Creatures, Myths & Legends

New bill proposes to make Bigfoot California's official state cryptid

By T.K. Randall
March 3, 2025

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) It would seem that every state and country needs its own cryptid (a term used to describe a creature that is rumored to exist, but for which there is no definitive scientific evidence).

Scotland, for instance, would undoubtedly consider the Loch Ness monster to be its official cryptid.

But what about the US state of California ?

Earlier this month, Assemblyman Chris Rogers introduced a new bill at the California State Assembly (number 666) seeking to designate Bigfoot as the state's official cryptozoological creature.The bill was originally intended as a bit of an inside joke - acting as more of a placeholder to be replaced with official state business at a later date.

Instead, it ended up making news across the state and beyond.

"The joke would be that when we amended the bill, the Bigfoot bill would disappear, it would be elusive, it would go away like Bigfoot in our area is known to do," said Rogers.

Ironically, the bill has since gone to on to generate far more attention than other, more important bills and has sparked calls for Bigfoot to be genuinely designated as the state's official cryptid.

Whether it will actually happen, however, remains to be seen.


Source: Reno Gazette Journal

Tags: Cryptozoology, Cryptid, Bigfoot