Bigfoot History was made yesterday, June 9th, 2009 at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The team that made this Historic day possible was the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Wildlife Educator, Larry Battson. On Monday, Larry was interviewed by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representative where Larry shared many Bigfoot sighting reports he has documented over the years. This interview was then broadcast yesterday (Tuesday) at noon to all the Department of the Interior and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service television feeds. This simulcast reached tens of thousands of people around the Country. On Tuesday evening, Larry spoke at a public Lecture hosted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at its National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV.

The National Conservation Training Center invites prominent scientists, educators, scientists and others to speak at these lectures. I attended a lecture at the training center four years ago and at that time, I never thought I would hear the word Bigfoot mentioned in that auditorium. Yesterday changed all that, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invited Larry to speak and officially called their lecture, Cryptozoology: Bigfoot-Myth or Reality?

Larry’s presentation was very informative and extremely educational. Over two hundred people were glued to their seats the entire night! Interested individuals continued to barrage Larry with questions in the Conservation’s main entrance area until midnight. What was so great about this presentation and why I call it a Historical day in Bigfoot research was because the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved not only Larry’s presentation concerning Bigfoot, but they also approved and engineered the television broadcast that went out to all the Department of the Interior and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service parks and offices.

This involvement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is unprecedented and possibly indicates a change of attitude about the Bigfoot creature’s existence. This type of production takes time and more importantly, money. I may be wrong with my thinking, but something really monumental happened last night at the National Conservation Training Center and I was honored to witness it. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife did their homework when they selected Larry Battson, Larry was the right person to person to deliver this message. Hopefully, Larry’s presentation and continued work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not slip by unnoticed, I personally think there will be more to come! Please take the time to visit the National Conservation Training Center website, it’s full of valuable information about their wildlife lectures, classes and other historical information, while surfing their site, don’t forget to view the live Eagle Cam!


William M. Dranginis
Virginia Bigfoot Research Organization
Manassas, VA.

This is very interesting - thanks for the info! Do you know if transcripts are available? Or is the video going to be online eventually?

Aaaarrrrhhggg looks like I need to get to work . . .



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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broadcast and well as Larry's evening presentation was video recorded by the Wildlife Service and Larry will be selling the DVD's as well as a poster the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service made for his presentation. I already have my name in to purchase a few sets!

William Dranginis
Manassas, VA.

Why not open or free to the public? A little "weird" that it is for sale isn't it?

Their website

edit to add website about the lecture.

Very interesting. I'll be buying that set also.

How interesting that they say bf is an "ape-like human."

From the link above (my bolding):


Va-Bigfoot, thank you for the information. It must have been great to be there!



Where do we sign up?

OMG, it's the thin end of the wedge of FULL DISCLOSURE!!! The sky is falling, the sky is falling...
Dudlow

I see on their website that the National Conservation Training Center has created podcasts of some of its interviews. I'm crossing my fingers that they will do the same for this particular one!

Wouldn't that be cool!?

Thanks William, got any of those autographed posters available on ebay yet? How about the DVD, a few ebay auctions of them would ramp up interest!

Hi

I think to have a speaker get up in front of a Fish and Wildlife Services National Conservation and talk about BF is a major step for all of that are into this, I am very curious about what kind of reaction there will be over the next few days and weeks, Please keep us posted if you can

Thank you very much ~ William ~ For posting that here on the BFF

Peace
Tim

What this may do,,,,,if the "govt" agency is really admitting to the "reality" of bigfoot,,,,,,,possible land protection laws, limiting bigfoot researchers from areas to study. Limiting research to their own chosen scientists. Cutting off millions of square miles as sanctuary areas, no hiking, no camping, no hunting. "Harrassment" laws against BF researchers who just want evidence, no kill laws like with Griz, Wolves, Cougars, etc, even in self-defense, or defense of your own property. This could be the backfire that some have worried about.

