Just a handful of days before Christmas 1977, the United States' Department of the Interior's
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a thought-provoking paper.
It was focused on how, in theory, the world of officialdom might handle the situation
if it was proved that Bigfoot really exists.
And other mysterious animals too.The document had the following heading: Are We Ready For
'Bigfoot' Or The Loch Ness Monster?
I have presented for you the contents, without interruption.
It begins: "What if they really did find the Loch Ness monster or the legendary Bigfoot
of the Pacific Northwest?
Most scientists doubt that these creatures exist, but thoughts of the discovery of a
new species that might be the closest living relative to man, or the possibility of finding
a leftover dinosaur, excite the imagination of scientist and nonscientist alike.
It also poses another question: Would such a creature be subjected to the same kind of
exploitation as the giant movie ape, King Kong?
"Scientists generally believe there are still many species of birds and mammals that
have not been discovered because they live in remote areas and their populations are
limited.
After all, the gorilla and giant panda were only legends until the late 19th century when
their actual existence was first confirmed by scientists.
The komodo dragon, a 10-foot-long lizard, wasn't known to science until 1912.
The coelacanth, a deep-water prehistoric fish, was known only from 65 million-year-old fossils
until 1938 when a specimen was caught alive off the Madagascar coast.
Just last year a Navy torpedo recovery vessel dropped a sea anchor into 500 feet of water
off Hawaii.
But instead of a torpedo, it hauled up a 15-foot representative of a new species of shark.
The dead shark, named megamouth after its bathtub-shaped lower jaw, had an enormous,
short-snouted head and 484 vestigial teeth.
"To be sure, no remains of today' s legendary 'monsters' have ever been found.
There are no living specimens in zoos or dead ones in museums.
Most certainly, many "sightings" of these creatures are exaggerated or misinterpreted
reports, and some are downright hoaxes.
But finding a Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot is still a possibility, and the discovery
would be one of the most important in modern history.
As items of scientific and public interest they would surely command more attention than
the moon rocks.
Millions of curiosity seekers" and thousands of zoologists and anthropologists throughout
the world would be eager to "get at" the creatures to examine, protect, capture, or
just look at them.
"What would the United States Government do?
'I doubt well ever have to do anything, because I don' t believe there are any of
the things around to be discovered in the first place,' said Keith Schreiner, Associate
Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Service is the Government agency with responsibility for protecting endangered and
threatened species.
'At least, we have the laws and regulations on the books to deal with newly discovered
species.'
"Schreiner acknowledged, however, that a good deal of international cooperation would
be needed if extremely rare species were found abroad.
And finding one on U.S. soil would pose serious problems too, Service officials agree.
Undisputed proof of a Bigfoot might cause an immediate, short-term problem no law could
handle.
Word of its discovery would be flashed around the world within hours.
Hysteria, fear, or panic might accompany the news in the area where the creature was located.
The throngs of curiosity seekers, would-be captors, and others wishing to find Bigfoot
would not only create a serious threat to the animal itself, but to public safety as
well.
Some officials doubt whether any State or Federal action short of calling out the National
Guard could keep order in the area within the first few hours or days of the creature'
s discovery.
This could be essential until a team of scientists could do the necessary things to ensure the
creature's survival.
"The key law in the preservation of a species is the Endangered Species Act, which pledges
the United States to conserve species of plants and animals facing extinction.
This broad, complex law protects endangered species from killing, harassment, and other
forms of exploitation.
The Act prohibits the import and export of, and interstate commerce in, endangered species.
American citizens cannot engage in commercial traffic in endangered species between nations,
even when the United States is not involved.
Scientists wishing to study endangered species are required to have a permit issued by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
"But before a creature can receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, a number
of actions normally must occur which involve recommendations from the public, scientists,
and State and foreign governments where the species exists.
The first of these would be the species' formal description and naming in a recognized
scientific publication.
In addition, if it were a U.S. species, the Governor of the State where it was found would
be contacted, as would the officials of foreign governments if it were found outside the United
States.
Only after much information was collected could the Service make a formal determination
as to whether the species should be afforded endangered or threatened status.
