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When I worked for the Forest Service back in 1974 and 1975, I had no concept of what the agency's stance was on bigfoot. While on the job, if I had a sighting, I would have reported it to my boss who was higher up in the district office of the Rogue River National Forest of Medford, Oregon. He probably would have told me to not report it to the wildlife officer since this would put my job in jeopardy. My annual job performance review was coming so I would not have reported it to those higher up in the chain of command. Since my annual review was coming up, and if I reported the sighting to the wildlife officer, I probably would have been fired for disobeying my immediate boss. I would guess the Forest Service has not changed their stance presently, and they call bigfoot a mythical creature for a reason. This means they are not real, so they have no effect on Forest Service policy. Work someplace else if you don't understand the policy.

I'm pretty confident that it would be absorbed, and I wouldn't hear squat about it again. Almost universally, sensitive information that I was involved in was absorbed by management, dealt with confidentially, and it remained quiet. And I remained quiet about it as well, and that confidentiality served me well with management.

An Oregon mother tried calling 911 as mysterious knocking moved closer from two directions. Her children were beside her. A tree whipped back and forth in the nearby thicket. Then they spotted a large, dark shape—and her phone had no signal. In Bigfoot Society Episode 1220, Katrina shares the coastal forest encounter that left her family scrambling for a way out. What began as a hike and picnic became an experience she still struggles to recount. Weeks later, a conversation in a local shop raised even more questions about that stretch of woods. More witnesses share unsettling experiences: two sisters hear guttural voices as something bangs against and rocks their trailer; a Mississippi woman watches a huge, shaggy figure move behind her neighbor’s home; an Oklahoma camper feels something press against his head while he sleeps; and a Washington hunter hears an unfamiliar howl near Little Naches. Get the free Bigfoot hotspots report: https://bit.ly/bfsreport 📖 Follow Jeremiah's cancer health updates here: https://www.caringbridge.org/site/569ef3d3-68be-11f1-8790-97fdfd2bbc64 🗣️ Share Your Story Had a Bigfoot encounter or strange experience? Send it to bigfootsociety@gmail.com – your story might be featured on the show! 🎥 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube 🔴 Subscribe here → Bigfoot Society YouTube 💬 Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts! 📞 Leave a voicemail with your story → Speakpipe (Use multiple voicemails if needed) 👥 Share this episode → Watch & Share 🎧 More episodes → Podcast Playlist 🌲 Recommended: New Jersey Bigfoot Encounters 💥 Support the Show & Get Perks ✅ Join the community on Supercast – Become a Member ✅ Listen ad-free & early on YouTube – Join Here 📱 Let’s Connect Instagram: @bigfootsocietyTwitter: @bigfoot_societyTikTok: @bigfoot.society🧰 Tools & Partners I Use (Affiliate Links) These help support the show at no extra cost to you: Beam (Better Sleep): Try BeamWildgrain (Better Bread): Join HereSeed (Probiotics): Get SeedMedi-Share (Healthcare): Learn MoreLMNT (Electrolytes) Free Sample Pack with your first purchase! : Get LMNTOrganic and non-GMO groceries delivered for less http://thrv.me/uarEhS🎙️ Podcasting Tools: Repurpose.io: Try ItDescript: Sign UpStreamyard: Start RecordingRiverside.fm: Try Riverside🎧 My Audio Interface: View on Amazon ☕ Buy Me a Coffee – Support Here 🛍️ Grab Some Merch – Shop on Etsy 📬 Mailing Address: Bigfoot Society 125 E 1st St. #233 Earlham, IA 50072Listen to the Podcast

If you had a sighting? Would you report it up the chain of command? And if you did? What do you think the response would have been? I mean I would be glad to be wrong. It would be wonderful to have some agency some where take this seriously. But looking outside in? It’s a stone wall. And I think witnesses deserve better!

