Skamania County Protecting Bigfoot for 45 Years

Skamania County Postcard designed by Guy Edwards

"The year was 1969. Man achieved its first landing on the moon, The Beatles released Abbey Road, and it became illegal to kill Sasquatch" --Peter Holmstrom, Mysterious Universe

Peter Holmstrom writes an in-depth article for MysteriousUniverse.Org that celebrates the 45th anniversary of the ordinance that protects Bigfoot in Skamania County.

The article titled, "The Bigfoot Law: Celebrating 45 Years of Safety" is one of the best articles written on the law that now protects Bigfoot. read the teaser below and then jump to the full article:

The Bigfoot flap of 1969 began in March, when John and Linda Durrell were driving up with their family on a camping trip above Carson, Wa. Nearing their destination, Linda Durrell spotted something of the side of the road. Getting out to take a look, she was surprised to see extraordinarily large footprints in the snow, far larger than any human could have made.

Not quite sure what to do, Linda and family called the local sheriff’s office, who took plaster casts of the footprints for later investigation. They prints measured 22 inches long and 7 ½ inches wide. Investigating the surrounding area, the local deputy found even more footprints. Read More...

Read the full article at Mysterious Universe, "The Bigfoot Law: Celebrating 45 Years of Safety"
Click the following link to read the original ordinance that created the Sasquatch refuge

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You can save on these popular tees! Inventory is limited and these are the only Bigfoot tshirts that celebrate the first real law to recognize and protect Bigfoot!

As seen on TV! You may have seen this design on the recent NatGeo show. "Bigfoot: The New Evidence" A tshirt that commemorates Skamania County writing the first law to recognize and protect Sasquatch.

Be the envy of  your family and friends with this collectors edition of the Skamania County Bigfoot tshirt commemorating the first law to recognize and protect Bigfoot. This Bigfoot Tshirt is the perfect gift for your favorite bigfooter--even if that favorite bigfooter is yourself.

A closer look at the design (click to enlarge)

These are limited edition t-shirts made with the finest Gildan tees and printed with stretchable ink that will last longer than your average tee. Artwork by Guy Edwards.

Perfect for birthdays or the upcoming Holidays, show your favorite Bigfooter you care and impress them with you knowledge of Bigfoot lore.

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Bigfoot insiders have embraced the tshirt. Watch Rev. Jeff and David Batdorf from the Squatcher's Lounge give high praise in this unsolicited endorsement video.

Buy Skamania Postcard Tshirt

As seen on TV! You may have seen this design on the recent NatGeo show. "Bigfoot: The New Evidence" A tshirt that commemorates Skamania County writing the first law to recognize and protect Sasquatch.

Be the envy of  your family and friends with this collectors edition of the Skamania County t-shirt commemorating the first law to recognize and protect Bigfoot. This Bigfoot T-shirt is the perfect gift for your favorite bigfooter--even if that favorite bigfooter is yourself.

Skamania County was the first to write a law recognizing and protecting Sasquatch

A closer look at the design (click to enlarge)

These are limited edition t-shirts made with the finest Gildan tees and printed with stretchable ink that will last longer than your average tee. Artwork by Guy Edwards.

Perfect for birthdays or the upcoming Holidays, show your favorite Bigfooter you care and impress them with you knowledge of Bigfoot lore.

Limited quantities, better buy now! Only $19.99 + $5.00 shipping

Sizes

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Finding Bigfoot Wants Your Skamania and Klickitat County Bigfoot Stories!!!

Skamania County Postcard designed by Guy Edwards

The producers of Animal Planet's popular TV show Finding Bigfoot are planning a town hall in Washington State and they want YOUR stories! As you may know Skamania County is the first local government to acknowledge and sign laws to protect Sasquatch. Read the ordinances protecting Bigfoot. 

Now YOU can be a part of that continued history by contacting Finding Bigfoot with your own Skamania and Klickitat County encounter(s). Read the Press Release below and contact Finding Bigfoot!:

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Animal Planet’s hit show “Finding Bigfoot” is coming to Skamania and Klickitat counties! Skamania county is one of the ‘squatchiest’ places in the world and the “Finding Bigfoot” investigative team; Matt Moneymaker, Cliff Barakman, James “Bobo” Fey and Ranae Holland; are coming to listen to the  stories, examine the evidence and determine once and for all if Bigfoot really calls the Northwest home!

The team is looking for YOUR stories of encounters with Sasquatch in Skamania, Klickitat or surrounding areas. Sightings? Strange noises? Tracks? Wood knocks? We want to hear it all! Tell us your Bigfoot story and you may be invited to share it with the team at our Washington town hall on Wednesday, August 7 2013.

