Bozeman Magazine

Hager Auditorium Free for members, $5 for non-members Registration is required. Join the "Sasquatch Aunties" Lailani and Carrie Lynn as they share captivating Indigenous Bigfoot stories and investigations, bringing ancient encounters to life and fostering a supportive community on their YouTube channel, Pikuni Bigfoot Storytelling Project. The Pikuni Bigfoot Storytelling Project was birthed out of the curiosity of sisters Lailani and Carrie Lynn decades ago when Carrie Lynn had her first unexpected sighting of the Being known as “Imoitapi” to the Blackfeet, and Bigfoot or Sasquatch to many across the world. In this talk, you will hear and learn from the sister team who have investigated and sat to listen to many stories from Native folks over several years in their community and other indigenous communities. With journalism and documentary filmmaking in Lailani’s background, the two decided to start a Bigfoot storytelling project and put it on YouTube to share stories, research, and perspective from an Indigenous understanding. Their storytelling project gives folks a little native fun entertainment while they share their investigation through a hike vlog style. Lailani and Carrie Lynn also known by their followers on the channel as “Sasquatch Aunties” take viewers with them across the Blackfoot homelands collecting encounters that have been carried down for generations. They offer a public platform to those who have experienced the Being and to tell their stories raw, as if they are in the mountains or living rooms with their friends. Efforts for the Pikuni Bigfoot Storytelling Project is to bring a community of support to protect and honor these stories from ridicule and usher validity to the Creature who calls the Backbone of the World (Rocky Mountain front) home.