Who says Canadians aren't crazy?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070502/wl_canada_afp/canadauspoliticsanimaloffbeat_070502173737

Bigfoot risks extinction, says Canadian MP

OTTAWA (AFP) - Bigfoot, the legendary hairy man-like beast said to roam the wildernesses of North America, is not shy, merely so rare it risks extinction and should be protected as an endangered species.

So says Canadian MP Mike Lake who has called for Bigfoot to be protected under Canada's species at risk act, alongside Whooping Cranes, Blue Whales, and Red Mulberry trees.

"The debate over their (Bigfoot's) existence is moot in the circumstance of their tenuous hold on merely existing," reads a petition presented by Lake to parliament in March and due to be discussed next week.

"Therefore, the petitioners request the House of Commons to establish immediate, comprehensive legislation to affect immediate protection of Bigfoot," says the petition signed by almost 500 of Lake's constituents in Edmonton, Alberta.

A similar appeal has been made to the US Congress.

Down through history, there have been numerous, if unsubstantiated sightings of Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch in North American folklore.

The beast is said to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the US Pacific northwest and western Canada, and many believe it could be related to the equally mythical Yeti said to have found its home in Tibet and Nepal.

While sometimes described as large, hairy bipedal hominoids, Bigfoot are considered by most experts to be a combination of folklore and hoaxes.

But the legend remains strong, and Bigfoot researcher Todd Standing, who was behind the petition, claims to have proof of its existence, and says he fears for its safety.

"When I get species protection for them nationwide, I will make my findings public and I will take this out of the realm of mythology. Bigfoot is real," Standing told Global National television news.

He said he has 12 seconds of video footage of Bigfoot roaming Canada's western Rocky Mountains included in a 30-minute documentary, but his detractors say it was staged with actors.

His supporters hail from Canada's westernmost provinces, but Bigfoot sightings have been reported across the country, which is 90 percent uninhabited.

There are currently 516 plant and animal species at risk in Canada, according to Environment Canada. Another 13 species are already extinct.

[69bronzeT5]

Ive never seen a Bigfoot nor believe in them.

[bull]

Ive never seen a Bigfoot nor believe in them.

Would you believe if you had seen one? I believe in Neptune but I've never seen it.

[ck1]

for how much you hear from Canadians, you'd think they were extinct too is coyote a Canadian?

[69bronzeT5]

Ive never seen a Bigfoot nor believe in them.

Would you believe if you had seen one? I believe in Neptune but I've never seen it.

Of course I would belive in them if I saw one but I havent

[Bandit72]

Ive never seen a Bigfoot nor believe in them.

it's like ghosts....the way i figure it....there CANNOT be that many crazy people, something has got to be there.....there are literally millions of people who have claimed to see ghosts, or bigfoot, or the lockness monster, or UFO's, etc..

[Rack]

Someone needs to take thier Big Foot and plant it across Mike Lake's chin. Maybe it'll know some sense into him.


Seriously, this is the only "real" Bigfoot on the planet...



Ok so technically there's more then one of them, but you get the point.

[Drache]

You think WE are crazy? In the U.S. Bigfoot is ALREADY listed as an endangered species! 

[Brock Samson]

Here he is,.. caught stepping out, probably looking for his green modtop camoed S.E. DAYTONA... 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4y5q31y6XA

[Dodge Don]

Ran into one camping deep in the Canadian Rockies.

[RECHRGD]

I have a family of them living on the back part of my 45 acres.  They're not very freindly, they smell bad and make a heck of a mess.  There's nothing I can do to get rid of them because I think they were given endangered/minority status awhile back.  What can I do???    Bob

[Rocky]

Of course I would belive in them if I saw one but I havent

Do you believe in boobies?   

[69bronzeT5]

HAHA but god, this video was shot about 3-4hrs from my house and at the time the video was shot, I was only about 1hr away camping

[Vainglory, Esq.]

If that's a joke, then that dude is my officially my favorite Canadian politician.