Case file · Cryptid
'Jacko', the Yale wild boy
On 4 July 1884 the Victoria Daily British Colonist reported that railway workers near Yale, British Columbia, had caught a hairy 'half man, half beast' they named Jacko.
1884 CE · 49.56, -121.43 · status: disputed
The account
The story is often cited as an early Sasquatch capture. It said the creature was about 1.4 m tall and was held in the town jail.
The sceptical view
Other papers of the time, such as the Mainland Guardian and the British Columbian, reported that crowds who went to see Jacko found nothing and called the tale a hoax; no trace of the creature exists.