Squatch Hunt
I created this art piece/social experiment for Xavier University students in 2018. Part collaborative storytelling, part geocaching, and part urban exploration, this project, powered by PirateBox, allowed students to asynchronously work together to explore and create their own cryptid stories around campus and the surrounding community.
We have a serious problem and it is of the utmost urgency that you assist in our endeavors. If you are reading this, you are one of the few people who posses the skills needed to locate sasquatch, or rather the numerous creatures that are now loose in the Cincinnati area.
There is insufficient time for a complete briefing, but quickly review the case files and audio logs in the forum. We sent several other SCO operatives to scout ahead. Follow their instructions to the letter.
Move. Now. Be discreet and do NOT start a panic. Follow protocol and we will all get through this alive.
SCO Recruits – Connect Here
Report all of your findings here so that other operatives can be better informed in the field.
Observe and report. If you encounter a sasquatch, keep your distance – you are not to engage under any circumstances. They are highly territorial and deadly.
If you are cornered by a sasquatch, either run or play dead. At this point, either option will provide you equal chance of survival.
Once sufficient intel has been collected on the whereabouts and habits of the local sasquatch population, SCO can act quickly and decisively to safely capture and contain the creatures for future study.
Sighting A82 – 1982
Audio Field Recording – 1982
Agency: SCO Cincinnati Outpost 031
Date: July 27, 1982
Time: 14:15 GMT
Latitude: 39.140098
Longitude: -84.46972
Believed to be an angry adult sasquatch. The recording equipment that captured this sound was recovered. The operative was never located.
Audio Field Recording – 1983
Agency: SCO Cincinnati Outpost 033
Date: August 5, 1983
Time: 09:07 GMT
Latitude: 39.15807
Longitude: -84.469813
Most likely a sasquatch youth warning others of possible danger. Note the short, guttural barks that indicate distress as opposed to the typical droning howls of the sasquatch guarding its territory.