Petition says protect Bigfoot

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An Edmonton MP has presented the government with a petition to protect Bigfoot.

www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmonton/2007/04/05/3924435-sun.html

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Thats great,but who are the 500 signatures???Did he walk down a busy street and say ''hey want to protect bigfoot''.I dont think so.Any of the local researchers hear a thing from this guy?You would think he would approach believers first,or maybe he is busy protecting ''his'' area.Todd if you read this,please dont feel you cant share your stories with us,I dont want the location personally just some insight that has not been already herd.Afterall we all in this together right?

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After looking over the website I am not so enthused about this purported evidence. The film offered is worthless. There is no way to get any knowledge from what the foggy video shows. I wonder why the camera quickly zooms away from the subject soon after disappearing behind a few rocks? If I were filming something that I thought was Bigfoot I would have my camera locked on the position that I last saw it. The argument that people will shoot the creature and the clan of Bigfoot will come a racing down to kill everyone is extremely dubious. That is projecting a whole lot of ideas on how researchers might behave. Not to mention a Bigfoot. Almost seems like a silly stunt to raise money. Maybe?

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Protect Bigfoot as species at risk: MP

News Services
Published: Thursday, May 03, 2007

OTTAWA -- The sasquatch, the legendary hairy man-like beast said to roam the wilderness of B.C. and other parts of North America, should be protected as an endangered species, says MP Mike Lake.

He wants the sasquatch -- a.k.a. Bigfoot -- to be protected under Canada's Species at Risk Act.

A petition to the House of Commons, signed by almost 500 of Lake's constituents in Edmonton and due for debate next week, asks the government "to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to effect immediate protection of Bigfoot."

A similar appeal has been made to the U.S. Congress.

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.


© The Vancouver Province 2007

Source: www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=bc151d79-3812-4453-a451-e9e926641b6c

'Bigfoot is an endangered species'

May 03 2007 at 01:51AM

Ottawa - Bigfoot, the legendary hairy man-like beast said to roam the wildernesses of North America, is not shy, merely so rare it risks extinction and should be protected as an endangered species.

So says Canadian MP Mike Lake who has called for Bigfoot to be protected under Canada's species at risk act, alongside Whooping Cranes, Blue Whales, and Red Mulberry trees.

"The debate over their (Bigfoot's) existence is moot in the circumstance of their tenuous hold on merely existing," reads a petition presented by Lake to parliament in March and due to be discussed next week.

"Therefore, the petitioners request the House of Commons to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to affect immediate protection of Bigfoot," says the petition signed by almost 500 of Lake's constituents in Edmonton, Alberta.


A similar appeal has been made to the US Congress.

Down through history, there have been numerous, if unsubstantiated sightings of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch in North American folklore.

The beast is said to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the US Pacific northwest and western Canada, and many believe it could be related to the equally mythical Yeti said to have found its home in Tibet and Nepal.

While sometimes described as large, hairy bipedal hominoids, Bigfoot are considered by most experts to be a combination of folklore and hoaxes.

But the legend remains strong, and Bigfoot researcher Todd Standing, who was behind the petition, claims to have proof of its existence, and says he fears for its safety.

"When I get species protection for them nationwide, I will make my findings public and I will take this out of the realm of mythology. Bigfoot is real," Standing told Global National television news.

He said he has 12 seconds of video footage of Bigfoot roaming Canada's western Rocky Mountains included in a 30-minute documentary, but his detractors say it was staged with actors.

His supporters hail from Canada's westernmost provinces, but Bigfoot sightings have been reported across the country, which is 90 percent uninhabited.

There are currently 516 plant and animal species at risk in Canada, according to Environment Canada. Another 13 species are already extinct. - Sapa-AFP

Source: www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=143&art_id=nw20070502220850592C182254

[vilnoori]

I don't believe video will prove the existence of bigfoot. It is too easy to fake, mess around with, and falsify. Even the best of video's, with the clearest shots, can be faked with skillful actors and animators.

You need something solid as proof, and then you need a lot of supporting evidence too. Bones plus concurring pollen analysis, plus film, preferably documentary, or a dead body that doesn't subsequently disappear but is preserved for display by a reputable museum or university, plus hair samples, makes proof. Then maybe a nature preserve where people can (if they dare) go see them.

Unfortunately the burden of proof rests on bigfoot researchers because they have an uphill battle--there have been so many fakers out there. You'll need to pound people over the head with the truth with this one before people will admit it is out there.

[Gerry]

That is that bunch from Sylvania?

I got a letter from one of their promoters the other day wanting to talk!
I think Sylvania (if these are the same people?) is poorly documented nonsence.

[sebastian]

Take a good look at the ogopogo case, change anything?

[Gerry]

I can only see this as another opportunity supplied to the media to deride half cocked sasquatch researchers who negate a positive public opinion, by making extraordinary claims without anything to back it up!!
Aren't the average Mary or Joe tired of hearing the same half baked bull from those who claim to be researchers?
And now..this is the latest!
The cart is before the horse in this matter..but all the public is going to notice is the smell of horse 'crap' permeating the whole affair!
Show me the monkey...and you will get your grants! Not you researchers..but government appointed agencies!
I am just sick of coming across another character who is claiming to have the proof, but does not want to share it!
It is all just grandstanding for promotional purposes..and people who are serious researchers should be pissed! Not hoping for the miracle validation by way of public acknowledgement as to the seriousness of sasqautch research! It ain't gonna happen without the monkey on a table!