"For the Loch Ness monster, the first step has already been taken.
Last year, a highly respected British journal published a description and proposed the name
Nessiteras rhombopteryx, meaning 'awesome monster of Loch Ness with a diamond-shaped
fin.'
'Nessie,' as the creature is affectionately known by believers in its existence, has been
periodically sighted in Loch Ness, Scotland, over the last 14 centuries.
Loch Ness is a 2.5-mile-long, cold, deep lake whose peat-stained, murky waters make positive
identification of almost anything from photographs next to impossible.
But the most recent reports, based on sophisticated underwater cameras and electronic gear, identify
a 30-foot-long creature with a massive, humped body bearing a small head and long slender
neck with an immense set of flippers.
Although no presently known aquatic organism answers this description, it would fit any
of various species of prehistoric, carnivorous reptiles called plesiosaurs which lived 100
million years ago.
"In recent discussion in the British House of Commons, members of Parliament were assured
that if 'Nessie' were found it could theoretically receive immediate protection since it had
already been described and named.
If 'Nessie' were taken out of Britain illegally, it would be a violation of the
U.S. Lacey Act to bring it into the United States.
Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is purported to be an 8-foot, 900-pound humanoid that roams
the forest and wilderness areas of the Pacific Northwest.
One 'eyewitness' described an obviously female Sasquatch as a 'tall, long-legged,
gorilla-like animal covered with dark hair and endowed with a pendulous pair of breasts.'
It, too, has been described in publications and given a scientific name.
In fact, so many people were stalking Bigfoot with high-powered rifles and cameras that
Skamania County, Washington, is prepared to impose a fine of $10,000 and a 5-year jail
term on anyone who kills a Bigfoot.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers even lists Bigfoot as one of the native species in its
Environmental Atlas for Washington.
This year the Florida and Oregon legislatures also considered bills protecting 'Bigfoot'
type creatures.
A Bureau of Indian Affairs policeman has 18-inch plaster cast footprints of the 'McLaughlin
monster,' a Bigfoot-type creature he saw last month in South Dakota.
"Under U.S. Law, the Secretary of the Interior is empowered to list as threatened or endangered
a species for 120 days on an emergency basis.
For endangered species in the United States, the Secretary can also designate habitat that
is critical to their survival.
No Federal agency could then authorize, fund, or carry out any activities which would adversely
modify that habitat.
So long-term Federal protection of Nessie or Bigfoot would basically be a matter of
following the same regulatory mechanisms already used in protecting whooping cranes and tigers.
"'Under normal situations,' Schreiner said, 'we must know a great deal about a
species before we list it.
How big is the population?
Does it occur anywhere else?
Is the population in danger of decline?
Is its habitat secure?
Is the species being exploited?
What is its reproductive rate?
Obviously, if a Bigfoot really were found we could use emergency provisions of the Act
to protect it immediately.
But for the record, I seriously doubt whether such a creature really does exist.'
Along with the hundreds of requests received last year to protect more well-known plants
and animals, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was queried about protection for Bigfoot and
the 'Lake Champlain sea serpent.'
"No requests have so far been received for the protection of the reputed foul-smelling
Noxie monster, a 7-foot denizen of Oklahoma, or the skunk ape of the Everglades, or the
infamous Mothman in West Virginia.
But in time, they, too, might come.
And when they do, they'll be treated accordingly."
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FILM CRITICS UNITED STATES HAS SELECTED THE BEST FILM IN 2018 - Duration: 1:06.
US FINE CRITICIANS CHOOSE BEST FILM 2018
National Board of Critics USA chose the best movie
2018
On the official website of the organization reported that this title
went to the drama "Green book".
The film tells the "real history of italian-american
bouncers Tony Lipa who in the 60s he became a driver
best jazz african american pianist Don Shirley.
The best actor was recognized Viggo Mortensen, who played
in the Green Book home role.
But the best actress was Lady Gaga, starring in the film
"Star was born" Bradley Cooper, who won
winning the nomination "best producer".
Among the animated films have noted "The Incredibles
2 ".
