Woman Is Suing The California Department Of Fish And Wildlife For ‘Failing To Keep Citizens Safe From The Sasquatch Scourge’

Full disclosure: I get a kick out of “finding Bigfoot” shows. I know it’s pointless and probably a giant waste of time, but it’s utterly fascinating to me. Me, my dad and sisters have an ongoing joke about how we totes believe in Bigfoot. It drives my mother CRAZY, which is pretty much why we do it.

Bigfoot calls are my favorite. My youngest sister can’t talk (she has cerebral palsy), but she can make certain noises, and she’s SO GOOD at Bigfoot calls. She laughs so hard. It’s her specialty. She cracks me up.

BTW, in case you’re wondering what a Bigfoot call sounds like….

You’re welcome.

Anyway, I only say all that to set up this completely weird story.

A California woman is suing the state’s Department Of Fish And Wildlife and Natural Resources Agency for “failing to keep citizens safe from the Sasquatch scourge.”

Brb DYING.

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports Claudia Ackley of Crestline filed the lawsuit in San Bernardino Superior Court on Jan. 18, spurred by her alleged encounter with multiple Sasquatches. Ackley, described as a “Bigfoot enthusiast and researcher,” says she and her daughters saw three Sasquatches on a dusk hike at Lake Arrowhead last year.

“He looked like a neanderthal man with hair all over him,” Ackley told the Press-Enterprise. “He had solid black eyes. He had no expression on his face at all. He did not show his teeth. He just stared at the three of us.”

Park rangers dismissed her concern. They told her she probably saw a bear, but nope. She’s not buying it.

She says she filed the lawsuit because people are “totally vulnerable to these things” due to the state’s failure to recognize the Bigfoot threat.

A still image of a purported Bigfoot from the San Francisco Chronicle archives.
IMAGE 1 OF 19 A still image of a purported Bigfoot from the San Francisco Chronicle archives.
The Press-Enterprise story about Ackley describes the suit thusly:

“The lawsuit alleges the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the state Natural Resources Agency have been derelict in their duty by not acknowledging the existence of the Sasquatch species, despite a mountain of documented and scientific evidence. It has had a chilling effect on the study of the Sasquatch, considered illegitimate and relegated to the category of ‘paranormal research.'”

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Natural Resources Agency have not commented on the case.

So there you have it. A woman is suing, because Bigfoot.

h/t SF Gate