A listener writes “Hey Wes. Love watching your show all the way over here in the UK. I want to comment on the question of why the Feds are keeping the existence of these creatures secret. I believe it’s only partly due to money, as many people believe.
Imagine you see yourself as the great protector of a group of people. That you answer to nobody and charge yourself with being the decider of such monumental decisions as who should die to save the greater number, etc. You are so omnipotent that you are convinced that your people would not function or survive without you. Imagine also that you are completely vested in maintaining a superpower presence on the world stage. Then imagine you discover a species previously hidden that cannot be contained, even by you. You can’t kill them all. You can’t cage them all. And worst of all, you believe any attempt to do so might result in the unknown species annihilating your people while you stand defenselessly by. You realize that if your people have confirmation of the existence of the hitherto hidden species, you will be exposed as unable to protect them. Your people will begin to question your power in all other things, and rightly so. Other superpowers also begin to question your strength. Would you happily admit the existence of the apex species and your powerlessness over it, or would you attempt to retain your controlling status and deny, deny, deny?
I hear many in the Sasquatch field say we need a body. Only then will the Feds admit Bigfoot exists. I don’t think so. The Feds have already collected Bigfoot bodies, some from salt-of-the-earth people who have never lied a day in their life but whom the Feds have terrorized into silence. Even scientists in the best universities have family they love and careers that can be destroyed. The Feds can and have made people disappear. No. I believe the Feds decided long ago that their best bet is to keep it as quiet as possible. To eliminate rogue Sasquatch and those who make themselves too visible and hope the species dies out over the centuries as man encroaches more and more into the wilderness.
Just my ten cents worth. Keep up the good work.”