Leaderboard

Is that legal protection under the full weight of the law as was implemented by the US Government with the Native Americans? Ask the Native Americans how that all worked out! BF would be far better off if they are an animal. They could be protected under the endangered species act and left alone. If found to be a humanoid, or human hybrid, they would fare less well. In order to provide the services that would be thrust on them by the government, wanted or not, they would have to be pacified as we did with the Native Americans. That would not go well with the BF as it did not go well with the NA. I see Manifest Destiny all over again, when the Government realizes that these indigenous BF peoples have rights to land already stolen from them. Even though the National Forests are theoretically owned by the people of the United States, just try to do something on "your land" not permitted by the Forest Service. I have yet to see a BF lined up on a sportings good store purchasing a deer tag for the right to hunt on their own land like us humans do. Attempts to enforce our laws on them will be met with violent resistance. And that will be met with armed human law enforcers. Innocents on both sides will die and law enforcement will come down hard. I can see it all spiraling out of control, into a war between different species. I hate to give the government credit for much as most of what they do is messed up, but perhaps smart people have already figured out that the best thing for bigfoot is simply to pretend they do not exist. I think that the best route to take for their benefit.

I'll second what 7.62 just said. It's not another hunting object fallen prey to the the high-powered rifle. You're not going to skin it and put it in front of the fireplace or on the wall. Nor will you have the local taxidermist do a head or shoulder mount. How anyone could look at another human or near-human and pull the trigger is beyond me. Those who can either have something I don't or lack something I do.

I just can't imagine how you could squeeze the trigger on one if they do in fact appear as human as the PGF . I would like to say I'm no pacifist by any stretch of the imagination having served in the Marine Corps among other things in my life. But it's not a deer or an elk you have in your sights . It's a human like appearing creature walking as you do upright. It's shaped like you with arms , legs and eyes that by many accounts show intelligence by a sentient being . For my self it would have to be only a life threatening encounter where I would use a weapon . I do want to stress the fact if they do appear as the PGF . I believe if you did squeeze the trigger on one after standing over the body . That event would haunt your mind the rest of your life and you would wish you could take that second of your life back and do something different .