May 11, 2007

Canadian MP Mike Lake Distancing from Bigfoot and Todd Standing?

Apparently, Canadian MP Mike Lake is backpeddling from his support of Todd Standing of Sylvanic infamy and his petition to protect Bigfoot.

You can read about his apparent, initial support of the petition to protect Bigfoot here on Cryptomundo at:

Petition Says Protect Bigfoot

and Bigfoot is an Endangered Species?

His office issued the following press release a week ago.

Statement

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 03-MAY-2007

OTTAWA – Recently, there have been misleading stories from various media sources regarding a petition presented in the House of Commons to recognize Bigfoot as a protected species.

On March 28, 2007, Mike Lake, MP for Edmonton – Mill Woods – Beaumont tabled in the House of Commons a petition brought forward by one of his constituents. This constituent had collected signatures from a few hundred individuals, the vast majority of whom reside outside Mr. Lake’s constituency. The petition was deemed by the House of Commons’ Clerk of Petitions to be in order.

“I take seriously my responsibility to represent allof my constituents, regardless of whether or not I agree with their views. If a legitimate petition is brought forward by one of my constituents and deemed to be in order, I feel it is my duty to table it in the House.”

At no time did Mr. Lake speak in the House of Commons regarding the petition. At no point has Mr. Lake indicated his support for this petition.

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Media Contact:
Monica Sabo
Special Assistant to Mike Lake, MP
613.995.8695 or 613.325.6178

As this press release was not widely dispersed, I contacted Mike lake’s office to verify that it was indeed legitimate.

Sent: May 9, 2007 12:59 AM
To: Lake, Mike – Riding 1; Lake, Mike – M.P.
Subject: Bigfoot press release

Mr. Lake,

I am trying to ascertain whether the following (here it is above) press release is legitimate and was issued by your assistant. I did not want to quote it without verifying it first.

I also wanted to see if you had a statement regarding this petition and/or Todd Standing and his film of “Sylvanic”?

What is your personal opinion regarding the existence of Bigfoot, if you care to share it?

Sincerely, Craig Woolheater
Cryptomundo

The first reply I received was the following:

Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 9:11 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Bigfoot press release

Mr. Woolheater,

Please provide me with your telephone number so we can discuss this a little further.

Donna Jeffery
Executive Assistant
Office of Mike Lake, MP
Edmonton – Mill Woods – Beaumont
613 995 8695

I then replied:

Sent: May 9, 2007 7:55 PM
To: Lake, Mike – M.P.
Subject: RE: Bigfoot press release

Donna,

I live in Texas, but would be more than happy to discuss this with you. When would a good time to do so be?

Thanks, Craig Woolheater

And this was the telling, second reply:

Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:52 AM To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Bigfoot press release

Hi Craig,

Just thought it would be easier to talk yesterday. I’m out of the office for the next couple of days (meetings/appointments).

Regarding the press release, yes it is legitimate and was issued by our office. The press release is the only statement that Mr. Lake will be making. He is not responding to any media requests in the hope that this issue will go away. Mr. Lake does not believe in Bigfoot!

Hope this helps.

Donna

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