California Takes Steps Toward Officially Recognizing Bigfoot (sfgate.com) 73
California is considering officially recognizing Bigfoot as its state cryptid through Assembly Bill 666, introduced last week by North Coast Assemblymember Chris Rogers. "Rogers' district spans Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma and Trinity counties, a region known as the epicenter of Bigfoot lore," reports SFGATE. From the report: Assemblyman Rogers' Assembly Bill 666 is still in its early stages. According to the California Legislative Information website, the bill's title has been read aloud in the state Assembly and is now being printed and distributed to committee members for review. If it clears committee, it must then pass the Assembly and Senate before reaching the governor's desk to be signed into law.
[Matt Moneymaker, a longtime Bigfoot researcher and former star of the Animal Planet series 'Finding Bigfoot], is eager to witness history. "If there's going to be a date, an occasion when they're voting on whether or not to make it the official cryptid, I would love to be up there in Sacramento," he said. "I would gladly pay my way to be there when that happens." "Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters, and mythologies from around the world include stories of strange and terrifying creatures," writes Slashdot reader Pickens in a story published in 2008. "Examples include the half-bull, half-human Minotaur of Greek myths, the living clay Golem of Jewish traditions, British elves and Chinese dragons..." What's your favorite monster?
[Matt Moneymaker, a longtime Bigfoot researcher and former star of the Animal Planet series 'Finding Bigfoot], is eager to witness history. "If there's going to be a date, an occasion when they're voting on whether or not to make it the official cryptid, I would love to be up there in Sacramento," he said. "I would gladly pay my way to be there when that happens." "Mankind has always had a fascination with monsters, and mythologies from around the world include stories of strange and terrifying creatures," writes Slashdot reader Pickens in a story published in 2008. "Examples include the half-bull, half-human Minotaur of Greek myths, the living clay Golem of Jewish traditions, British elves and Chinese dragons..." What's your favorite monster?
Shweet (Score:3, Funny)
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Florida Man.
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I believe the Florida Man designation has already gone Gov. DeSantis. There are verified sightings of the is creature stomping around in silly white "shoes", if feet can be called shoes....sort of a latter day Dodo bird.
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Florida man, Florida man
Doing what a Florida can
Watching porn on the house floor
Florida man
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Can Florida claim Matt Gaetz as it's cryptid?
Unfortunately no, since there's unfortunately no denying Matt Gaetz exists.
Cryptid - "Any creature that may or may not exist. Sightings of various cryptids have been reported, but their reality has not been proved."
(Yes, I had no idea what "cryptid" meant until a few moments ago)
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What about their creeptid, then?
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You know what, Gaetz has not shown his birth certificate. It's possible he's just a muslim from Kenya.
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What about the rumor that Matt Gaetz is really just an extraterrestrial in a rubber suit? You can't tell me that hair is natural!
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Except genetic men getting pregnant is documented unlike Sasquatch. https://www.independent.co.uk/... [independent.co.uk] is one example.
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Remember, Washington state tried for a long time to get Bigfoot as its official cryptid. This is a huge win for California, showing that cryptids prefer to live here where it's warm with good surfing. Rumors that it prefers to hang out in Mendicino county just for the contact high is a malicious rumor!
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You forgot rapist, literally Hitler, Putin puppet, Elon puppet, senile, insurrectionist.
He's not literally Hitler, because Hitler could assemble a complete sentence.
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And didn't have a handler that talked over him in press conferences.
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He is literally Hitler. How dare you defend that fascist? What next? He'll get elected to something??
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If you're as smart as your handle claims, you ought to know what "literally" means.
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el Bunko wants to build a wall to stop fires? Well, they do not call him a stable genius for nothing....not by any respectable people, just his Maggots.
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Donald already let the water out of the dams so that it flowed to the ocean, that should have put out all the fires in this amazingly genius and brave act. This did put out the fires, right?
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I really doubt that passing this law was very expensive. It might even generate money from tourists.
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I really doubt that passing this law was very expensive. It might even generate money from tourists.
Yup. Like the Loch Ness Monster does for Scotland.
I'm surprised Nessie hasn't been mentioned here yet. I'm also surprised to read this in TFA:
“Apparently, a state can have an official cryptid. So why not?” [cryptid researcher Matt Moneymaker] said. “And obviously, Bigfoot’s the biggest one of all among cryptids, and California is where the term Bigfoot was popularized, so it makes sense.”
In terms of folklore, I suppose Nessie is roughly equal to Sasquatch. But physically she's bigger isn't she?
