IN THE UNITED STATES
However, there is a law against killing a sasquatch (also known as a yeti, bigfoot, or giant hairy ape) in Washington State.
On April 1, 1969 the
Board of Commissioners of Skamania County, Washington State, adopted an ordinance for the protection of sasquatch/bigfoot creatures (Ordinance No.69-01).
Although it sounds like an April Fool's Day joke, it was an official ordinance. It was published in the local weekly newspaper, Skamania County Pioneer on April 4 and April 11, 1969. Because people did not take it seriously, the newspaper publisher had the article notarized on April 12, 1969, and printed both the ordinance and an Affidavit of Publication in a subsequent paper edition.
The ordinance has been partially repealed and amended since, and the revised ordinance (Ordinance No. 1984-02) went into effect on April 2, 1984. The amended law also declared the animal "an endangered species" and created a "Sasquatch Refuge". An ordinance list and disposition table can be found
online.
Nearby, in
Whatcom County, a resolution was adopted that also declares the county a sasquatch protection and refuge area. The resolution (
Resolution No. 92-043) went into effect in June 1992. A resolution list and disposition table can be found
online.
The purpose behind these laws was actually to protect the safety and well-being of persons living or traveling in these areas when a sasquatch is "sighted", as many well-armed scientific investigators and casual hunters show up to take specimens.
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