Bigfoots and Government
It is often asked of me, "If bigfoots are real, then why doesn't the government know about them?" I like to believe that all North American governments do know about bigfoots, and that government personnel quietly and cooperatively developing a "wildlife managment plan" for bigfoots.
I believe Federal and State government biologists have been studying sample bigfoot populations in various parts of the country for quite some time. When sufficient information about bigfoot ecology and habitat needs are acquired, a management plan will be formulated and implemented, and the existence of this species will be announced.
The eventual “Bigfoot Management Plan” will take into consideration the ecological requirements of bigfoots as well as the needs of humans living, working, commuting, and playing in and around bigfoot habitat. It will likely be an Federal plan jointly administered with State Governments.
Federal and State Governments all have organizations charged with the responsibility of protecting, conserving, enhancing, and managing populations of all wildlife species within their jurisdictions; all wildlife species, including those whose existence has not yet been publicly announced.
Governments assume ownership of all wildlife, including those residing on and passing over private property. Governments consider their wildlife be officially protected from being harmed, harassed, or killed by humans unless specific permission is given to do so. State governments establish which species can be hunted and killed, by which methods, in which seasons, and in which quantities. If your state doesn’t specifically state you can kill an animal you daren’t do so. Allowances are made for automobile accidents and acts of self defense, with official forensic evaluation evidencing during judgment. No state currently has an open hunting season on bigfoots. "Papered and credentialed" scientists might be able to obtain official collection exemptions.
Whenever you see any bigfoots, please report your sighting to your state’s wildlife conservation agency. This will aid your state’s bigfoot population management research. Also please report your bigfoot sightings to several of the state, regional, and national bigfoot research organizations.
Below this introduction is a chronological list of bigfoot sighting reports that record the participation of government employees in encounters between humans and bigfoots.
Below that first list is a second list providing links to government organizations charged with the responsibility of protecting, conserving, enhancing, and managing wildlife populations. This second list has been added to assist you in making official bigfoot sighting reports.
1960's; FL, Collier; captured bigfoot breaks out thru block building wall IBS
1960 mid; VT, Windsor; bigfoot crosses road in front of Police car BOTEC
1960's late; MD, Carroll; bigfoot attacks police car, officer trapped BOTEC
1960's late; MD, Harford; police dept claim many bigfoot river sightings BOTEC
1963; CA, Santa Barbara; Airman on guard duty sees a bigfoot IBS
1966-07; OR, Jefferson; Fish and Wildlife employeee sees bigfoot splashing in lake, bigfoot sees him IBS
1967-08; WA, Thurston; 3 bigfoots pursue 2 soldiers
1968-09; OR, unknown; road crossing bigfoot seen by 'senior government official' IBS
1968 summer; OR, Crook; BLM Fire Crew sees bigfoot squatting on road, bf jumps away IBS
1970; SC, Beaufort; Marine pilots see bigfoots on flight path BOTEC
1970-03; MA, Plymouth; police officer sees a bigfoot BOTEC
1970-04; MA, Plymouth; bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1970's late; OR, Umatilla; USDA researchers see a bigfoot while watching deer herd IBS
1970's late; WY, Park; Park Ranger sees fleeing bigfoot
1971 summer; MD, Prince George's; police captain gets bigfoot sighting calls BOTEC
1971; CA, San Bernardino; bigfoot bends Marine's rifle barrel, CIA & FBI investigate
1971; MD, Baltimore; police officer gets several bigfoot reports BOTEC
1971-03; WA, Gray's Harbor; Deputy Sheriff almost shoots a bigfoot
1971-08; FL, Broward; road crossing seen by Animal Control Officer IBS
1971-09; CA, Modoc; Sheriff's Lieutenant sees bigfoot on road alt ver
1972 spring; OH, Guernsey; 2 Ohio State Park Rangers see a bigfoot the same night
1972 spring; OH, Guernsey; Ohio State Park ranger punches thru window at bigfoot's face
1972-01; AL, Randolph; bigfoot walks between police car and church JS-BSECA
1972-01; NC, Burke; 1) bigfoot approaches car 2) police officer sightings BOTEC
1972-02; AL, Randolph; policeman sees bigfoot jumps off 20ft roof JS-BSECA
1972-07-00; ID, unknown; a bigfoot walks up a clearing to near edge of a soldiers' camp then returns back to woods
