MP wants Bigfoot protected

[Amelia]

Ananova

7 May, 2007

MP wants Bigfoot protected

A Canadian MP wants Bigfoot to be protected as an endangered species.

Mike Lake wants the legendary hairy man-like beast, aka Sasquatch, protected under Canada's Species at Risk Act, reports the Vancouver Province.

A petition to the Canadian House of Commons, signed by almost 500 of his constituents in Edmonton, Alberta, asks the government "to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to effect immediate protection of Bigfoot."

Bigfoot researcher Todd Standing, who was behind the petition, claims to have proof of the sasquatch's existence and says he fears for its safety.

However, Bigfoot is considered by most to be a combination of folklore and hoaxes

[David Koot]

What will they think of NEXT??!!

[Bravus]

I hereby promise to stop hunting Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) in the Rockies

[David Koot]

Balderdash. No bigfoot has been spotted in the Rockies, at least not in the U.S., last time I heard. The fantastic claims were made in NOrthern California and the Northwest. Funny thing is, now that the areas have been clearcut, wonder what happened to the 'bigfoot?' Yeah, I saw the pics, some guy in a monkey suit! A hoax IMO. And now an MP wants a bill to protect them? Harrumph! Catering to his constituents, no doubt!

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

Hey! What's the matter with you people??!!! Sasquatch exists as much as Y'East, Patoh, and LooWitLatKa!!!! He's in the same league as Seatco!

**snorts**

**mutters...disbelievers**

**wanders down to Spirit Lake**

[David Koot]

**mutters...disbelievers**

**wanders down to Spirit Lake**

Well, excuse me! :

[rudywoofs (Pam)]

[bevin]

I agree with David - Bigfoot is a money-based hoax augmented by wishful thinking

Of course, getting it protected just adds to the money-raising fun.

I wonder if Nessie is protected?

/Bevin

[Gail]

I keep saying that the Sasquatch must be hundreds of years old by now...

[Amelia]

B.C. man sees 'the beast'

Fri, May 4, 2007

The Edmonton Sun.

CRANBROOK, B.C. — A Cranbrook resident says he was just beginning his early-morning shift as a sand truck/snowplow driver for a highways maintenance contractor when he saw what he now calls “the beast.”

Gord Johnson says he was barely out of the Cranbrook city limits, heading west, when his headlights illuminated what he thought was a human figure some 150 metres away.

“It was standing in the ditch on the right side of the road, sort of bent over. It was dark and cold and too early in the morning for anybody to be out picking bottles or something, so I thought whoever it was might be hurt or sick, so I slowed down.”

As Johnson drew nearer, the figure in the ditch straightened, then turned and began to move towards his truck while remaining in the ditch.

As the distance closed the snowplough driver was now better able to see that this individual was oddly shaped; very large with arms that reached nearly to its knees, a conical head and what he had initially thought to be a light golden brown parka was instead hair.

The two-metre-plus figure walking towards him was covered in it, he says.

Johnson’s truck slowly passed the creature, allowing him to see it clearly through the passenger side window.

“It gives me goose-bumps right now just thinking about it. I must have been in shock because I drove on another couple hundred yards before I realized I had to turn the truck around and get another look at this beast, but by then it had disappeared.”

Johnson finished his shift and decided that because he had no proof, it would be in his best interests not to share the details of the encounter, lest he be ridiculed. The one person he did tell was his longtime partner Victoria Carter.

“Gord was very shaken by the incident. Just because of the way it affected him I knew he’d seen something — I knew he was telling the truth,” Carter said.

Nearly three months later, on Jan. 25, Johnson was again maintaining a road in the early morning when his truck ran out of sand. Finding a wide spot in the road he began turning his truck around so he could head back for another load to finish the job.

While backing up, he noticed a set of strange tracks in the newly fallen snow and decided to get out and investigate.

“As soon as I saw them I could tell they were made by something walking on only two legs — kind of offset. Right away my gut told me something wasn’t right. I took a couple shots with the disposable camera that I started carrying since the October incident.”

Johnson finished his shift, then wanting to show Carter what he considered possible proof of his previous encounter with a strange biped, returned to the spot with a better camera.

The pair then re-photographed the tracks, measured the distance between them (about 1.8 metres), and then followed them a short distance until they disappeared into dense brush.

With the light failing and the possibility that whatever had made the tracks might still be in the vicinity, the pair decided not to follow the mystery beast’s trail any further.

[Dottie]

First question: Did the photos turn out?

Second question: Have any of you ever heard of the "Jersey Devil?"

[Amelia]

Have any of you ever heard of the "Jersey Devil?"

[Amelia]

Could this be the Jersey Devil?

[Planey]

I think this is the Jersey Devil:

Who knows?

Graeme

PS Sorry this image is so big. Not sure how to reduce it when I just posted the location of the picture, not the actual image itself. Pardon me for being a neo-Luddite.

PPS But the again he is a BIG, BIG man...

[Amelia]

HELLLLLLLPPPPPPP I see teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[olger]

Boy, now we can't shoot bigfoots. Them environmentalist types...

I wonder if the Yeti is protected?

[Kountzer]

As posted sometime earlier, I believe big foot is some sort of supernatural delusion. the adversary is trying to confuse and deceive people with big foot and ufos. If he can get you to buy the ufo thing, people will say 'God is not in control of the universe'. If big foot is believed they will say 'here's the missing link, evolution is real', or something similar.

With all the hunters in the world, with all the high powered rifles, with laser scopes and all, why hasn't a big foot been shot and killed? Better yet, big foots die don't they? Why haven't any of their carcasses been found? Where are their skeletal remains? Every species that ever was a species leaves some type of remains. I believe it is an end times hoax.

[Amelia]

Interesting Darryl. I never thought of the devil perpetuating hoaxes. But he is the father of all lies; so that fits right in. So many people waste their time and money running here or running there, to see or find whatever. When all they have to do is stop, open their eyes and God is right there.

[Amelia]

But then, the devil is working double time as his end draws near. There will be more "sightings", More "proof". The easily influenced will be drawn away faster as the experts provide more plausible "facts". If the church doesn't keep up, many more will be lost. Plus we need to keep our eyes and hearts on God as we draw closer to the end and He draws his blessings away.

[olger]

You may have something there, Darryl. Yes indeed!

oG