Oh, I need to add something: I was a supervisor in the Roads and Grounds shop for a few years. Had one of the men in the shop come to me with a sightings report, I would have most definitely handled it differently than if I'd had the sighting myself. If I'd seen one myself, I would be included to report it to my supervisor...............but if I had a low opinion of him, I probably wouldn't report it. But if I was the supervisor, and it was reported to me? I would go to the site and look for sign first, but whether or not I found anything, I would have definitely brought it up my chain of command. I would probably skip the Branch Chief and go directly to the Public Works Director. It's just a matter of responsibility.

When I say Government, I mean the people who control it. Whom ever has the power to stigmatize a subject. Project Blue Book claiming a UFO is nothing more than swamp gas. People who make April Fools jokes on the official U.S. Forest Service website about Bigfoot. Etc. This isn’t the actions of low level people. This is an active decision by the people who run the show.

Ok, I think what you are trying to say is that some people in Government know about Bigfoot. Please correct me if I'm wrong (lol) but, you don't think that everyone in Government knows about Bigfoot, right? So, as I see it, this is the disconnect: Surely, some Government employees, past and present, have witnessed what we describe as Bigfoot. However, if anyone of those people had definitive proof (as you indicate, think: bodies on slabs) then, I would only have to believe that that indisputable evidence, i.e. proof, would have been exposed by now. I can see why many people don't come forward and insist to their Government bosses that they saw a Bigfoot. However, if they know they exist, which we define as absolute proof, then I think they most likely would have taken that absolute proof higher up. So, to summarize: if no absolute proof then, why risk ridicule, your job, etc. etc.?? Edit to add: Thank-you for your Service, Huntster! I think you summarize the situation very well and from a position of actual experience. Where reported Bigfoot sightings, footprints, howls, smells, structures, etc. etc. go from there, without definitive proof, is absolutely nowhere.

^ This. ^ Moreover, even within certain agencies (like the Army), few have the odds of encountering these creatures. But some do. I've used the example of Ft. Lewis, Washington. It's right on ground that is surrounded with regular sightings, is actually on ground that looks like a migration/movement area, has plenty of recorded sightings itself, and has been an Army post for over a hundred years. If sasquatches exist, and if that area is as density rich as reports indicate, and with the Army being there for a century, there are people within the Army family who know about it. I was an Army soldier (engineer), and then an Army civilian on Ft. Richardson, Alaska, for 35 years. I worked for the engineering organization that literally owned the post. We signed off buildings and lands to commanding officers of various units, but we were ultimately responsible for them (and we held the tenants responsible for proper use and damages). I was an "outside" engineer. Roads, grounds, railroads, bridges, etc. We had an environmental branch which included a Natural Resources Officer, who was responsible for wildlife. He set the hunting regs on post in cooperation with the state fish and game agency. Ft. Lewis has/had the exact same organizational structure. If sasquatches exists, they exist there at least in movement through the place leaving sign and encounters with soldiers and Range Control. Eventually, the Natural Resources Officer is going to know and share that knowledge with the Public Works Director, who will then share it with the Commanding General's Chief of Staff. Where the knowledge goes from there is certain to vary. But my experience is that's how it looks at the lower, local end. I'm also pretty well versed in what we call "unofficial lines of communication". All of us civilians, unlike both the enlisted and commissioned active duty personnel, worked there for decades. We didn't come for a three year tour, and then rotated out. We owned the place. Literally. And we worked together for decades. We were like brothers and sisters. We still are. And we talk to each other. Some word gets around. Some is hush-hush. Depends on what it is, and who you trust. On Ft. Rich, we talked openly about the wildlife. Those of us in the exterior trades and activities had regular contact with the bears, wolves, and moose. Lots of it. And we shared those experiences with others. If I saw a sasquatch, would I have talked? Yup........to a few folks. Certainly not all.

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Again. No secret needed.

