Why is the Forest Service and BLM so quiet about Bigfoot?

[Buckaloo]

1 hour ago, Huntster said:

 

If the Sierra Sounds, Ostman story, Muchalat Harry story, and others strongly indicate a spoken sasquatch language, these creatures might very well be taxonomically categorized as of the homo genus, and thus they would be "human", just like Neanderthals, Denisovans, Florensiensis, etc. They would have "human rights". And yes, they wouldn't have any lawyers among their midst, but there are never shortages of homo sapiens lawyers (especially of the environmental type) who would love to represent them.

If any part of our government admitted to the existence of Sasquatch, they would ABSOLUTELY be considered an indigenous people and would likely also be considered some sort of "uncontacted tribe." Legions of groups would step forward to lobby on their behalf and instead of just a small island being off-limits to visitation (as in the case of some uncontacted tribes), gigantic tracts of lands could theoretically be closed permanently.  The closure of public and private lands would be like nothing we've ever seen before.  It could be an economic Armageddon.

[Huntster]

22 minutes ago, Buckaloo said:

.........The closure of public and private lands would be like nothing we've ever seen before.  It could be an economic Armageddon.

 

It's hard to say how crazy it could get, but I'm sure it would be socially, culturally, economically, and even religiously traumatic. This is the primary reason why I believe that government just doesn't want to go there, especially since it's so easy to maintain the current mythology storyline. 

[norseman]

1 hour ago, Will said:

Can’t give rights to animals….how would they even accept them? They won’t even defend their new land. 

Thanks but I would have rather had that on video. I didn’t even have time to hit the brakes. Lol

If Sasquatch is some form of ancient human? Dunno. There is no precedent. And maybe the powers that be don’t want to find out.🤷‍♂️

[MIB]

10 hours ago, norseman said:

If Sasquatch is some form of ancient human? Dunno. There is no precedent. And maybe the powers that be don’t want to find out.🤷‍♂️

 

I think that is a real reasonable perspective.   There IS no perspective and there IS no telling what our court system might do.   I think it is a stone better left unturned .. at least until we know what is under it.   Maybe "they" do know and anticipation of the legal situation is why they won't talk about it.    Dunno.    All, in all directions, is all speculation unless you happen to be someone who is in a loop we don't even know exists with certainty.    There's a lot of logic to suggest it / support it but logic without substance, no matter how attractive, isn't evidence.

[georgerm]

On 11/7/2026 at 8:26 PM, norseman said:

They would lock it up. Because they are.

 

I worked in the Bakken oilfield. Most of the field was in North Dakota. Where the motto was “drill, baby, drill”. But in Montana? We shut down for over a month for sage grouse mating season. The permits were not being written very fast either.

 

Complete sawmill towns were destroyed by the Spotted owl. Gone.

 

And as you said? The cattle industry is being eviserated by Wolves currently.

 

The “resource” they are trying to protect is evidently anything not for the betterment of mankind.

 

I am not an advocate for turning the whole thing into a asphalt parking lot. But most are not advocating a Amish lifestyle either. Most just want to have their cake and eat it too. They wanna live in a condo, with hot water and electricity, and a fully stocked box stores 5 minutes away while enjoying a pristine wilderness off their porch. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

So back to Sasquatch? Obviously something else is going on because if it was a simple endangered animal? They would leverage its plight to the hilt.

 

But they don't. So either the creature doesn’t exist? Or there is a fly in the soup.

 

 

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Norseman said, "I worked in the Bakken oilfield. Most of the field was in North Dakota. Where the motto was “drill, baby, drill”. But in Montana? We shut down for over a month for sage grouse mating season. The permits were not being written very fast either.

 

Complete sawmill towns were destroyed by the Spotted owl. Gone.

 

And as you said? The cattle industry is being eviserated by Wolves currently."

 

This is the reality of recognizing the existence of Sasquatch even if it's not recognized in the Homo genus. Sasquatch would probably not be included in the Homo genus since one of the most primitive Homo classified animals was the Homo habilis that used stone tools which Sasquatch avoids. Sasquatch is probably a Hominin which is bad enough when you consider what Norseman said about Sage Grouse, the Spotted Owl, and the Wolves. Look at what happened because of the Spotted Owl where vast acreages of forest in Oregon, Washington, and California were shut down from logging.

 

If bigfoot was proven to be a Hominid the ramifications could be dramatic where vast areas of public lands could be off limits for logging, hiking, and hunting. This could make the Spotted Owl battles look small when compared to the "Bigfoot Up Rising." Is this why government and universities won't touch Bigfoot with a ten foot pole? If Bigfoot is proven what is the best way for government to manage the species and to keep the public happy?  

Edited 20 minutes ago by georgerm