Assembly Bill 666? (Score:5, Funny)
Guys, guys, April Fool's Day isn't for another six weeks...
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Yeah, was this done with great skill or divine intervention? They didn't just randomly pick a number to be funny, there's a 665 and a 667 submitted on the same day. Too on the nose to be coincidence.
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Yes, I'm sure that it was intentional. I'm thinking they would rather burn that number on something most people would not take seriously. Nor having it being related to anything else.
Nobody wants their real work to be so closely associated with the Christian "number of the beast". I think it's reasonable to assume that they would prefer to let the work's true intent to surface later. Not until after it has been allowed to pass.
Good. If we don't someone else will (Score:3)
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Well, there are places in California that (humorously?) claim to harbor them. I recall one place that claimed to serve "Bigfoot Burgers".
Wrong cryptid (Score:1)
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Oregon and Washington I think collectively share Big Foot, but no way in hell do we share that with California LMAO
Also, one of the coolest Big Foot tributes ever was filmed right in Tacoma WA! https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
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We're going to put bigfoot on the flag. Right next to the grizzly bear. Co-apex predators.
Sometimes it is about who is loudest. Not who is first or who is right. We will be the loudest.
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Humboldt county has had a bigfoot fetish for decades.
Regardess, this is some of the worst time-wasting bullshit I can possibly conceive of. Could there possibly be a worse time?
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It's silly, but it's cheap, and it relieves a bit of stress. And it's sane compared to many recent actions by the feds.
Re: Wrong cryptid (Score:2)
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Chupacabra sounds too Sapnish. Trump will have it deported.
What about (Score:2)
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Not technically a cryptid. Now a frozen Mickey Mouse that roams the Hollywood Hills searching in vain for its lost copyright, now that's a cryptid!
Obligatory XKCD (Score:1)
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You think you're being clever, but you're not.
Bigfoot doesn't cast a reflection and therefore obviously can't be photographed. Just like a vampire. You scoff, but have you ever seen a photograph of a real vampire? I'm sure you haven't... and that proves it's all true and they're real, just like Bigfoot!
Let's see you come up with an XKCD for that, Mr. Smart Guy!
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https://xkcd.com/1791/
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That's vampire bigfoot. But why can't we catch normal bigfoot on camera?
Jesus Christ (Score:2)
Re: Jesus Christ (Score:2)
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2025
Came in like a flail
A weapon of carnage
A modern fairy tale
The rich man taketh
The poor man cheers
The world softly weeps
No one collects the tears
Chaos reins
In a grand new age
Gilded, like horses
Our belief systems sold
Highest bidder? Who cares?
Political games
Fuck us all, '25
Just more of the same
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There's no use moderating these comments...the post is one big flaming bag of crap.
It's an article about bigfoot and you're expecting seriousness? Sometimes you've just gotta embrace the chaos, or just skip to the next story.
Taxpayer dollars at work (Score:2, Troll)
Check back in the next few weeks/months (Score:5, Insightful)
Sounds like a placeholder bill. Just put any useless garbage on paper to have a live bill, then once it's in committees, completely change it so whatever pork spending nonsense that would a third rail through the general vote, has a free ride to the governor's desk.
Maybe Bigfoot forgot to wear sunglasses (Score:2)
And the state legislature finally recognized him.
Given That This is California and all... (Score:4, Funny)
Cancer (Score:1)
Oblig: MST3K cryptid song (Score:2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
Bigfoot: your imaginary cryptid (Score:2)
Where is the Bigfoot graveyard?
Has Assemblymember Chris Rogers ever been subjected to alien abduction and subject to anal examination?
When did our leaders go totally insane?
This is important. (Score:2, Insightful)
With everything going on in California, this was a good use of limited resources.
Perhaps they should request Federal funding for this cryptic naming emergency.
Just give North LA that big middle finger (Score:2)
The Idiocracy Spreads (Score:1)
CA joins the Galactic Federation... (Score:2)
bigfoot, (Score:1)
just in case (Score:2)
Just in case there was anyone in the world who doubted that Calif government was crazy and proud of it, this guy decided he better make sure.
An adult should stop this (Score:2)
It'd be good if some adult in the legislature would block this. It's a waste of time and money to recognise a state cryptid, and most recognitions of official this or that are also a waste.
We're very busy (Score:3)
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It's a serious issue. You realize that as soon as Bigfoot is found, it won't be a cryptid anymore. WHAT THEN!??