Solemn ceremony the award ceremony will take place
January 8, 2019.
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The United States Government Takes On Loot Boxes, FTC Now Involved - Duration: 2:30.
Loot boxes are now endemic in the video game industry, so given the seriousness of this
issue I think it IS in fact for the FTC to investigate these mechanisms, would you commit
to undertaking this project and keeping this committee informed about it?
Yes.
It's official: The United States Government has just declared war on lootboxes.
On Tuesday, November 27th, Federal Trade Commissioner Chairman Joseph Simons pledged to investigate
videogame lootboxes at the behest of United States Senator Maggie Hassan, during a Simons
testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, producty safety, insurance,
and data Security.
This isn't the first time Senator Hassan has brought up Lootboxes.
In February of this year, Hassan wrote to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB),
requesting the group to review how they market lootboxes to children, as well as the impact
of ingame lootboxes on public mental health.
She warned them if they didn't take action within a reasonable amount of time, she'd
get the FTC involved.
Well, deadlines up.
Many believe the sudden action is being spurned due to the recent report from the Gambling
Commision of Great Britain regarding lootboxes and their relationship with children and future
gambling addiction.
"Given the seriousness of this issue, I think it is in fact time for the FTC to investigate
these mechanisms to ensure that children are being adequately protected and to educate
parents about potential addiction or other negative impacts of these games."
Regardless of bad press or consumer complaints, the ESRB continues to defend loot boxes as
"one way that players can enhance the experience that video games offer.
Contrary to assertions, loots boxes are NOT gambling."
For now, it's unclear what changes will effect the industry.
But at least we have an answer to that age old question: yes, somebody IS thinking of
the children.
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The sad and bizarre history of the U.S. Army Camel Corps - Duration: 5:09.
The United States Army accidentally set
feral camels loose on the wild west in the 1800s.
They literally became beasts of burden,
menacing the countryside.
And this was also during a time when many Americans
had never heard of a camel, let alone seen one,
so encounters with the hunchbacked dromedaries
incited legends and horror stories.
One creature, known as the Red Ghost,
was described as a "devilish looking creature
"strapped on the back of some strange-looking beast."
The Red Ghost was said to have killed multiple people
and even had the power of disappearing into thin air.
The truth of this animal
was actually far more disturbing than that.
But let's begin at the beginning,
with the United States Army's Camel Corps.
The terrain and the climate of the Midwest,
Pacific Crest deserts and mountain ranges,
and Texas, just all of Texas -
if you've been there you know what I'm talking about -
were nearly insurmountable for settlers,
and certainly not without costs.
Remember the Oregon Trail?
Remember dysentery?
In 1836, U.S. Army Lieutenant George H. Crosman
proposed the establishment of a camel corps
to help transport supplies.
He submitted an extensive report to the War Department
advocating for the use of camels to help shoulder burdens
while requiring less food or water than horses.
His report was disregarded, but not forgotten.
Camel Corps.
Never forget.
We should make that a t-shirt.
♪ Ah ♪
- [Man] One hump or two?
- Two, obviously.
Inappropriate.
In 1855, then Secretary of War
and champion of Crosman's proposal,
Senator Jefferson Davis of Mississippi,
appealed to Congress again and was granted $30,000
for the "purchase and importation of camels
and dromedaries to be employed for military purposes."
In perhaps the Navy's finest moment,
the store ship the USS Supply brought 34 frickin' camels
to the United States.
In an early test of the animals' capabilities though,
a traditional three-wagon team, each pulled by six mules,
was pitted against six camels to perform a supply run.
According to ArmyHistory.org, the wagon teams,
each carrying 1800 pounds of oats,
completed the trip in five days.
The camels however, carried 3,648 pounds of oats
and made the trip in only two days.
With several other favorable tests,
it was time to become acquainted with camels.
Though naturally docile,
camels can get violent when mistreated,
and they're strong enough to kick or stomp someone to death.
Which is what you get when you're mean to animals.
A second import of the creatures brought the total to 75,
but they would all be lost or auctioned off
within the decade.
But it wasn't the mission or the climate
that would end the experiment.
