Kill a Sasquatch?

[XUSNORDIE]

What if it were female?

Then Eddie Murphy's Uncle Gus would be happy and they would be free of Aunt Bunny.

 

[mirglip]

If we are attacked and our life threatened. We can all defend ourselves. The post is if killing a bigfoot is a problem. Not if we are defending ourselves, it doesn't matter if human or animal. The problem with shooting something you just see, not threatening you and you think is bigfoot.
It will be a human in costume or a bear or some other animal. Yep, that will be a problem.

If someone was prosecuted for shooting a Yeti which turned out to be human in a gorilla suit, it would be difficult to find a jury that would convict him of murder, especially if he claimed he feared for his life. Anyone pulling a Sasquatch stunt in the woods doesn't put much value on his life.

 

[Hankus]

The true Florida term is “skunk ape” and if you take a shot at me I’ll return fire …

 

[redhawker]

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

Sasquatch. Bigfoot, Swamp Ape, Yeti. You kill it in the U.S prepare for jail time unless you can PROVE self-defense.

 

[kmoore]

Sasquatch. Bigfoot, Swamp Ape, Yeti. You kill it in the U.S prepare for jail time unless you can PROVE self-defense.

That statement is likely 100% true. It reminds me of a BIG loophole in Oregon game laws that was changed while I worked.
Maybe 30-35 years ago, A hunter in NE Oregon shot and killed a moose. He said it was an elk, was hunting elk in season and had a tag.
OSP F/W found out and investigated. Oregon had no seasons to hunt moose, didn't recognize them as animal in Oregon. Didn't list them as a big game animal, didn't list them as illegal to hunt. They ended up not finding any charge to arrest him for. As I recall he was given the moose back.
The next year moose was listed as a big game animal in Oregon without any open season. From then on, no hunting, taking, harassing etc of moose was allowed.
To this day, bigfoot is not listed as anything in Oregon game nor criminal laws. Man or beast doesn't need to be proved, just SD if you shoot some guy wearing a monkey suit.

 

[Jayhawkhuntclub]

If bigfoot were a simple physical creature, someone would have found/taken one by now. I used to think bigfoot was a hoax perpetrated by hippies or rednecks with too much time on their hands or a patch of weed to protect. But I've actually come to believe there is something to bigfoot. There is just too much smoke for there not to be some fire. I think it is more of a supernatural creature (eg nephilim, fallen angles...etc.). Call me crazy.

 

[mirglip]

Call me crazy.

OK.

 

[MaxMan]

Kill a Sasquatch? Are sure you want to go there, son?

 

[Titus]

until they find one its a make believe creature. but if i find one it would be the corps of a once though make believe creature. safety first haaa

 

[Fox Mike]

If I could make it to my Hippogriff I would simply fly away for the protection of the Sasquatch. Buckbeak would be too over protective of me to stay near the Sasquatch. He would probably hurt it.

 

[BSA1]

That statement is likely 100% true. It reminds me of a BIG loophole in Oregon game laws that was changed while I worked.
Maybe 30-35 years ago, A hunter in NE Oregon shot and killed a moose. He said it was an elk, was hunting elk in season and had a tag.
OSP F/W found out and investigated. Oregon had no seasons to hunt moose, didn't recognize them as animal in Oregon. Didn't list them as a big game animal, didn't list them as illegal to hunt. They ended up not finding any charge to arrest him for. As I recall he was given the moose back.
The next year moose was listed as a big game animal in Oregon without any open season. From then on, no hunting, taking, harassing etc of moose was allowed.
To this day, bigfoot is not listed as anything in Oregon game nor criminal laws. Man or beast doesn't need to be proved, just SD if you shoot some guy wearing a monkey suit.

So you are saying that there is not a law about shooting someone wearing a monkey suit?

That makes Halloween open season doesn’t it?

 

[kmoore]

So you are saying that there is not a law about shooting someone wearing a monkey suit?

That makes Halloween open season doesn’t it?

NO I am not saying that. If anyone or anything is really threatening your life you have the right to self defense. SD defense doesn't always mean killing the threat. It means stopping the threat. The biggest hurdle to get over using the SD right is proving you needed to take the action you did. If you cannot understand the difference of seeing and killing a kid on Halloween in costume vs 1 trying to kill you. You shouldn't be allowed to be armed for SD.

 

[FHBrumb]

I think there would be lots of, "told you so", followed by legitimate hatred. A huge percentage of the population would want to see you in prison, or worse.

But yeah, if only one of us gets to go home, I'm not letting anyone but me make that choice.

 

[MaxMan]

You could have to go to a Sasquatch Court

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

 

[redhawker]

Then there's this...(supposedly shot in 1953)... Frozen Bigfoot Head (commercial first, of course).

 

[MaxMan]

Then there's this...(supposedly shot in 1953)... Frozen Bigfoot Head (commercial first, of course).

No problem getting DNA off of it. If you could find it. Maybe a chemical analysis to see how much synthetic in the hair?

 

[Jeepnik]

Then there's this...(supposedly shot in 1953)... Frozen Bigfoot Head (commercial first, of course).

Seen some pretty poor man made big foot stuff. This is about the worst. If it were real this guy would have been in touch with biologists to confirm it's authenticity. Then all of is money worries would go away.

 

[Jack Ryan]

If you catch one are you going to just take it in to the city park and turn it loose to live in safety?

 

[BSA1]

To this day, bigfoot is not listed as anything in Oregon game nor criminal laws. Man or beast doesn't need to be proved, just SD if you shoot some guy wearing a monkey suit.

I know the requirements for LAWFUL use of force for self-defense. However to avoid getting into a whizzing contest about who knows what I yield the discussion to your statements.

However it was you that cites the example of the hunter that avoided a criminal conviction for killing a moose without a license due to a loophole in the law and make the comment that the same situation applies to killing a yeti in Oregon.

 

[kmoore]

I know the requirements for LAWFUL use of force for self-defense. However to avoid getting into a whizzing contest about who knows what I yield the discussion to your statements.

However it was you that cites the example of the hunter that avoided a criminal conviction for killing a moose without a license due to a loophole in the law and make the comment that the same situation applies to killing a yeti in Oregon.

I apologize, that was not my intent. I was talking about both animal and human in 1 post. Some believe bigfoot is real, I DO NOT. Some believe it's real. Ok, I won't try to change anyone's thoughts on that.
My example was person made the mistake in IDing an animal while hunting, he was lucky and not arrested. If his life was in jeopardy IDing the thing would not matter, we can defend ourselves. The hard part might be proving we needed to.

 

[BULL'S-EYE]

 

[Jeepnik]

Bigfoot, Yeti, UFOs & Nessie, why is it no one can get a clear sharp photo? Almost everyone is carrying phones with cameras capable of amazing detail and clarity. But all we see are blurry indecipherable blobs.

 

[themousethatroared]

Is the bigfoot causing property damage?

If it is, I think I can make a case.

In the very least, it'll be in court for over a year, probably two or three.