Leo Pettipas - Manitoba, Canada

This article appeared several years ago in the Manitoba Archaeological Society Newsletter. Leo Pettipas was enrolled as a member of the Les Guédry et Petitpas Circle of Distinction in 2015 for his distinguished career in the fields in anthropology and Canadian naval aviation history. He lives in Manitoba, Canada where he researched the archaeology and early peoples of Manitoba. Has anyone seen the film "Shriek of the South Shore Yeti" with the Yeti Pettipas. If you know anything about this film, please email Martin Guidry at guidryRmartin@gmail.com. We'd like to learn more about the film and the Yeti Pettipas.

It's commonly known that long-standing Manitoba archaeologist and Newsletter contributor Leo Pettipas hails from Nova Scotia. Like many of us, Leo takes an interest in his own heritage, and at last count he has determined to his satisfaction that his ancestry includes French, Mi'kmaq, Irish and German. Apparently, all the Maritime Pettipas are descended from a common ancestor who immigrated to Acadia from France in the 1600s. Back in November, Leo came across something on the 'Net that suggests his family tree may have even more branches than originally thought. On the program of the 2004 Atlantic Film Festival was a five-minute mini-play titled "Shriek of the South Shore Yeti". The description of this production reads (and we're not making this up), "In this short but pithy moc-doc, the life and art of a furry, fiddle-playing Sasquatch named Yeti Pettipas is put under the cinematic microscope, with hilarious results." As an anthropologist, Leo was somewhat intrigued; as a Pettipas, he was downright fascinated. He assures us that he plans to continue surfing the 'Net for further unanticipated insights into his colourful clan.