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.
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