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-A '''sasquatch''', {{monsym|sasquatch}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[strong]], [[omnivorous]] [[animal]] that has the highest [[difficulty level]] among [[apelike creature]]s.
+A '''sasquatch''', {{monsym|sasquatch}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[strong]] and [[omnivorous]] [[apelike creature]] that has the highest [[difficulty level]] among its monster class. Sasquatches have the ability to [[see invisible]], and can be seen via [[infravision]].
-A sasquatch moves fasted than [[you]] while you are unburdened and unhasted; it possesses a pair of claw attacks and a [[kick]], and can [[see invisible]]. While [[Polyself|polymorphed]] into a sasquatch, you gain bonuses to kicking.
+A sasquatch possesses a pair of claw attacks and a kick attack.
 ==Generation==
-Sasquatches sometimes generate as peaceful towards [[lawful]] characters.
+Randomly generated sasquatches can generate as peaceful towards [[lawful]] characters.
 ==Strategy==
-Sasquatches are the second-fastest apelike creatures, making them difficult to outrun, and can inflict a lot of melee damage with their claws and kicks. Ranged attacks including [[wand]]s and [[spell]]s can weaken, slow or kill a sasquatch before it closes in, while a melee-geared character with good AC and [[speed]] can match a sasquatch's blows and hopefully outlast it.
+Sasquatches are the second-fastest apelike creatures at 15 [[speed]], making them difficult to outrun, and can inflict a lot of melee damage with their claws and kicking. Ranged attacks including [[wand]]s and [[spell]]s can weaken, slow or kill a sasquatch before it closes in, while a melee-geared character with good [[AC]] and speed can match a sasquatch's blows and ideally outlast it.
 ==History==

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-"Bigfoot", also commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a large and hairy human-like mythical creature purported to inhabit forests in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Bigfoot is the subject of much enthusiasm among the cryptozoology subculture and its pseudo-scientific study, with various forms of dubious evidence purported to prove Bigfoot's existence, including anecdotal claims of sightings as well as alleged photographs, video and audio recordings, hair samples, and casts of large footprints. Most of the supposed evidence has since been identified as hoaxes or misidentification: the majority of scientists do not find any of the remaining evidence compelling, generally consider Bigfoot to be the result of a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax.
+"Bigfoot", commonly referred to as Sasquatch, is a large and hairy human-like mythical creature purported to inhabit forests in North America, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Bigfoot is the subject of much enthusiasm among the cryptozoology subculture and its pseudo-scientific study, with various forms of dubious evidence purported to prove Bigfoot's existence, including anecdotal claims of sightings as well as alleged photographs, video and audio recordings, hair samples, and casts of large footprints. Most of the supposed evidence has since been identified as hoaxes or misidentification: the majority of scientists do not find any of the remaining evidence compelling, generally consider Bigfoot to be the result of a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax.
 Despite this, Bigfoot has since become an enduring element of popular culture. Folklorists trace the phenomenon of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources, including indigenous American cultures, the European [[Wikipedia:Wild man|wild man]] figure, and folk tales, as well as wishful thinking and a cultural increase in environmental concerns. Many tales of wild, hair-covered humanoids, often rooted in indigenous cultures, also exist throughout the world: examples include the Skunk ape of the southeastern United States, the Almas, Yeren, and [[Yeti]] in Asia, and the Australian Yowie.

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-The difficulty level of the '''sasquatch''' is the highest of the [[Apelike creature|apelike creatures]], the {{white|Y}} monsters. The sasquatch uses not only a regular claw attack but also a strong [[kick]], to deal extra damage. The sasquatch is also faster than all other apes except the [[yeti]], though unlike the [[carnivorous ape]] it will not grab the player.
+A '''sasquatch''', {{monsym|sasquatch}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is a [[strong]], [[omnivorous]] [[animal]] that has the highest [[difficulty level]] among [[apelike creature]]s.
 ==Origin==
-The sasquatch is a cryptozoological animal not recognized by science. It is said to inhabit the forests in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is better known as "Bigfoot", hence the bonus with [[kicking]].
+Many regions have differentiating names for the creature: the name Sasquatch in particular is widely used, often interchangeably, with the name Bigfoot in Canada and the United States. The name is anglicized from ''sasq'ets'' (sas-kets), roughly translating to "hairy man" in the [[wikipedia:Halq'emeylem|Halq'emeylem]] language spoken by the various First Nations peoples of the British Columbia coast - one such culture, the [[wikipedia:Sts'ailes|Sts'ailes]] people, tells stories that describe the ''sasq'ets'' as a shapeshifting creature that protects the forest. The sasquatch's kicking bonus in ''NetHack'' is a pun on its "Bigfoot" moniker.
-== Encyclopedia entry ==
+==Variants==
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 The name _Sasquatch_ doesn't really become important in Canada until the 1930s, when it appeared in the works of J. W. Burns, a British Columbian writer who used a great deal of Indian lore in his stories.  Burn's Sasquatch was a giant Indian who lived in the wilderness.  He was hairy only in the sense that he had long hair on his head, and while this Sasquatch lived a wild and primitive life, he was fully human.
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-The name _Sasquatch_ doesn't really become important in Canada
+The name _Sasquatch_ doesn't really become important in Canada until the 1930s, when it appeared in the works of J. W. Burns, a British Columbian writer who used a great deal of Indian lore in his stories.  Burn's Sasquatch was a giant Indian who lived in the wilderness.  He was hairy only in the sense that he had long hair on his head, and while this Sasquatch lived a wild and primitive life, he was fully human.
-until the 1930s, when it appeared in the works of J. W. Burns,
+Burns's character proved to be quite popular.  There was a Sasquatch Inn near the town of Harrison, British Columbia, and Harrison even had a local celebration called "Sasquatch Days."
-a British Columbian writer who used a great deal of Indian
+The celebration which had been dormant for years was revived as part of British Columbia's centennial, and one of the events was to be a Sasquatch hunt.  The hunt never took place, perhaps it was never supposed to, but the publicity about it did bring out a number of people who said they had encountered a Sasquatch -- not Burns's giant Indian, but the hairy apelike creature that we have all come to know.
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 ==Origin==
-The sasquatch is a cryptozoological animal not recognized by science. Is said to inhabit the forests in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is beater known as "bigfoot". Hence the bonus with [[kicking]].
+The sasquatch is a cryptozoological animal not recognized by science. It is said to inhabit the forests in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is better known as "bigfoot". Hence the bonus with [[kicking]].
 == Encyclopedia entry ==