It wasn't even the fierce objections or political fallout
from the mule lobby, which was a thing -
god our country is fascinating -
it was the Civil War that would kill off the Camel Corps.
After Texas seceded from the Union,
Confederates seized Camp Verde,
where the camels were stationed,
and the camels were turned loose.
Some were reclaimed by Union forces, some sold at auction,
some met really s****y ends because humans are the worst
and I don't even want to go into details about it,
and some were left to wander the wild, wild west.
Which brings us back to the Red Ghost.
After months of sightings,
one might even call them hauntings,
the Red Ghost was spotted by a group of miners
who took aim at the creature.
Marshall Trimble, Arizona's official state historian,
told the Smithsonian that when the Ghost fled their gunfire,
"something shook loose and landed on the ground."
That something was a human skull.
Years later, a rancher would finally kill the poor beast.
The New York Sun reported that strips of rawhide
were wound and twisted along the creature as if something
or someone had been lashed on to the camel's back.
Accounts of camel sightings continued for decades,
wandering the deserts and plains of California,
the Southwest, Northwest,
and even as far away as British Columbia.
Topsy, believed to be the last
of the Army Camel Corps creatures,
died in Griffith Park at the Los Angeles Zoo in 1934
at the old age of 81.
Know any other stories about animals in the armed forces
like to 440 bear who served in the Polish Army
during World War II.
Let us know your favorites
and we might make a video about it next.
Just, I need them to have a happy ending.
Can you guys just give me stories,
nevermind.
Nevermind, I'm not even gonna finish that sentence.
(laughing)
Yes, please leave a comment and me stories
with a happy ending.
Thanks.
Ah.
Okay, I think we're done here. (laughing)
Camel Corps #inappropriate.
It's gold, it's gold.
The shirt will spit.
You can spit while wearing the shirt.
I'll spit on every shirt that's ordered,
I don't know, you guys.
We can't go wrong.
That's weird.
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'I begged them to kill me', Uighur woman describes torture to US politicians - Duration: 7:42.
Beaten, starved, electrocuted, strip-searched. This is the torture one member of China's Uighur minority says she endured in detention camps in Xinjiang, a western province home to Muslim minorities
"My hands bled from their beatings," according to Mihrigul Tursun, 29, a Uighur woman
"Each time I was electrocuted, my whole body would shake violently and I could feel the pain in my veins
" "I thought I would rather die than go through this torture and begged them to kill me," Ms Tursun will tell US politicians on Wednesday, based on prepared remarks viewed by the Telegraph
Ms Tursun's experience is not unique. The United Nations estimates as many as one million Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking and primarily Muslim minority, have been forced into internment camps, where they undergo political indoctrination and abuse
US State Department estimates are even higher at more than two million detained
Beijing has come under fire from activists, academics and foreign governments for its mass detention and surveillance of Uighurs
The US has been the most vocal critic, and there is no sign that Washington will back down even with significant trade tensions ahead of a major meeting between Donald Trump, US president, and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping at the G20 in Argentina later this week
Chinese authorities aren't letting up their defence of these centres, which they call "re-education" or "vocational training" schools
Beijing has said they're necessary to combat terrorism, and has decried global criticism as undue meddling by foreign governments
Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the US, warned Wednesday of retaliation "in proportion" if Washington were to install sanctions over these alleged human rights abuses
Two weeks ago, US politicians introduced legislation urging the White House to consider sanctions against Chinese officials responsible for the ongoing crackdown and to halt the sale of US technology to China that could potentially be used for surveillance
Former detainee accounts, such as Ms Tursun's, can't be independently verified, as China has not allowed foreign journalists or officials into the camps
Chinese state media reports have instead shown and described comfortable accommodation and fun activities
Still, a growing body of evidence from satellite imagery of camp expansions to chilling accounts from former detainees paint a different picture
On Wednesday, American lawmakers will learn further details from Ms Tursun regarding alleged abuses at a hearing held by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China
Since 2015, Ms Tursun, who was born in Xinjiang, has been detained three times by Chinese authorities
The first time, she was dragged straight to a detention centre from the airport upon returning to China from Egypt, where she was studying English and lived with her Chinese husband
