Bigfoot risks extinction, says Canadian MP

AFP ^ | 05/02/07

[presidio9]

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.

[twonie]

Your tax dollars hard at work. Keeping you safe from terrorists. Making your streets safe. You can’t make this stuff up.

[Jaysun]

Bigfoots are rude and dangerous. I had my wallet taken by a Bigfoot last fall. They shouldn’t be saved.

[BenLurkin]

[cripplecreek]

Not only that, they can’t take a joke very well either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9pSfDSoEc4

[pillut48]

[subterfuge]

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.

[Redcloak]

What if it turns out that Sasquatch’s diet consists solely of Whooping Cranes?

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

So says Canadian MP Mike Lake who has called for Bigfoot to be protected under Canada's mythical species at risk act, alongside Unicorns, the ManBearPig and Shape-Shifting Aliens.

[presidio9]

I’d rather the government spend my tax dollars on saving bigfoot than a totally useless species like the spotted owl. At least bigfoot generates some tourism dollars.

[Spruce]

What if it turns out that Sasquatch’s diet consists solely of Whooping Cranes?

And unicorns, and leprechauns, and logical liberals. Oh noes!

[Ditter]

We used to go to a fishing lodge in a part of British Columbia that was so remote there was no road. You had to fly in and land on a lake. I wish I had asked the people who lived there and owned it about Bigfoot. If anybody would know about Bigfoot it would be them.

[thackney]

Bigfoot to be protected under Canada's species at risk act

Which one of you has the "mass destruction of bigfoot" ping list?

[presidio9]

ping

[TheSpottedOwl]

Hey at least you pinged me :)

Unlike the pest known as the Spotted Owl, there is no such thing as Bigfoot. If that exists, then so does the Loch Ness Monster.

[Tallguy]

I just emailed Al Gore that Big Foot is threatened by Man-made Global Warming. Just want to see how our intellectual giant of a former-Veep handles this one!

[presidio9]

Unlike the pest known as the Spotted Owl, there is no such thing as Bigfoot.

That doesn't stop nutballs from going to look for him every year. The truth is out there.

[Sax]

Biggie has no carbon footprint. If he & Algore were domestic partners, they’d cancel each other out.

[pcottraux]

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

They’re being hunted to extinction by hovering, vampire dachshunds and no one can stop them.