo r. all of her kind and others to compete in the sports they love without being judged, for their differences. In the me'antimp, Sas plans to continue, to play for CCC and not only improve her ..soccer skills,, but- study,*anything -thai might help her achieve! her ultimate life goal. I1 Get ahead without leaving your faith behind... now with a new iPad. Corban University now issues a new iPad to students enrolling in their bachelor's degree completion programs. , 1 The new iPad comes loaded with everything you'll need, no more heavy text books! Corban University offers these affordable programs online or on campus: Bachelor in Psychology: F a m ily S tu dies Bachelor in Business: O rg a n iz a tio n a l Le a d e rsh ip Bachelor in Business: H e a lth c a re A d m in is tra tio n PISCLAIMEG*: hey , guess what ? it s U N I V E R still fake / ho neep to w o r r y / check back next w eek fo r S I T Y ACTUAL NEWS'