Interesting...
It seems as if some agencies are already trying to accomplish some of this. As in, keeping people out of wilderness areas. I know of an area that is NOT a wilderness area, but the signs posted and the rangers will try to tell you that it IS a wilderness area. They will only admit the truth if you confront them with it, which is usually not necessary unless you are on a motorcycle or bicycle.

well what can we expect..after all it is If the goverment can keep from letting the public know anything that feel they have done their job. Case in point..the report of a bigfoot coming out of Nevada during a wildfire some years ago.

Hi

Geeezzzz Guys, We get some news that The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listened to some one speak about the possibility of BF being the real deal, Then in a matter of a few posts things go from possible progress of acknowledgment that BF might be there to a government crackdown, Not like we already have about 20 threads going in this direction, This could be a positive thing here and something we all have been waiting for ?

Peace
Tim

hey everyone i hope we can see video or video clips of this new bigfoot-sasquatch presantation in near future please keep me updated here in facebook or email me the new video when its available. good evening bill g.

Agreed...my curiosity is just in why the transcripts are not public? For those that can't attend it would be nice to see them and I don't know how many people will pay for it.

Was planning to go and completely forgot

Monumental? How so?

The Army Corp of Engineers printed an atlas with bigfoot on it 34 years ago, and it hasn't changed anything about bigfoot being classified, identified, or produced.

I see a similar fate here as well.

RayG

First of all a lot of assumptions are being jumped to, including the "G" being on the verge of admitting the existence of Bigfoot, new laws that will be put into place, yada yada yada.

Look at it from this angle...

What "IF" the intent of the US Fish & Wildlife was not because their on the verge of admitting Bigfoot exists, or that they even think there's a possibility it exists but for the simple reason more and more people are out there snooping around in their jurisdiction.

It would give their personnel a good understanding about what these "researchers" are looking for (Footprints, Hair, Scat, etc), Techniques they may use (Castings, Sound Blasting, Game Cameras, etc). It would help Game Wardens differentiate observed activities of people out in the forests etc. Activities like those above would label that person as a bigfoot researcher rather than a drug trafficker, poacher or someone involved in other illegal activities. It would also give personnel of the US Fish & Wildlife a foundation on which to build understanding. I'm sure the US Fish & Wildlife would rather have their personnel be able to carry on a conversation about bigfoot with visitors rather than double up laughing every time someone brings up the subject.

heck moregon,,,,,,,,,,you had to inject common sense.

So I guess you mean that if they see you running around at night, near a border with hydrocal in your backpack they won't confuse you with a cocaine smuggler?

Hence all the fun was taken out of Squatchin'

So far I'm a likein this.

hey everyone im realy like this also i hope we video clips of this presantation soon. keep me updated ok

Or could it be as simple as trying to increase traffic at these parks so as to generate more revenue in a down economy? I am sure at least some of these parks charge a fee of some sort. Kind of goes along with them "selling" this dvd as opposed to offering it on their website.

I have enjoyed reading the different comments. The goverment is not selling the package, I am, and the money goes to my non profit animal education and rescue, that I have been doing for 31 years. This was a part of my payment for the two days I was there doing the television interview and lecture. There will be very limited packages available and it includes DVDs of the lecture on June 9th and the TV broadcast. The poster that they created is magnificent and that is included as well as the press release issued by the Dept of the Interior from 1977 that covers what would be done if a bigfoot is discovered. As far as the other theorys why they would do this...not one of you are even close. They thought it would be a great evening of education and entertainment on a pretty fascinating subject presented by a pretty darn good speaker if I dont say so myself. Usually the speakers are doom and gloom about our dying planet, and they thought that this would be more fun. Plus never before have they had audience members travel 6 to 7 hours to one of their programs. Even still thousands of people saw this from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and there was a lot of interest clear up to the secretary of the interior. It brought for once a message that is realistic on whether bigfoot does or does not exist. And as I said over the TV broadcast and the lecture.....it makes that next adventure in the outdoors a little more interesting if you do believe it exist. The packages will be available on July 1st and there will not be very many. You can contact me for info at lbattson@peoplepc.com.....and I think that I will join this group.......if you dont mind. larry battson

Hi Larry, welcome to the BFF!

