Killing a Sasquatch For Science?

If we are unable to know for sure what a sasquatch is in the order of things in nature, how can anyone brazenly suggest that you kill one? if it is indeed in the same branch as human beings, then by killing one, you have committed homicide. The last time I had a look at the law books homicide was still an indictable offence with pretty severe penalties in all jurisdictions that I know of. if you were lucky you might get done for manslaughter, but that is still a pretty heavy charge to say the least.

There are some in this field of study who say it is imperative to bag a sasquatch to prove they exist to the scientific community. Frankly speaking, since when has science – except for the handful of academics actually in this filed – ever given a damn about sasquatches or made any effort to look into reports of sightings? In fact the scientific community goes out of their way to say sasquatches ‘couldn’t possibly exist’ and have criticized sasquatch investigators for being ‘gullible’ among other things

Killing a sasquatch so that you can be vindicated and justified in the eyes of these types of scientists is not a good reason at all. To kill a rare and endangered creature to appease your ego is so selfish and unthinking. For something to have to die so that you will look good and be exalted is a pretty lowbrow way of thinking.

I have borne the slings and arrows of the scientific community, the media and the pseudo-intelligentsia out there for my prima facie investigation into the reality of sasquatch over the last 19 yeras. Do I feel compelled to have to kill a sasquatch to vindicate myself? No way. Rather, I look at the closed minds, the spouting of the same party line arguments and the looking-down-the-nose attitude of some scientists and do I want to slaughter a sasquatch to show them up? No, emphatically no.

This need to kill sasquatch is not merely to prove it exists, but, in truth, is a way of seeking approval. I’ll be damned if something has to die for me to win someone’s approval.

Let’s be realistic here. Sasquatches have to die like everything else. One day someone will find the remains of this animal and that will do. They can’t stay undetected forever. People encounter these animals with moderate frequency in living form, so one day they will find a dead one. If perchance, somewhere down the line, one is captured, the this creature should be kept alive to the full term of its life and when it has gone to that big forest in the sky, then do what you will to its remains, but with dignity. Butchering an animal to see what makes it tick is barbaric.

If the animal is uncontrollable and not conducive to captivity then photograph the heck out of it and let it go. Who do we think we are that we can lord it over the rest of nature? Let’s know our place. We share this planet with every other species and we really ought respect there right to live peacefully and with dignity.

“Kill a sasquatch for science” is as big an oxymoron as “Fight for Peace”.

John Kirk About John Kirk
One of the founders of the BCSCC, John Kirk has enjoyed a varied and exciting career path. Both a print and broadcast journalist, John Kirk has in recent years been at the forefront of much of the BCSCC’s expeditions, investigations and publishing. John has been particularly interested in the phenomenon of unknown aquatic cryptids around the world and is the author of In the Domain of the Lake Monsters (Key Porter Books, 1998). In addition to his interest in freshwater cryptids, John has been keenly interested in investigating the possible existence of sasquatch and other bipedal hominids of the world, and in particular, the Yeren of China. John is also chairman of the Crypto Safari organization, which specializes in sending teams of investigators to remote parts of the world to search for animals as yet unidentified by science. John travelled with a Crypto Safari team to Cameroon and northern Republic of Congo to interview witnesses among the Baka pygmies and Bantu bushmen who have sighted a large unknown animal that bears more than a superficial resemblance to a dinosaur. Since 1996, John Kirk has been editor and publisher of the BCSCC Quarterly which is the flagship publication of the BCSCC. In demand at conferences, seminars, lectures and on television and radio programs, John has spoken all over North America and has appeared in programs on NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, TLC, Discovery, CBC, CTV and the BBC. In his personal life John spends much time studying the histories of Scottish Clans and is himself the president of the Clan Kirk Society. John is also an avid soccer enthusiast and player.

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