Follow-up investigation report:

Owen came to my house on Sunday, 7-22-01 to show me the video he took and explain the images on it. We viewed it on a 58 inch HDTV, did split screen, freeze frames of the animal and of him trying to duplicate the running/walking path. The animal passed 10 - 15 feet below Owens attempt to duplicate it. I am impressed with the video and Owens story about it.

The lake is located up the Sinlahekin Valley and contains both Cutthroat and Rainbow trout. The animal was seen and video taped crossing the southern end of the Chopaka Mountain ridge at about 4800' in elevation, it was observed down by the lake. The area is about 20 miles east of the Pasayten Wilderness area.

Although there is not good enough resolution or detailed views of the animal on the video at this date to show anything but the gross body shape, it is easily seen as moving differently than a human, bulkier in body size and seems quite a bit quicker in covering the same ground distance that Owen did. I am of the opinion that the video depicts a Sasquatch crossing the hillside.

Further enhancement of the animal depicted in the video shows, as it is walking out from behind the knoll, that it had it's hand up on it's head and returns it to the down and swinging position. The head height above the shoulders is considerably different (taller) than when it first went behind the knoll. The head also appears to have changed to a lighter color. This new object on the head appears to be animate and separate from the main animal.

The running sequence has the animal swinging only one arm and the other appears to be holding something close to the it's body. There are several instances where something long protrudes from the main animal's back.

This other animate object on the main animal could be a juvenile being carried close to the chest with the legs flopping out back and then put on top of the shoulders or head after walking out from behind the knoll.

There are no clothing seams (which could easily be seen on Owen during his re-enactment sequence, down to his socks) and the animal appears in a natural, loping gait. The animal never looks down at where it is running. Owen said he thought that it wasn't running at top speed.

Further investigation and video enhancement - analysis is warranted with this video. It would be of great benefit to find the other people who also witnessed this event.