You can get five years in jail and a $10,000 fine for killing the legendary Sasquatch, or "Bigfoot," in Skamania county. Commissioners in this southwest Washington county have passed an ordinance providing the fine for anyone killing a Sasquatch, an ape-like "beast" which many say roam areas of the West.
The commissioners passed the law after a flurry of reported Sasquatch sightings. It was aimed at protecting county residents as much as the legendary, shy, night-roving, hairy "beast" from a hoard of armed and eager Sasquatch hunters that followed, commissioners say.
It may be the first time an animal was protected by man b e f o r e it was even found.
Let's do the same for unicorns, sea serpents, UFO's, and humans.