Old Yellow Top: The Bigfoot of Northern Ontario, Canada

In this video, we take a look at traditional Cree and Ojibwa tales of wild giants set in the wilderness of the Canadian Shield, and in a string of sightings of a very peculiar yellow-headed wildman in the bush outside Cobalt, Ontario, whom local legend has christened “Old Yellow Top”.
0:00:00 - The Canadian Shield
0:02:34 - The Fat Boy and the Giants With No Hearts
0:06:13 - Mistapewak
0:07:02 - Wild Man of the Woods
0:08:00 - Hairy Hearts
0:08:43 - Cobalt, Ontario
0:10:12 - 1906 Sighting
0:11:06 - 1923 Sighting
0:12:35 - 1946 Sighting
0:14:09 - 1970 Sighting
0:16:27 - Marked Hominids
My new book, ‘Mysteries of Canada: Volume IV’, is now available in paperback, eBook, and audiobook format. To get a copy for yourself, or for a friend or family member, please check out the link below:
mysteriesofcanada.com/alberta...

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I can't say how good it is to see you back home with your treasure, settling in and back to your accustomed place by the fire...

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Canadian lore is gold, keep up the amazing work!!

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It is important to keep the knowledge of indigenous peoples alive. They had no books but told great stories. Your work is much appreciated!

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i know a couple of people who encountered old yellowtop around cobalt in the 1970s and 80s.

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The legend returns!

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As always, excellent presentation! Your use of Google Earth to show sighting locations is really helpful for those of us who are "mapheads".

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Cryptozoology and "legends" aside, this is a great channel to learn more about Canadian history.

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and folklore

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@@MustangWriter Definitely.

[@MakerInMotion]

You can learn a lot about a culture by their boogeymen.

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I never thought about it that way 🤔👍🏻 what does the giants with removable hearts as bogeymen say to you?

[@MakerInMotion]

@@john-ic5pz I'm not smart enough to figure that one out. But an example of boogeymen reflecting the culture they came from is how in American slasher movies, the prey is usually teenagers engaging in risky behavior like binge drinking, drugs, and casual intercourse. It's an expression of how we know that these behaviors are self-destructive. Even if they're common. Japan has a culture of strict adherence to rules. A lot of their boogeymen put a curse on people who break them. Like trespassing in a haunted building and being marked for death by evil spirits. It might be over-analyzing, but I think there's a connection and I'm not alone.

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Glad to see you back! Always love hearing stories of what has dwelled in the dark and lonely places throughout time. Odd specification that the youth who killed the giants was fat.

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He got REALLY tired of being bullied…

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Btw I rescued two copies of the Nahanni books, by Dick Turner. One at a dump swap shed on the way to be lost forever in recycling, and the other at a garage sale. I'm grateful that this channel exists, or I wouldn't have known about the treasure I could have walked past. ❤

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irish/Ojibwe family here! we know sabe well (teaches Honesty) and we know of yellow top

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I love these kinds of stories! It's so nice to hear some new ones.

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Great video, Hammerson! My parents lived in Vermilion Bay for decades and I drove by the giant wildman statue daily every summer. Looking forward to reading the new book!

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Thanks for the new content Hammerson Peters. Even as an American I notice strong geographical differences and culture in eastern and western Canada. The mountain men type lifestyle of the west verses the lush forest of the east. I’ve been to upstate New York and I imagine it’s similar to Ontario and Quebec. Broadleaf maples, white pines, birches and oaks. Western Canada is rocky and dry and has coniferous woods.

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Thank you for preserving the art of North American storytelling.

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Thank you Hammerson!

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He's BACK!!!

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I moved to British Columbia two years ago, I have lived in native reserves all across Canada but the stories and history here are definitely the most interesting, and I'm particularly interested in the theories that these wild man stories were based on Neanderthals that used to live here, and I've visited alot of the places where those stories come from

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The legend!!!

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Is back! I love this channel too.

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Thank you for keeping these old tales alive, Hammerson. Hope you and you family well over the Christmas period. Keep up the excellent work, look forward to hearing from you in the new year.

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welcome back bud! edit: dang, r@ped by a giant, thats rough.

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The legend has returned!

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Keep ‘‘em coming

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The triumphant return of HP ...

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entertaining video. thank you.

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Hey Hammerson! Amazing job as always my friend. Do you have any tales of New Brunswick Mysteries or folklore? We travel to the Bathurst region every year on a long road trip from Ontario and I would love to hear any stories you may have from New Brunswick! Going to be purchasing your book here in a few minutes. This is one of my favorite things to listen to while I paint. Thanks again for your amazing content!

[@HammersonPeters]

Thank you! I haven’t made any New Brunswick stories yet, although I came across an excellent source which will come in handy when I do. Unfortunately, I don’t yet have any footage of the stories’ settings.

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Another great video, Hammerson, thank you.

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[@HammersonPeters]

Wow, that's very cool! Thank you for letting me know, and for the kind words.

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It's interesting that the First Nations people have a tradition of giants that keep their hearts outside their bodies. The Norse had a story called The Giant With No Heart In His Body. It's about a prince who defeats a giant by finding his heart and destroying it.

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Very interesting!

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The Russian figure Koshei the Deathless also kept his heart outside his body--and hidden in almost ridiculously complex manner.

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Vermillion bay bigfoot!! As a child that would be often be a point of pulling over. Haven't seen that face in years.

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I always love the hairy hearts stories. I wonder if it’s stories about Neanderthals