A woman in southern California is suing the state and its parks department for not recognizing Bigfoot as a species.
“If they wanted to hurt us that day they could have,” Claudia Ackley told ABC 7. “We were right there.”
When she reported seeing the animal, park authorities told her she saw a bear, but Ackley, a longtime Bigfoot enthusiast, didn’t accept that.
“If this goes to court, we will win, easily,” Standing said in an interview with the Press-Enterprise. “It’s not a joke. The best wilderness experts in the world are coming out to testify. It’s amazing.”
Standing filed a lawsuit in Canada with the same aims last year. He told the Press-Enterprise that a hearing date hasn’t even been set yet because Canada’s legal system moves slower, but the U.S. case’s hearing date has already been set for March 19.
Ackley told the Press-Enterprise she previously cited a Bigfoot in 2014 when she was out looking for them with other enthusiasts. But the incident that first ignited her interest in the field was a 1997 incident. She was out camping and heard a growl. When she looked out, she claims the creature she saw heading back into the woods could have been a Bigfoot.
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