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Link: Homer Tribune When Malania Helen Kehl of Nanwalek was a baby in nearby Port Chatham, her family fled the village along with, eventually, every other resident. Now 75 and Nanwalek's eldest resident, Kehl is among the last to tell the tale of the nantiinaq -- a creature long described in Native tradition, something like a Sasquatch -- that had been frightening villagers for years, along with a black-dressed female spirit. Once Kehl's family moved to Nanwalek, she says, the spirits left them in peace.