I have been investigating what interest and involvement governmental officials at federal, state and local levels may have in the subject of Bigfoot. It is not "if" there is an interest in the subject, but "what" interest there is and just what are the intentions of officials in regard to these creatures.
Below is a document that was released by the National Archives that proves that at the federal level in the United States as far back as 1959 person(s) at high levels in the government had an interest in this subject.
This is significant since it was just two years earlier in the Bluff Creek area of Northern California that bulldozer operator Jerry Crew found Sasquatch footprints and while not a unique event since there had been news articles showing the creatures footprints for many preceding decades. However this discovery triggered the involvement of the pioneering investigators such as Rene Dahinden and John Green's involvement which subsequently made Bigfoot a household term.
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This document is a response to unknown questions from as of yet unknown officials within the U.S Government, and provides a hint of what they were asking. In the 1950's the mountaineers in the Himalayan expeditions were still primarily British climbers, so what was the concern of American politicians?
This document was sent to the State Department, apparently there was a question of what local regulations governed the Yeti in Nepal.
The Foreign Service Dispatch outlines three areas where the Yeti was concerned. The paragraph starts by describing the subject of this response:
REGULATIONS GOVERNING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS IN NEPAL RELATED TO YETI.
There are, at present, three regulations applicable only to expeditions searching for the YETI in Nepal. These regulations are to be observed in addition to the 15 clauses listed in Mountaineering and Scientific Expeditions in Nepal.
The three regulations are as follows:
1. Royalty of Rs. 5000/- Indian currency will have to be paid to his majesty's government of Nepal for a permit to carry out an expedition in search of 'yeti'.
2. In case 'yeti' is tracked it can be photographed or caught alive but it must not be killed or shot at except in an emergency arising out of self defense. All photographs taken of the animal, the creature itself if captured alive or dead, must be surrendered to the government of Nepal at the earliest time.
3. News and reports throwing light on the actual existence of the creature must be submitted to the government of Nepal as soon as they are available and must not in any way be given out to the press or reporter for publicity without the permission of the government of Nepal.
FOR THE AMBASSADOR:
Ernest H. Fisk
Counselor of Embassy
Now this isn't quite a "smoking gun" however, it does clearly document some form of interest at a high level and inquiry. What transpired in the following years we can only speculate at this point in any investigation.
I do know through personal experiences in Southwest Washington State in the mid 1990's and from numerous witnesses to other incidents involving both uniformed officials from various governmental agencies and non-uniformed individuals is that there have been incidents where very serious involvement by these officials have occurred and evidence left behind by Sasquatch's has been willfully destroyed and the officials encountered by witnesses have disappeared.
The question is what is the intent of official inquiry and to what end is this interest going?
Below is a document that was released by the National Archives that proves that at the federal level in the United States as far back as 1959 person(s) at high levels in the government had an interest in this subject.
This is significant since it was just two years earlier in the Bluff Creek area of Northern California that bulldozer operator Jerry Crew found Sasquatch footprints and while not a unique event since there had been news articles showing the creatures footprints for many preceding decades. However this discovery triggered the involvement of the pioneering investigators such as Rene Dahinden and John Green's involvement which subsequently made Bigfoot a household term.
This document was sent to the State Department, apparently there was a question of what local regulations governed the Yeti in Nepal.
The Foreign Service Dispatch outlines three areas where the Yeti was concerned. The paragraph starts by describing the subject of this response:
REGULATIONS GOVERNING MOUNTAIN CLIMBING EXPEDITIONS IN NEPAL RELATED TO YETI.
There are, at present, three regulations applicable only to expeditions searching for the YETI in Nepal. These regulations are to be observed in addition to the 15 clauses listed in Mountaineering and Scientific Expeditions in Nepal.
The three regulations are as follows:
1. Royalty of Rs. 5000/- Indian currency will have to be paid to his majesty's government of Nepal for a permit to carry out an expedition in search of 'yeti'.
2. In case 'yeti' is tracked it can be photographed or caught alive but it must not be killed or shot at except in an emergency arising out of self defense. All photographs taken of the animal, the creature itself if captured alive or dead, must be surrendered to the government of Nepal at the earliest time.
3. News and reports throwing light on the actual existence of the creature must be submitted to the government of Nepal as soon as they are available and must not in any way be given out to the press or reporter for publicity without the permission of the government of Nepal.
FOR THE AMBASSADOR:
Ernest H. Fisk
Counselor of Embassy
Now this isn't quite a "smoking gun" however, it does clearly document some form of interest at a high level and inquiry. What transpired in the following years we can only speculate at this point in any investigation.
I do know through personal experiences in Southwest Washington State in the mid 1990's and from numerous witnesses to other incidents involving both uniformed officials from various governmental agencies and non-uniformed individuals is that there have been incidents where very serious involvement by these officials have occurred and evidence left behind by Sasquatch's has been willfully destroyed and the officials encountered by witnesses have disappeared.
The question is what is the intent of official inquiry and to what end is this interest going?