Without Prejudice

     The Crestline-based Bigfoot researcher who filed suit against the state of California has dropped that case, but with the intent to refile. Attorneys apparently instructed the plaintiff that they would all be “eaten alive” if the action were pursued as drafted, and are now helping put the complaint on a better “footing.” With help from the producer of the recent Net-Flix documentary “Finding Bigfoot,” the plaintiff is in the process of enlisting a posse of a-list lawyers and technical experts. They plan to introduce a “mountain” of evidence. It seems every able-bodied litigator or Bigfoot researcher in the country will want a piece of this; they can see it advancing their careers or satisfying their love of justice. And cryptohominids.

    We have put two and two together here at the Idyll-Beast Research Center. The recent and concerning reports of the President’s difficulties in Washington, finding the right attorneys to represent him in any and all of his present “suite” of suits, points to a scarcity of crack legal talent in the nation’s capital. The lawyers, at least the sharp ones… are all moving to California. They may be living out of their cars at first. Some of them may be camping out around here this spring. I don’t know if it’s good or bad. Bound to drive up real estate, could make the courts and public restrooms more crowded… If the suit is refiled in San Bernardino again it will bring positive attention to the Inland Empire. And the limelight that is  bound to shine on the smart lawyers who get involved in this at the ground level will surely make their careers.

January 18 2018: Amicus Curae

Friends of the Court;

News consumers have by now heard the story: A Crestline Bigfoot researcher has filed suit against the State of California over a "sighting" in the San Bernardino mountains near Big Bear. A  911 operator suggested that the furry creature climbing a tree might be a bear, thus disparaging  and harming plaintiff’s ability to earn a living as a Bigfoot researcher, documentary subject and Crypto-Hominid travel guide. The State is also accused of dereliction in it’s dual duties; to protect people from a potentially dangerous animal and protect Bigfoot from people.

    This is a staggering development. It’s consequences for science, law, philosophy, and politics all deserve our attention. Reification is one of the most powerful ideas in philosophy, the “making real” of an idea. To make Sasquatch real through litigation…It is an audacious move. 

    There is a type of legal document called a “Friend of the Court Brief.” It allows a third party to add some information or argument to a case.  It may be a friendly aside to the Judge, it may be a “heads up.”  Reports are that such a brief is being prepared by a group called the “National Dragon Hunting Association.” The brief will put before the court arguments about the potential danger, to our forests and flammable mountain communities, of loose dragons. Further arguments advance the wisdom of permitting folks to hunt the dragons. An appendix debunks global warming and attributes California’s wildfire problem to these same fire breathing reptiles. Wow. And I thought 2018 was shaping up to be a slow news year.