1972-06; VA, Highland; hunter's bigfoot sighting, Marine's bigfoot sightings BOTEC
1973 to 1974; MA, unknown; policeman: two years of bigfoot sightings BOTEC
1973; NJ, Sussex; 2 park rangers see 5 ft tall bigfoot cross road BOTEC
1973-03; CA, Los Angeles; 3 US Marines see a bigfoot, homeowner bigfoot sighting
1973-07; MD, Anne Arundel; bigfoot road crossing in front of police officer BOTEC
1973-08; MD, Harford; bigfoot report to military police BOTEC
1973-08; PA, Beaver; bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1973-08; PA, unknown; bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1973-09; MT, Flathead; two bigfoots run car off road, reported to sheriff
1973-09; PA, Westmoreland; bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1973-11; PA, Beaver; a bigfoot reported to police BOTEC
1974-06; MT, Missoula; Forest Service admits not telling tourists about a bigfoot sighting IBS
1974-06; OR, Jefferson; Forestry Division employee sees a bigfoot digging in ant mound IBS
1974-07; NC, Hoke County; 82nd airborne rangers see a bigfoot
1974-07; VT, Rutland; police see bigfoot crossing road BOTEC
1974-08; OK, Nowata; 2 policemen shoot at a bigfoot, the bigfoot runs away
1974-09; FL, Hernando; roadside sighting reported to police BOTEC
1974; FL, Dade; Police officer shoots at bigfoot, bf runs into swamp SFB
1974 summer; MT, Missoula; a white bigfoot seen by Forest Service ranger
1975 summer; WA, Pierce; Fort Lewis soldier sees bigfoot on dirt road during night training IBS
1975; FL, Sarasota; police report- bigfoot chases two bicycling boys BOTEC
1975; OR, Douglas; USFS Ranger Station kept semi-official book of bigfoot sightings IBS
1975; WA, Clark; Army Corp of Engineers recognizes bigfoots
1975-07; PA, Washington; Pennsylvania State Policeman sees a bigfoot via headlights
1975-08; PA, Washington; policeman sees a bigfoot BOTEC
1975-12; MT, Cascade; hunter reports to Sheriff shooting at a bigfoot w 30.06
1975-12; MT, Cascade; Sheriff reports woman fired rifle "over bigfoots' heads"
1975-12; OR, Hood River; 4 police officers report bigfoot caught in highway gridlock
1975-11; WA, Whatcom; bigfoot lopes alongside policeman's car
1976 or 1977; OR, Linn; man shoots bigfoot, bigfoot tears apart man, heavily armed USFS helicopter evac IBS
1976; KY, Hardin; soldier sees a bigfoot
1976, NJ, unknown; onward; bigfoot encounters by park rangers BOTEC
1976-02; MT, Cascade; man with .357 chases a bigfoot, reports to Sheriff
1976-03; CA, Marin; Police patrolmen see bigfoot climb 8 ft wall alt ver
1976-03; MT, Cascade; roadside bigfoot reported to Sheriff
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; a bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; police K-9's refuse to follow a bigfoot BOTC
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; police K-9s track a bigfoot to interstate tunnel BOTEC
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; police officer sees a bigfoot BOTEC
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; police see bigfoot running under interstate BOTEC
1976-05; MD, Baltimore; sighting reported to police BOTEC
1976-06; MD, Baltimore; army soldiers capture or kill possible bigfoot BOTEC
1976-06; OR, Klamath; road crossing bigfoot seen by National Park's Chief Naturalist IBS
1976-08; NY, unknown; police see a bigfoot BOTEC
1976-08; NY, Washington; three men and police see a bigfoot BOTEC
1976-10; MD, Somerset; police investigate bigfoot sighting BOTEC
1977; WA, Pierce; soldier(s) injured bigfoot a bigfoot
1977-01-20; MS, Adams; police investigate bigfoot sighting, the bigfoot flees when patrol car approaches
1977-03-00; WA, Pierce; a soldier is admitted to army hopital in shock after a bigfoot looks at him for 5 min
1977-05; VA, Pittsylvania; roadside bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1977-08; FL, Collier; police car hits a bigfoot, blood, hair found IBS
1977-12-21; US Dept of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service News Release
1977; KY, Simpson; policeman sees a bigfoot cross road
1977 winter; MD, Baltimore; police watch bigfoot capture dog BOTEC
1978-03; MD, York; Army troops chase a road X-ing bigfoot IBS
1978-03; PA, York; roadside sighting reported to police BOTEC
1978-04; CT, Fairfield; Police deputies shoot at a bigfoot, cast tracks
1978-05; NY, Washington; police officer sees a bigfoot in a field BOTEC
1978; OR, Curry; Highway Patrolman reports almost hittng a bigfoot
1978; TX, Kimble; game warden, inquiring for strange events, accepts bigfoot sighting report
1978; WA, Pierce; soldier shoots a bigfoot, blood samles taken by lab personnel