I agree. I work in the IT crew for the state environmental agency here in Vermont. Been here thirty years. There is no mass conspiracy. There are staff here who LIVE to spit in the eyes of the political leadership. NO WAY could a broad secret be kept year after year. Heck, my interest is know with my coworkers and when we got a request to help out with an odd email reporting something scary in the woods, they came to me for insight. I can buy any isolated incident being hushed up. A small number of people with a GOOD reason CAN keep a secret. They ALL need to really feel the secret needs to be kept. Some broad conspiracy across 50 states plus the federal government across 200+ years of staff hired for reasons other than commitment to concealing the existence of a large primate in the woods.....not reasonable. OnlyASize12

I am not saying that people stay silent. I am saying that those who don’t stay silent are marginalized and branded a crackpot. You’re a witness yourself? Can you go to the USPS? USFS? BLM? USFW? Which government agency is going to take your sightings report? Paul Freeman was a Forest Service employee? Did any of his evidence make a dent at the USFS? How about Lyle Laverty? He ended up running the whole show? Did he ever launch a formal inquiry? No. There MUST be a government wide conspiracy. Because any federal agency isn’t going to give the subject the time of day. And they do it not by keeping a secret. They do it by ridicule. And I trust your testimony or BC witness’s testimony way more than I trust some bureaucrats obfuscation! You have seen it with your own eyes? Why does the government marginalize the subject? Either you are delusional or a liar? Or THEY ARE! 🤷‍♂️ I have had run ins with Fish and Game. They lied about hound hunting and got it banned. They lied about Wolf reintroduction. And they are lying about Grizzly Bear reintroduction. Now Washington state is launching an investigation into Paul Allen’s sister funding anti hunting groups that had ties to F and G commissioners. As far as I am concerned? If their lips are moving? It’s a lie. And this just state level corruption….. How many years did I pay into this system? Disgusting. https://sportsmensalliance.org/evidence-against-washington-fish-and-wildlife-commission/

I don't think that is true. Of all those millions of employees it only takes a single person, a single whistle blower, to bust the lid off. There are enough disgruntled ex employees who left on bad terms already, stigmatized already, to not give a crap about anything else the federal gov't might do, to have aired the story decades ago. There are enough people with principles to have done it if there was any coercion attempted. You can't coerce silence with threats, there are too many people with principles who simply will not knuckle under. You can't sell it on some sort of higher moral ground because too many people simply don't respect that. You can't keep people from talking to spouses, you can't gag spouses. This ain't the Manhattan Project. Nor are these those times, people do not have the respect for authority that those times, those events, required. There is no way there's a gov't wide conspiracy. I find it ridiculous. That does not mean there's no knowledge at all in some compartments within government. That's not what I'm saying at all.

Correct. Just like leaked UAP footage doesn’t prove to science aliens are real. But that’s not the same thing as saying the Government doesn’t know about UAPs. They do. And they have swamp gas’d the entire subject for 70 years. Sound familiar? Um let’s just start with the over ONE TRILLION dollar per year DOD budget?

Footage doesn't prove Sasquatch, remember? So, if the Government knows, what is their collective basis for knowing?

They don't have to silence them. All they have to do is attach a stigma to it. Which they have done so. This was going on with Commercial Pilots who had witnessed UFOs reporting it to the FAA. It was a great way to get your medical pulled. Step out of line and things will get hard for you. We know this tactic from other fields. If your a witness your either mistaken, a liar, a drunk or you belong in a padded room. There is zero chance in 2026 that the government doesn’t know Sasquatch exists. Military, Border and LE surveillance has picked up anomalies 100 percent. 🤷🏻‍♂️ We have them on highway cameras and even a eagle cam. There is no doubt in my mind there is better footage archived somewhere. So why the pushback? Why the obfuscation?

