Mike Lake, a Canadian MP, has called for Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, to be added to the list of animals protected by the Species at Risk Act. Most experts consider Bigfoot to be either hoax, myth, or folklore despite numerous reports of sightings.
Bigfoot researcher Todd Standing, who was behind a 500 signature petition presented to parliament, claimed that he had proof of the species' existence and would produce it once the creature was protected by law.
"The debate over their (Bigfoot's) existence is moot in the circumstance of their tenuous hold on merely existing..." the petition reads, "Therefore, the petitioners request... legislation to affect immediate protection of Bigfoot."
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