1978 summer; MD, Frederick; Park Rangers see bigfoots BOTEC
1978 or 1979; VA, Fairfax; a backyard bigfoot is seen and the police look for it on foot and with helicopters
1979-04; WA, Thurston; soldier's bigfoot sighting
1980-05; WA, Cowlitz; bigfoot bodies removed post Mt. St. Helens erruption
1980-09; MD, Harford; park ranger sighting BOTEC
1980's late; CA, Lassen; US Forest Service smokejumper sees bigfoot near burn camp
1980-03-31; KY, Boone; a man shotguns a bigfoot in his yard, it jumps in the river swimming, Sheriff's divers investigate
1980-04-00; WA, Skamania; seven Department of Natural Resources tree planters see 2 bigfoots walking side by side
1981-05; MD, Carroll; police take samples form bigfoot-and-dog fight site
1981 summer; MD, Harford; fire tower ranger sees a bigfoot BOTEC
1981 summer; MD, Prince George's; police: seminary bigfoot sighting BOTEC
1981 or 1986; NC, Tyrrell; two police officers see a bigfoot break down a snag at the edge of their hunting camp
1982-02; NY, Washington; 2 police officers see bigfoot BOTEC
1982-05; CA, San Diego; Marine sees a bigfoot at edge of bivouac area
1982-05; MO, Pulaski; a bigfoot crosses road behind army truck
1982-08; MD, Prince George's; police report a bigfoot seen in cornfield BOTEC
1983-10-13; OK, Carter; bigfoot forcibly enters and wrecks house interior, policeman recounts investigation, collecting hair
1984-02; WA, Clallam; bigfoot runs from patrolling soldiers IBS
1988-04-00; WA, Pierce; a moonlit bigfoot walks past 2 soldiers in their fox hole
1985; FL, Dade; bigfoot seen by two policemen looking for prowler SFB
1986; OR, Hood River; bigfoot chases deer close past USFS employee IBS
1987; OR, Deschutes; road crossing bigfoot seen by 2 USFS rangers who cast tracks to show IBS
1987-05; PA, unknown; police searching for a bigfoot after sightings BOTEC
1987-08; OR, Klamath; road crossing bigfoot seen by National Park Ranger IBS
1988; CA, Butte; bigfoot approaches and growls at sheriff's deputy and friend in pickup truck IBS
1988-08; SC, Lee; a bigfoot at door reported to police BOTEC
1989-07; OR, Clackamas; US Air Force Resuce helicopters see possible bigfoot with infrared imaging IBS
1989-11; WA, Piece; 2 soldiers in foxhole see a bigfoot 25 yrds away
1989; OR, Clackamas; road crossing bigfoot seen by Forest Service worker IBS
1989; WA, Pierce; Army Ranger sneaks up on bigfoot, both scream an flee
1980's late or 1990's early; GA,Terrell; a game warden sees a bigfoot and radioed it in (at bottom of report)
1990's early; CO, El Paso; bigfoot watching Air Force Cadets in training
1990-05-00; WA, Pierce; soldiers see a bigfoot comes down hill shaking trees then runs across moonlit clearing
1990-07; FL, Lake; Feds investigate bigfoot tracks
1990; ID, Idaho; road crossing by a male bigfoot and a female bigfoot is watched by a retired police officer IBS
1991; WA, Chelan; US Forest Service employees alledgedly photograph a dead bigfoot found by prospector IBS
1991-03; MD, Ann Arundel; a man reports being acosted by a bigfoot and responding policeman sees the bigfoot IBS
1992 summer; WA, Yakima; Job Corps fire fighters quit work after seeing a bigfoot run from forest fire thru hot coals IBS
1993-07; MT, Missoula; Fire Tower Lookout technician sees a bigfoot running through the trees IBS
1993-00-00 prior to; WA, Pierce; a family of bigfoots surrounds soldiers, the soldiers call in helicopter to be rescued IBS
1993-11; OR, Clackamas; US Forest Service worker reports a bigfoot sighting on BLM land to bigfoot researcher IBS
1993-12 to 1994-01; NM, Sandoval; 1) trucker sees a bigfoot 2) a bigfoot throws a dog 3) sheriff searches for bigfoots IBS
1993 summer; NM, Rio Arriba; policeman reports a rancher seeing a running bigfoot IBS
1994-10; OR, Columbia; Oregon Fish and Game geologist sees bigfoot at the botttom end of a logging road IBS
1995-09; OR, Clackamas; a bigfoot charges a hunter and steals his deer, USFS Officer casts the bigfoot's foot prints IBS
1996; CA, Plumas; a policeman concludes that a bigfoot threw huge rocks onto road (scroll down) IBS
1996; PA, Cambria; policeman knocks himself out on patrol car door after being startled by a bigfoot a few feet away IBS
1996; WA, Pierce; a family of bigfoots surrounds soldiers, the soldiers call in helicopter to be rescued IBS
1996-06; CA, park ranger admits seeing a bigfoot milling around close to the beach IBS
1996-08; FL, Gadsden; road crossing bigfoot hit by state trooper's car and tourists on a bus watch it go into the woods IBS
1996 fall; OR, Clackamas; a bigfoot seen on a road is reported to United States Forest Service Ranger Station IBS
1997-02; MT, Hill; Immigration Service employee sees a bigfoot in a roadside ditch IBS
