Skamania County, Washington, a 1984 ordinance states that killing this ape-like creature can get you a year in jail, a $1,000 fine or both. The same amendment also named Bigfoot an endangered species in Skamania County and declared all land within their borders to be a “Sasquatch Refuge.”
Read the full ordinance below:
Read the Ordinances and County Code for Skamania County, Washington
Rick T
Thanks to, at least in part, the great Robert R. Morgan
Gary R
So I’m assuming Skunk Apes, Boogers, Grassmen, Stink-a-bou, Mtn. Mofos, and Odor Wookies are still perfectly OK to mortally injure if the circumstances deem necessary….
… Jokes aside, in all seriousness, has anyone ever been charged with killing one?
(I’m guessing, If so, it would be so deeply suppressed that it would likely never surface, officially).
Darren H
Gary R….Mtn. Mofos and Odor Wookies!! Thanks for making me LMAO, that’s some funny shit.
Tedd
Is this a true ordinance sponsored and enforced by leo’s and/or fess? Just curious and I am out of the “loop” lately.
Richard W
So, if attacked and you defend yourself by killing one, don’t report it? Just bury it? Stupid!
Richard P
It’s also against the law to kill a human being or a game animal without a license or out of season in the same county. If you kill a bigfoot and the autopsy shows that you shot it in the back. You might have a problem. If the investigation shows that it was self defense. You might not even be charged.
I wouldn’t shoot one at a distance if it wasn’t necessary. If it was throwing rocks with a fair degree of accuracy. I might depending on the circumstances. If I was out numbered and in mortal danger. I’d probably be less concerned about the legal issues than doing what I thought needed to be done to get out of there alive.
There’s also the issue of the body or bodies. Without a body, the chances of being charged with a crime of killing one are pretty much non existent. And even if there is a body. The feds would probably take it and say that it was a bear. So again, no prosecution.
Richard P
The linked to law says that if it’s an ape it’s treated as an endangered species. If it’s a human, it’s treated as a homicide investigation. But again in either case, you run into the issue of a body. Would the county resist a state, or more likely a federal confiscation?
I doubt it. But I wouldn’t go out trophy hunting for one either. I’m assuming that they’re more early human than ape. So if you actually did kill one and the county recovered the body and didn’t release it to the federal government without a court battle. And the government has laws to keep those types of court battles sequestered. Then you could have a serious problem, particularly if it wasn’t self defense and is classified as a human.
If the Minnesota iceman was genuine. I’d say that it was an early human.
The bottom line is that the county wouldn’t be wasting their time with this type of law if they didn’t know more than they’re releasing. And being the primary first responders in a lot of these incidents. They’d be the ones with more judicial quality evidence than anyone else. With the possible exception of the forest service. Particularly in this situation where there’s a lot of federal forest in the county.
I ran into a yellow evidence taped off area 2 ops ago. Some of these closed areas may involve non conventional activity. Having been through it myself I know that it’s real. I didn’t resort to firearms use, even though I was armed. But others that I’ve talked to said that they would of if it had been them. Which includes experienced outdoorsmen.
David R
I knew about this years ago, and thank you for posting the REAL TRUTH!
Tony s
I’m not 100% sure but I think killing a turkey is a $10,000 fine and up to 10 years in jail. I think feeding a dolphin is a $10k fine too. Seems like if you are going to bother to create a law protecting them it should have a punishment that will actually deter people.
Steven B
So, *IF* BF does not exist; IF it is a myth, as so many scientists and other goobermint entities say, are there laws in the works to make it illegal to kill unicorns, mugwumps, snufflupigus, sprites, trolls, gremlins, goblins, gargoyles…maybe they should force people that fly by flapping their arms to have a pilots license.
The fact that any legal entity went to the bother to make such a law is de-facto proof of BF’s existence.