Posted on 05/02/2007 1:14:27 PM PDT by 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.
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Comprehensive legislation... huh?
I’m guessing that Bigfoot’s only Canadian habitat just happens to be where the western provinces have their oil sands...
Okay. So what's your point? I believe in Bigfoot AND Nessie. And CHAMP in Lake Champlaine. I take it on a matter of faith. Can you prove otherwise? I also believe in God (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) and in Satan.
The government would rather have us waste our time believing in that Bigfoot nonsense, than the real presence of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They believe in Satan, but for different reasons than we do. I also believe in the Blessed Mother, and Immaculate Conception.
Btw, some cable channel had a program on a couple of years ago, about a few pranksters(they weren’t young kids, either), who staged an elaborate Bigfoot hoax, complete with footprints. How old would Nessie be by now?
Hey, it’s cool. Believe what you want. It’s not harming anyone ;)
Are Scully and Mulder busy? Maybe they can find it, lolol!
How can they be "experts" in something that they don't believe exists?
...so rare it risks extinction and should be protected as an endangered species.
That’s too bad. They taste darn good in a stew.
Bigfoots are rude and dangerous. I had my wallet taken by a Bigfoot last fall. They shouldn’t be saved.
A Bigfoot stole my cheese and bit my sister. He was in cahoots with a moose!
‘ManBearPig in danger’ ping...
I believe in Bigfoot more than I believe in man-made global warming...
This is series!
I just checked my various creatures of mass destruction ping list and don't see that one. Oh....I checked the mass destruction of various creatures list, too. I've got spotted owl, snail dater, manatee, ozone layer....nope, no Big Foot list.
Pax, you must have it? ;-)
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As long as you don’t believe in polls taken by CNN. :-)
That's a real Möbius Strip of a sentence. ;)
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