Bigfoots and Government
It is often asked of me, "If bigfoots are real, then why doesn't the government know about them?" I am convinced 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 a 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 wildlife species within their jurisdictions - all wildlife species, including those whose existence has not yet been publicly announced.
States assume ownership of all wildlife, including those residing on and passing over private property. States consider their wildlife be officially protected from being harmed, harassed, or killed by humans unless specific permission is given to do so. States 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 aid you in making official bigfoot sighting reports.
Click here to listen to a 911 phone call which a frightened homeowner made to report a bigfoot in yard.
1946; OK, Jefferson; Police collect hair samples from vehicle attacked by a bigfoot
1957; VA, Prince William; Marine on guard sees bigfoot
1959-05; CA, Monterey; bigfoot hurdles over front of army jeep
1959; MD, Carroll; policeman shoots at a bigfoot BOTEC
1960's; FL, Collier; captured bf breaks out thru block building wall
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
1966-07; OR, Jefferson; Fish and Wildlife employeee sees bf splashing in lake, bf sees him
1967-08; WA, Thurston; 3 bigfoots pursue 2 soldiers
1968-09; OR, unknown; road X-ing bf seen by 'senior government official' 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; WY, Park; Park Ranger sees fleeing bigfoot
1971 summer; MD, Prince George's; police captain gets bigfoot sighting calls BOTEC
1971; CA, San Bernardino; bf 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 bf
1971-08; FL, Broward; road X-ing seen by Animal Control Officer
1971-09; CA, Modoc; Sheriff's Lieutenant sees bf 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; bf 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 bf jumps off 20ft roof JS-BSECA
1972-06; VA, Highland; hunter sighting, Marine's 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 bf, homeowner sighting
1973-07; MD, Anne Arundel; road X-ing 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 bigfoot sighting
1974-06; OR, Jefferson; Forestry Division employee sees bf digging in ant mound
1974-07; NC, Hoke County; 82nd airborne rangers see bigfoot
1974-07; VT, Rutland; police see bigfoot crossing road BOTEC
1974-08; OK, Nowata; 2 policemen shoot at bf, bf runs away
1974-09; FL, Hernando; roadside sighting reported to police BOTEC
1974; FL, Dade; Police officer shoots at bf, bf runs into swamp
1974 summer; MT, Missoula; white bigfoot seen by Forest Service ranger
1975 summer; WA, Pierce; Fort Lewis soldier sees bf on dirt road during night training 1975; FL, Sarasota; police report- bigfoot chases two bicycling boys BOTEC
1975; OR, Douglas; USFS Ranger Station kept semi-official book of bf sightings
1975; WA, Clark; Army Corp of Engineers recognizes bigfoots
1975-08; PA, Washington; policeman sees a bigfoot BOTEC
1975-12; MT, Cascade; hunter reports to Sheriff shooting at a bf w 30.06
1975-12; MT, Cascade; Sheriff reports woman fired rifle "over bfs' heads"
1975-12; OR, Hood River; 4 police officers report bf caught in highway gridlock
1975-11; WA, Whatcom; bigfoot lopes alongside policeman's car
1976 or 1977; OR, Linn; man shoots bf, bf tears apart man, heavily armed USFS helicopter evac
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 bf, reports to Sheriff
1976-03; CA, Marin; Police patrolmen see bf 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 X-ing bf seen by National Park's Chief Naturalist
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 by a bf
1977-05; VA, Pittsylvania; roadside bigfoot sighting reported to police BOTEC
1977-08; FL, Collier; police car hits a bigfoot, blood, hair found
1977; KY, Simpson; policeman see bf cross road
1977 winter; MD, Baltimore; police watch bigfoot capture dog BOTEC 1978-03; MD, York; road X-ing Army troops chase
1978-03; PA, York; roadside sighting reported to police BOTEC 1978-04; CT, Fairfield; Police deputies shoot at a bf, 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 bf 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 thru 1979; VA, Fairfax; police look for a bigfoot with helicopters BOTEC
1979-04; WA, Thurston; soldier sighting
1980-05; WA, Cowlitz; bf 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 bf near burn camp
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
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; OK, Carter; bf wrecks house interior, police investigate, collect hair
1984-02; WA, Clallam; bf runs from patrolling soldiers
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
1989-11; WA, Piece; 2 soldiers in foxhole see a bf 25 yrds away
1989; OR, Clackamas; road X-ing bf seen by Forest Service worker
1989; WA, Pierce; Army Ranger sneaks up on bf, both scream an flee
1990's early; CO, El Paso; bigfoot watching Air Force Cadets in training
1990-07; FL, Lake; Feds investigate bigfoot tracks
1991; WA, Chelan; US Forest Service employees alledgedly photo dead bf found by prospector
List Key
1) Date format is yyyy/mm.
2) Location format is state Postal abbreviation followed by the county name.
3) BOTEC - the book: Bigfoot on the East Coast,
by Rick Berry; Self-published, Stuart’s Draft, VA, 1993
4) JS-BSECA - the book: Bigfoot Sightings of East Central Alabama
by James M. Smith, self published 2000
5) JS-ABS - the book: Alabama Bigfoot Sightings,
by James M. Smith, self published 2003
7) alt ver -- links to additional posted version of report
8) Some of this web page's listed behaviors link to reports formally posted to the Texas
Bigfoot Research Center. The "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 this web page's links from the "Center's" old URL's to the "Conservancy's"
new URL's. Some of the "Center's" reports have not yet been given "Conservacy"
URL's that I have been able to find. I will keep looking.
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
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT - as of 2005 January 03 United States Bureau of Land Management
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
United States Forest Service
United States National Park Service
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