Larry - welcome to the BFF!

Just remember - no politics, no religion and just be courteous....like normal people use to be like. And that's one of the reasons I like it here.

Thank you for this update William, good news and much appreciated!

Thanks Larry and welcome. I have emailed Mark Madison for a copy of the transcript and he said he would send one out to me. What part or role does he play in this?

Thanks for clarifying, and welcome aboard!

Larry, I'm delighted that you're here! Welcome!

Mark is the historian for the National Conservation Training Center, and a pretty good guy. He is the one that interviewed me on the tv broadcast. lbattson

Larry, did you have a question and answer portion of your presentation and what kinds of questions did the audience present?

You must have a heck of history of bigfoot filed away in you head to take on a presentation like this...very impressive.

There was a Q and A session and to tell you the truth the lecture was hour and fifteen minutes long which is short for me. I have done them and they have gone three hours...then I wake everybody up...............

Larry, do you have a schedule of your future presentations?

Some are listed here.

The next lecture that I have on Bigfoot is July 7th at 6:30 PM in Portland, Indiana at the Jay Co. Library.....

Hi Larry-
A lot of discussion here centers on going out and doing research in the field. But one thing that sometimes gets overlooked is the work of folks like you who go out and make presentations to the public (not just enthusiasts). I think it's important work.
Thank you,
Spazmo

Thank you, Peregrine and Larry.

Today I recorded a pod cast with the US Fish and Wildlife Service that will be on I tunes as well as their site. It should be on line by Monday and when they notify me I will post the URL. lbattson photo/ official photo of the US Fish and Wildlife- Shepherdstown WV June 9th, 2009 DVDs-Poster and 1977 Press Release.

What concerns me is how often I find myself in agreement with a Spaz.

I got some white tape you can use for the middle of your glasses...

I followed the link but could not find the order area for the DVD, poster and 1977 release. Where do I find that?

Here's an example of Larry's presentations.
http://www.larrytheanimalguy.com/bigfoot.html

Here's his website: http://www.larrytheanimalguy.com/main.html

Welcome Larry. Had to do some web searching on you first. Get alot of Biscardi's on the net, and out in the media tryin to make a big deal about themselves. My family being based in Indy, I gave you some leeway, hehe. Google Earth'd your compound, and it's what I remember of that area. Have cousins and ancestors all over Indy, but I haven't been back in 20 years myself. Thought about it many times over the years, gettin a bit tired of the big city, being Hoosier. Cousin has a horse ranch sw of Bloomington, and I've sure been tempted. Haven't heard about anything BF from my family, though, even with 250 years of farm life there. Course, I've never asked, hehe. My BF experience has all been here in Seattle. By the way, in one of the pics, yer wearing my straw hat. I want it back.

Hi, First the website is larrytheanimalguy.com If you go to store you will see the dvd package. Then go to donations and you can pay pal 50.00 plus 3.00 shipping. Then email me at lbattson@peoplepc.com and tell me that your donation for the package has been made and include your address. Is that to hard? It would be for me. I am waiting for the lecture dvds to arrive from shepherds town and I am planning on shipping on July 1st. I cannot stress enough that there will be limited packages available and after they are gone that will be it. By the way I spoke with John Green the other day and he said that this event is "unprecedented and very important" for those involved with bigfoot study and research, and most of all "congratulations!" . I am very excited having this available and your donations help wildlife education and rescues, all the best , Larry Battson illustration by Larry Battson

Hi Larry, welcome to the forum.

I was just wondering...

How does one go about giving an educational talk about an animal that nobody knows anything about?

I'd be reluctant to part with $53 just to hear some anecdotal accounts, or campfire stories, so what sort of factual information might I expect for my investment?

RayG