Paka, an Inupiaq villager from the Noatak River Valley, shares deep oral traditions and personal sightings concerning the Sasquatch and the 'little people' (Inun) of the Arctic. Paka details various classifications of little people, including the 'Inuor'—mischievous, garden-gnome-like beings with red eyes and immense strength known to carry large game, such as caribou, across the tundra.
He recounts historical lore of an Inupiaq village destroyed by a 'cannibal giant' (hairy man) and discusses the complex survival necessities that forced ancestral nomadic lifestyles across the Arctic. Paka also provides a recent eyewitness account from April 2026, where, while hunting caribou in the Mulgrave Hills, he observed a massive, dark-furred Sasquatch sitting on a mountain ridge watching his group.
His recent encounter was part of a larger pattern of activity in the region, including sightings by village hunters of Sasquatch-like creatures hunting caribou herds and screaming in the deep backcountry. The interview emphasizes that these encounters are not folklore but recognized realities of subsistence living in the Arctic, with explicit protocols for safety and avoidance passed down through generations.
