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Sasquatch is a fictional character.
Dr. Walter Langkowski is a member of Alpha Flight, a native of British Columbia, Canada and a renowned physicist. He is also a former linebacker of the Green Bay Packers.
He possesses the ability to transform into a super strong, orange haired beast resembling the legendary Sasquatch or Bigfoot. This transformation is triggered by willpower. In his transformed state, Langkowski has increased strength, stamina and resistance to injury. He also has sharp claws on the end of all five digits, and is able to leap incredible distances.
These powers came as a result of Langkowski's own doing. In an attempt to become like the Hulk, Langkowski bombarded himself with gamma radiation at his laboratory near the Arctic Circle. However, unbeknownst to Langkowski, it was not the gamma rays that turned him into Sasquatch, but the fact that his lab equipment opened a doorway between our world and the "Realm of Great Beasts." When this portal was opened, a mystical beast called Tanaraq invaded Langkowski's body and granted him his powers. Langkowski had to learn to maintain his own personality and intelligence when in the form of Sasquatch, and was very successful for a time. But Tanaraq eventually took control of Sasquatch, forcing Snowbird to slay Langkowski. Sasquatch has since been brought back to life, free of the influence of Tanaraq.
Sasquatch has recently assembled the current incarnation of Alpha Flight, with entirely new members, in order to rescue the original team from an alien race known as the Plodex.
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