1997-05; CA, Mendocino; Agriculture Dept estimates there to be about 70 Bigfeet in Mendocino County IBS
1997-05; CA, Mendocino; County Agriculture Dept warns people to stay out of woods until bigfoots are eliminated IBS
1997-09; OR, Deschutes; Fish and Game Officer tells hunter "if you shoot [a bigfoot], it belongs to the state." IBS
1998; OR, Marion; two Bureau of Land Management (BLM) workers look into cave and see a sleeping bigfoot IBS
2003-08; TX, Walker; Police Acadamy student shoots a bigfoot in his backyard, the bigfoot escapes BFRO Report 7467
unknown; NV, Nye; road crossing investigated by security officials IBS
unknown; OR, Jefferson; road crossing bigfoot seen by State Policeman, the bigfoot looks into the headlights IBS
unknown; OR, Jefferson; Tribal Police Officer reports a bigfoot a chasing bear, the bear was found tore up IBS
unknown; WA, Cowlitz; a car kills a bigfoot and a Forest Service helicopter removes the dead bigfoot IBS
unknown; WA, Lewis; a sheriff shoots at a bigfoot in a pasture, the bigfoot tears down a fence while escaping IBS
List Key
1) JS-BSECA >> book: Bigfoot Sightings in East Central Alabama, by James M. Smith, self-published 2000
2) JS-ABS >> book: Alabama Bigfoot Sightings, by James M. Smith, self-published 2003
3) BOTEC >> book: Bigfoot on the East Coast, by Rick Berry, self-published
4) IBS >> International Bigfoot Society's bigfoot sighting reports database, and the monthly newsletter The Track Record from which the database was extracted, have both been sold to North American Bigfoot Search. NABS is offering for sale a CD that holds all seventeen years of the Track Record and an extensive comprehensive index of the contents. This CD is an historical treasure and a working tool. 5) SFB >> Skunkape, Florida's Bigfoot has been taken offline (or hopefully just relocated). I will reinstall the links if SFB database is ever reincarnated into a new website.
6) WVBIG >> West Virginia Bigfoot Investigators Group has been taken offline (or hopefully just relocated). I will reinstall the links if SFB database is ever reincarnated into a new website.
7) TBRC >>Texas Bigfoot Research Center has evolved into the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservacy. The "Center's" sighting report database was migrated to the "Conservancy's" database and the reports were given new URL's. I have converted many of my website's links to the "Center's" old URL's to the "Conservancy's" new URL's. This processs is ongoing. Only the unconverted links have the TBRC designator.
State Wildlife Conservation Organizations Here is the list of government organizations charged with the responsibility of protecting, conserving, enhancing, and managing populations of all animal species within their jurisdictions - all, including those animals whose governments do not currently publicly acknowledge.
Whenever you see any bigfoots, please report your sightings to your state’s wildlife conservation agency. This will aid your state’s bigfoot population management activities. Also please report your sightings to several regional and national bigfoot research rganizations.
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Arizona Game and Fish Department
Arkansas Game and Fish Department
California Department of Fish and Game
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildife Division
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Bureau
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
Missouri Department of Conservation
Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Nevada Department of Wildlife
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
New Jersey Department of Natural Resources Division of Fish and Wildlife
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife
Oklahoma Department Wildlife Conservation
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Fish and Wildlife
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
South Dakota Department of Fish, Game, and Parks Division of Wildlife
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department
Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Clickable USA map that links to Departments of Natural Resources, Game, and Wildlife
United States Bureau of Land Management
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Forest Service
United States National Park Service
United Staes Border Patrol
United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
United States ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
United States FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
United States FEDERAL OPEN GOVERNMENT GUIDE
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