A listener writes “Wes, I was visiting a park ranger this weekend who has worked some of the most remote parts of the Olympic peninsula for over 25yrs and had to talk a pic of this hanging in his office.
I’ve spoken to him many times about Sasquatch and all he’ll say is that it’s not worth losing his pension over the subject.
Love the show”
Jonathan B
I always wonder what kind of interaction they have one a regular basis. Meaning people who stay out there in a regular basis.
JOHN E
7 …..it happens so much ……we the people power in the people …….
Paul M
Hey… AS YA KNOW… HE CANT RISK 30 yrs of service to say ya they are REAL… BUT THERE IS NO DOUGHT THIS GUY KNOWS MORE THEN THE AVG JOE…
DrAaron
His statement actually contains quite a bit of exposure despite the first impression of it lacking commitment. That his pension could be in jeopardy with a simple informal discussion means there has to be some pretty strict protocol that isn’t written. There is your lawsuit right there…
Charles R
It’s not worth losing his pension and this is the problem on why it is so hard for the Rangers and USFS to elaborate on what they may know or think. Same happens in the military and airlines with UFOs.
Mark T
I am the former Natural Resources project manager who lost a job 2 weeks after making it known that I saw an 11-foot tall Bigfoot cross the road neat Mt. Rainer in 1981.
I was unemployed for nearly 5 years afterwards, and then took low paying jobs and was unemployed again for another 5 years.
It is only 10 years later that I was offered, accepted, and started a professional career related to fish and wildlife issues…
And after going what I went through (including becoming homeless twice and living in my car), I sure am not going to publicly risk retirement from this new government job just to let people know Bigfoot is alive and thriving in Washington state.
I was mentioned in the back of Autumn Eilliams, book Enoch (she asked to include my story in her book) and Wes had me on as a guest.
I love my new job restoring fish and wildlife habitat in Washington state, and plan to start doing field research of my own on the weekends, but if I report any future sightings you can believe it will be under a pseudonym for a while.
However, I have just completed the first 200 pages of a new Young Adult “fictional” novel centered around Bigfoot sightings and the youth across Washington state… I’ve interwoven my own encounters throughout the first novel… my way of still getting my encounters out, while protecting my current job and future pension.
I may not make it to this year’s IBC, but once I complete my fisrt Bigfoot novel for kids (and adults) and the sequels I’ve planned, you’ll probably see me at the IBC every year at a vendors table.
And once I do retire at the age of 70, you can get I’ll go public and try to get the government to guarantee employees who seen Bigfoot are protected from losing their jobs.
Renee S
It’s scary what can happen to people “in the know”