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In order to gain a bigfoot secret, the government has to study the creature which they won't do because public secrets or proof of bigfoot could help shut down logging. Remember how public studies of the Spotted Owl helped environmentalist shut down logging in a few public forests? "The northern spotted owl has been a focal point of environmental and economic conflict in Oregon for more than three decades. Listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1990, it depends on mature and old‑growth forests, making timber harvest practices a central point of contention.", internet

Thanks for the reply NCBFr. Yes, the Forest Service and the BLM fully understands BF or partially understands since they have thousands of employees who travel the back roads of dense forest and many have witnessed bigfoot. These employees have reported their sightings to their bosses. The reports eventually reach the top echelons where they say nothing except bigfoot is a mythical creature, and it you keep talking about, it you will be fired. They know public knowledge of bigfoot could shut down logging in vast areas of America so they don't spend a dime on bigfoot studies and verification.

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For 15 minutes, a fisherman watched a tall, reddish-brown figure gathering cattails from an Oregon mountain lake. Then the wind shifted—and it looked directly at him. In Bigfoot Society Episode 1219, Ryan shares his encounter near Mt. Jefferson, describing the creature’s movements, its unusual behavior, and the detail he returned to measure the following day. He also recounts a nighttime tent collapse near Marion Lake and a rain-soaked hike from Bagby Hot Springs where calls grew louder behind him before another sound came from ahead. Other callers share a snowy Washington road crossing witnessed by four relatives, unexplained screams near Naselle, and reports from East Tennessee and Oregon’s Umpqua region. Join Jeremiah Byron for witness accounts that leave one question lingering: What else is happening beyond the trail? Get the free Bigfoot hotspots report: https://bit.ly/bfsreport 📖 Follow Jeremiah's cancer health updates here: https://www.caringbridge.org/site/569ef3d3-68be-11f1-8790-97fdfd2bbc64 🗣️ Share Your Story Had a Bigfoot encounter or strange experience? Send it to bigfootsociety@gmail.com – your story might be featured on the show! 🎥 Watch & Subscribe on YouTube 🔴 Subscribe here → Bigfoot Society YouTube 💬 Leave a comment & let us know your thoughts! 📞 Leave a voicemail with your story → Speakpipe (Use multiple voicemails if needed) 👥 Share this episode → Watch & Share 🎧 More episodes → Podcast Playlist 🌲 Recommended: New Jersey Bigfoot Encounters 💥 Support the Show & Get Perks ✅ Join the community on Supercast – Become a Member ✅ Listen ad-free & early on YouTube – Join Here 📱 Let’s Connect Instagram: @bigfootsocietyTwitter: @bigfoot_societyTikTok: @bigfoot.society🧰 Tools & Partners I Use (Affiliate Links) These help support the show at no extra cost to you: Beam (Better Sleep): Try BeamWildgrain (Better Bread): Join HereSeed (Probiotics): Get SeedMedi-Share (Healthcare): Learn MoreLMNT (Electrolytes) Free Sample Pack with your first purchase! : Get LMNTOrganic and non-GMO groceries delivered for less http://thrv.me/uarEhS🎙️ Podcasting Tools: Repurpose.io: Try ItDescript: Sign UpStreamyard: Start RecordingRiverside.fm: Try Riverside🎧 My Audio Interface: View on Amazon ☕ Buy Me a Coffee – Support Here 🛍️ Grab Some Merch – Shop on Etsy 📬 Mailing Address: Bigfoot Society 125 E 1st St. #233 Earlham, IA 50072Listen to the Podcast

Those are good questions, georgerm! I have quit jobs for ethical reasons so, I kind of get it. Life is too short to live a lie, forever. I am of the opinion that Government(s) are not capable of keeping secrets for very long, which is a good thing. The truth eventually becomes obvious to everyone except hard-core denialists. I believe that many witnesses to the paranormal just see no real benefit in trying to convince others. They probably only tell their experiences to people they trust and perhaps (like me), they don't give a rat's ass about those who only ridicule. Sometimes, it seems perfectly reasonable to let simpletons bask in blissful ignorance.