The Steer family made headlines this week after claiming to have evidence of a Bombardier streetcar in downtown Toronto. Following an alleged sighting near Yonge and Queen, Leyla Steer snapped a picture that she believes is proof of the vehicle’s existence.
“My husband and I never put much stock in the rumours about these streetcars,” said Leyla. “But since we went to the media, we’ve heard nearly a dozen other stories just like ours.”
The Bombardier streetcar, also known as the “Sasquatch”, is a cryptoautomotive phenomenon first sighted in late 2016. Since then, many Torontonians have become convinced that something is out there on the city streets.
In September of last year, one man even claimed to have boarded the streetcar, noting that the inside was frightfully new and that it smelled suspiciously unlike urine.
Reports on the number of Bombardier streetcars wandering downtown Toronto vary wildly, with some alleged experts estimating anywhere between 45 and 150. Meanwhile, these unreliable reports have lead transit authorities to advocate skepticism in spite of any purported evidence.
“As far as I’m concerned, the Bombardier streetcar is just an urban legend,” said former TTC CEO Andy Byford. “We’ve been riding the good-old CLRVs since the last Trudeau, and rest assured we’ll be riding them until the next Trudeau too.”
