In David Paulides’ book, The Hoopa Project, he lists various documents that show that our government has knowledge of the existence of Bigfoot. On page 17 Paulides writes about the 1975 Washington Environmental Atlas authored by the Army Corps of Engineers. In that document the Corps states;
“Alleged Sasquatch hair samples inspected by FBI laboratories resulted in the conclusion that no such hair exists on any human or presently known animal for which data is available.”
In 1976 Peter Byrne was leading his own Bigfoot research group and authored a letter to the FBI inquiring about the hair report noted in the Washington Atlas. Below is the original letter from the FBI to Peter Byrne.
The reason NABS has included this document in this section will shortly be obvious. We want our readers to understnd that this document does not represent a denial by the FBI that they examined the noted hairs or that a specific report does not exist. Retired agents from the FBI are friends of NABS and have been showed this document. They have confirmed that the agency routinely writes these types of letters to imply to the inquirer that they have searched and there are no documents, but, the reality is in the wording, “We have been unable to locate any references to such examinations in our files.” This does not say;
1. We have not examined the reported hairs.
2. We do not have reports on file indicating the results of the hair.
3. The Army Corps of Engineers are mistaken, we never did receive or examine any associated hairs.
NABS has investigated many Bigfoot related incidents since our formation. Many of these investigations have included statements by witnesses that they were interviewed by FBI Agents on Bigfoot related incidents. NABS has consistently filed FOIA requests as a part of our investigations attempting to understand why the FBI would have involvement in such incidents. We have been routinely told they cannot find associated files and in each incident we have appealed that decision to a higher level, requesting that the FBI disclose the results of their investigation.
It would appear that the Army Corps opf Engineers would never author a government sponsored document, proof read and cleared by multi layers of their administration without subsequent documentation to back their claims. It does appear that the FBI did have these hairs, did conduct laboratory analysis and refuses to release their results. Why NABS will take such a definitive stand on this point will be disclosed in the coming weeks or months.