Two women in northern Ontario believe they've seen the stuff of legend first hand.

Helen Pahpasay and her mother were blueberry picking on July 22 about 25 kilometres north of Gra**y Narrows, a community northwest of Dryden, when they claim to have spotted a tall creature about 15 metres ahead.

"It looked about eight feet tall and it was upright," Pahpasay explained. "We were scared ... I had no idea what it was. It wasn't a bear or a moose. It was upright and walking."

The large creature darted into the bushes and the frightened women decided to head back to Gra**y Narrows. When they returned they told friends and family about what they'd seen. Pahpasay's brother, Randy Fobister, persuaded the women to go back to the scene of the reported sasquatch sighting to pick up any clues.

They claim to have found a massive six-toed footprint near a beaver pond. Fobister made a plaster cast of the print and has shipped it off to have it examined.

People in the community reported similar sightings years ago in an area north of Gra**y Narrows.

"I've been hearing about it since I was a kid, so when I got the chance close by here I jumped right on it," Fobister said.

Pahpasay said she'd heard the stories, but never really believed them.