What do you think of the US Forest Service's view on bigfoot?

[norseman]

1 hour ago, Backdoc said:

 

 

This makes me wonder. If the government went after someone for shooting a bigfoot would a reasonable defense be:

 

"You guys deny it existed so how could I be responsible?

You guys didn't make a law saying I couldn't shoot one as you considered it a fairytale?

 

 

 

 

 

The Federal government probably isn’t going to come after you legally.
 

But they are definitely gonna come after IT. And if you resist? Then you’re probably gonna die. If you don’t resist? Then your probably gonna get a stern warning to never ever talk about this to anyone. And you won’t have any proof to back up your story.

 

People talk about which state allows people to hunt listed or non listed game species. I don’t think any of this applies. It’s not gonna be a state game warden knocking at your door. Or a Skamania county deputy enforcing some misdemeanor.

 

If I am correct in my assessment? The Feds will do what is necessary to protect the secret.

 

Look at the storm Area 51 debacle. What are they gonna do? Shoot all of us? The governments reply was ABSOLUTELY!

 

It is not easy swimming against the current. How bad do you wanna know the truth? Is it worth dying over? And this is if Bigfoot doesn’t use you as a human tree knocker first.

 

I walked many miles in the woods and have played this scenario out in my mind 2 million times.

 

Getting the body on the ground is just step one, and probably the easiest part of the whole process.

[Huntster]

2 hours ago, norseman said:

........People talk about which state allows people to hunt listed or non listed game species. I don’t think any of this applies. It’s not gonna be a state game warden knocking at your door. Or a Skamania county deputy enforcing some misdemeanor.........

Yet that is who ended up prosecuting Justin Smeja. It was the state of California under their hunting regs.......even though the alleged shooting occurred on USFS lands.......

Edited Wednesday at 08:37 PM by Huntster

[norseman]

1 minute ago, Huntster said:

Yet that is who ended up prosecuting Justin Smeja. It was the state of California under their hunting regs.......even though the alleged shooting occurred on USFS lands.......

The charges were NOT for shooting Bigfoot.

[Huntster]

29 minutes ago, norseman said:

The charges were NOT for shooting Bigfoot.

Correct.........but he had a "visit" not long after his story went viral. They appearred to have their legal case essentially handed to them by the sasquatch community online. When the DNA analysis came back as bear, they charged him.

 

This was a perfect example of government remaining quiet until their case was handed to them with a beautiful bow tied to it. They didn't even have to pay for the lab work or a trial. Smeja was pretty much left with nothing to do but plead guilty.

[georgerm]

1 hour ago, norseman said:

The charges were NOT for shooting Bigfoot.

 

Feb 20, 2025

"In 2010, Justin Smeja and his hunting partner shot and killed a Sasquatch creature. Fearing the consequences, they hastily buried the body. Their actions led to a cascade of events that changed the Bigfoot world forever."   This cost $7 to play this video.........................sorry. Maybe someone on the forum has joined and can tell us if the video is worth it?

 

 

 

"A Citrus Heights man who appeared on the reality TV show “10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty” was arrested over the weekend on accusations he violated state Fish and Wildlife laws in Sierra County, authorities said.

Justin Samuel Smeja, 31, faces felony charges of perjury and filing a false or forged instrument with the state. He faces misdemeanor accusations involving bear tags, as well as unlawful taking and possession of an animal, Nevada County Jail reports state."

“There are some alleged games being played with those tags for hunting deer and bear,” said Capt. Patrick Foy, with the law enforcement division of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife."  Reality TV Bigfoot hunter, Justin Smeja, faces hunting charges in Sierra County | News | theunion.com     

 

Did anyone ever dig up the grave of the bigfoot or was it a hoax?

[georgerm]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, read Justin Smeja bigfoot dna report and we discussed this story on bigfoot forum in 2013

 

: Final Report - Huggins 12-019 (November 19 2012).pdf - Google Drive

 

 

[MIB]

5 hours ago, Trogluddite said:

My understanding is that in most states, hunters are only allowed to take "permitted" animals

 

Not "most."   About 50/50.    The other half allow you to shoot, at any time, anything not specifically regulated.    My state is one of these.

[norseman]

3 hours ago, Huntster said:

Correct.........but he had a "visit" not long after his story went viral. They appearred to have their legal case essentially handed to them by the sasquatch community online. When the DNA analysis came back as bear, they charged him.

 

This was a perfect example of government remaining quiet until their case was handed to them with a beautiful bow tied to it. They didn't even have to pay for the lab work or a trial. Smeja was pretty much left with nothing to do but plead guilty.

Yah yah! I am tracking now. 

[georgerm]

14 hours ago, georgerm said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow, read Justin Smeja bigfoot dna report and we discussed this story on bigfoot forum in 2013

 

: Final Report - Huggins 12-019 (November 19 2012).pdf - Google Drive

 

 

the dna report says the sample was black bear and human.     bigfoot dna comes back as human.   smeja killed a bigfoot  

 

"Based on the amount of human and black bear mitochondrial DNA amplification, it was
estimated that approximately 10% of the functional mitochondrial template DNA from sample
Huggins_1 originated from Black Bear (Ursus americanus) (Figure A1) and approximately 15% of the
functional mitochondrial template DNA from sample Huggins_1 originated from human (Homo
sapiens) (Figure A2)".

 

"The study, which sequenced three whole Sasquatch nuclear genomes, shows that the legendary Sasquatch is extant in North America and is a human relative that arose approximately 13,000 years ago and is hypothesized to be a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens with a novel primate species. A species name, Homo sapiens cognatus, has been applied for through ZooBank. "Cognatus," from the Latin "con" (with) and "natus" (born), means "blood relative." " ‘Bigfoot’ DNA sequenced in upcoming genetics study

 

 

 

[Huntster]

On 8/18/2025 at 6:08 PM, Trogluddite said:

^^^

I wonder what LEOs would do if those same reports came in today.  Probably arrest the witness for making a false emergency call, or explain that they just misidentified a nine-foot tall plume of swamp gas or Venus low on the horizon. 

 

This from one of my favorite more recent reports:

 

https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=76973

 

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..........The deputies did not try to persuade the retired couple that they had merely seen a common animal like a bear. When the couple asked the deputies if they had ever received calls like this from around that area, the deputies looked at each other and only said, "Yes, a few times."

When the deputies first contacted the couple a few miles away from the cabin, the deputies advised them that they were being recorded. The first conversation happened in front of the partrol car, so the audio/video recording may be from a dashcam or body-cams, but it was one of those two for sure..........