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The so-called Sasquatch—or “hairy man” in Halkomelem, a language of the First Nations tribes—allegedly stalks the Pacific Northwest, the wilds of the Sierra National Forest and the imaginations of Americans.

I always think if my intentions are pure, nothing’s gonna get hairy.

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Caddisflies, of which there are about 200 species in the UK, look similar to moths and have hairy wings.

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It is smaller than your fingernail, but this hairy beetle is one of the biggest single threats to the UK's forests.

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One site PC Counsell takes us to, a series of standing stones, is through dense woodland, up a steep mountain track - even in a 4x4 with a trained police driver it's a hairy climb.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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