If you have a Sasquatch story and would like to attend our town hall meeting on August 7, email

findingbigfoot.northwest@gmail.com

Keep it squatchy everyone!

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Skamania Bigfoot Bash and Bounty

Visit Bigfoot Lunch Club's Booth at Skamania's Bigfoot bash and Bounty

Tomorrow on Saturday August 25th the Skamania County Chamber of Commerce will celebrate the annual Bigfoot Bash and Bounty. It is a festival that celebrates ordinance 1984-2. This is official legislated ordinance that declares Skamania County a refuge for the endangered species known as Sasquatch. Click the following link to read the original Skamania County Sasquatch Ordinances.

Bigfoot Lunch Club will be there in selling these t shirts pictured below. All you have to do is meet us at Home Valley Park (Map)

The schedule of events are below:

9:00 -11:00 - pancake breakfast

Noon - Food and craft vendors, kids crafts, bouncy houses, kids scavenger hunt, and sand dig.

1:00 - Larry Lund

2:00 - Bigfoot hunt

3:00 - Todd Neiss

4:00 - Bigfoot hunt

5:00 - Thom Cantrall

6:00 - Bigfoot hunt

6:45 - Storytime!

It should be a great time especially with the guest speaker line up. Hope to see you there!

Skamania 3rd Annual Bigfoot Bash

Every Year in late August Skamania county celebrates their 1984 ordinance, declaring Bigfoot a protected species. Although most places on the web have a small snippet of the ordinance we have the whole thing here.

Today, August 27th, 2010, they are celebrating it again, although they have not promoted it very heavily this year. Even the website seems to be below par to previous two years. This is the third annual Bigfoot Bash and Bounty, they are 45 minutes away from downtown Portland. If you get a chance go check them out! They have tons of activities planned and vendors with plenty of good stuff.

this is a great opportunity for you to read the county ordinance at our earlier post here.

RELATED LINKS
Skamania's 3rd Annual Bigfoot Bash & Bounty Site
The entire county ordinance protecting Bigfoot

April Fools Joke Becomes Law

...or bigfoot can put you in jail.

On April 01, in 1969 Skamania County, Washington was the first official U.S. governmental body to legally recognize Bigfoot as a species. By passing of Ordinance 69-01, Skamania County declared the killing of bigfoot illegal; punishable by a $10,000 fine and 5 years in prison. Although originally an April Fool's joke, it sat in the books for over a dozen years before becoming an official statute with legally binding consequences.

In 1984 the ordinance was repealled and amended as ordinance 1984-2. The new ordinance reduced the fine and jail time to “gross misdemeanor” status. Don't be fooled by the lighter misdeameanor status, due to an exception written into the ordinance, if the animal (Bigfoot) is found to be humanoid, the person who killed the Bigfoot will be tried for homicide.


Even more interesting, the more recent ordinance sets up all of Skamania as a “Sasquatch Refuge.” The reason – Bigfoot is an “endangered species” in Skamania County. Skamania does not claim Bigfoot is endangered overall, just within its own county lines.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Skamania County's official Ordinance Listings (look for 1984-2)
The entire ordinance text

Today in BF History: APR 01

Today, April 01, 1969 in Skamania County, WA. An ordinance written and then made legally binding in 1984.



We had written about this before and even invited you readers to join us in a celebration in Skamania county. There will be another celebration this year and we encourage you to go.Visit the official website here. Where else can you have bigfoot draft beer for you at the tap.

Save Bigfoot

I have been kicking around an idea I had lately, only to find I have been beaten to it. Once in a while when the topic of Bf evidence comes up, I'll hear someone say, "next time someone sees Bigfoot they should try and shoot it, and then there would be evidence!"

My concern is the amount of times I hear this, so I looked into how to protect a species under the Endangered Species Act. During my research I have found that the government has already done so, at least on the local level. So Skamania County has a real ordinance! I would like to see if BfR$LC can't get this done on the federal level and perhaps protect the big guy from harm.

Bigfoot Bash and Bounty

Okay, we have a few months to go. Set for August 22nd to 24th, 2008, hopefully many sunny days will find us between now and then. Regardless, I look forward to the Bigfoot Bash and Bounty which will be held this year starting August 22nd in Stevenson, Skamania County, Washington.

There will be prizes for following the clues which will lead you to all 12 Bigfoots, a 5k run (if there is a t-shirt, I am so there), a beer garden (which I will definitely be hitting), as well as family softball, music, food and more.

The BFRLC will be attempting to contact these folks, perhaps we can set up some sort of booth or sponsorship...let's discuss this at our next meeting.

Looks like a Bigfooteriffic time.

Check out Official Bigfoot Bash Website

Visit the BfRLC Calendar to Register to meet us there or check out other BfRLC sponsored events by clicking on the following button.