Her three infant children were separated from her, and one later died. Although Ms Tursun was released months later, "all of my documents were confiscated by the authorities and I had been blacklisted," according to her testimony
"There was a black dot in my identity card, which beeped wherever I went: a hospital, pharmacy, and even a bus, so police would check my card and had to approve every step I took
" She would again be detained two more times, recalling interrogations that went on for days and sometimes involved an electric chair, being stripped naked and searched by male and female officials, forced to take unidentified drugs that caused her to blackout, made to sing songs that praise the Communist Party, and told often that being Uighur was a crime
Ms Tursun's prepared testimony also recalls crowded, unsanitary conditions and nine deaths of women in her cell alone
Before her final release and eventual escape to the US, she was forced to read a statement on camera: "I am a citizen of China and I love China
I will never do anything to harm China. China has raised me. The police never interrogated me or tortured me, or even detained me
" Although Ms Tursun is now living in the US, she remains worried Chinese authorities are monitoring her, as she has spotted before a group of Chinese men following her
"I still have scars on my body from the constant beatings and pain in my wrists and ankles from the chains
I cannot hear on my right ear caused by heavy beatings," according to her prepared remarks
"I am still afraid at night that the Chinese police will knock on my door and take me away and kill me
"
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Chinese Tourist Suffers Stroke in U.S., Treated at RGH - Duration: 2:11.
>> A Chinese tourist is finally heading home after an unexpected two-month
stay in Rochester. What started as a visit to Niagara Falls ended with a trip
to Rochester General Hospital and 13 Wham's Tanner Jubenville picks up the
story from there. Tanner.
>> Yeah, Ginny, the man was sightseeing at Niagara Falls with
his wife when he suffered a stroke. He was first taken to a hospital near
Batavia but was later transferred to RGH because of its stroke treatment center
and that's when he and his family faced another challenge. A hospital room in
Rochester isn't where Maorui Li expected to stay when touring the US but it's
been his home for nearly eight weeks after he suffered a stroke in Niagara Falls.
>> I was so scared of what's going to happen to me but after 20-some
days and he's gaining some strength and he gained the confidence that he is
going to be better.
>> Unfamiliar with their surroundings and unable to speak English
the couple had trouble getting by when Maorui was first hospitalized.
At that time, I was by myself I didn't in a totally foreign place I didn't speak the
language and I was so scared.
>> But they soon met another patient and their
family who happened to speak Mandarin -- able to translate the couple could both
get the help they needed.
>> That was just those two families ended up on the same
exact unit and one family reached out to help another family in need.
Rochester Chinese Christian Church members helped the couple as Maorui went
through weeks of critical treatment. People who were once strangers became
their close friends.
>> When the weather turns cold, they brought me clothing and
meals to me.
>> In an emotional letter to her new friends Suyu says she has no way
to ever repay those who have helped her and her husband.
>> Even though I could not
be the language but the love that was shown to me I can feel that
and I feel the warmth, I am so touched.
Thank you all.
>> The couple will head back home to China tomorrow where Maorui will continue his
treatment.
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Nancy Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be next House speaker US news - Duration: 1:57.
Nancy Pelosi nominated by Democrats to be next House speaker US news
Pelosi ran unopposed but number of members who voted against her could signal a messy battle when new Congress convenes
Pelosi ran unopposed but number of members who voted against her could signal a messy battle when new Congress convenes
House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi to be the party's next speaker, but she has failed to stave off a rebellion within her ranks, setting the stage for a messy battle when the new Congress convenes in January.
Members of the incoming class of Democrats, who are poised to take over the chamber next year, met behind closed doors in the US Capitol to elect their leadership team.
The vote represents a critical test of strength for the longtime Democratic leader as she faces calls from members to step aside and make room for fresh faces. Pelosi ran unopposed but the number of members who voted against her could signal looming trouble even as she becomes the most powerful elected Democrat in the nation.
The full House, including Republicans, will elect a new speaker on 3 January. If Democrats win the two House races yet to be called and where their candidates are leading, they will hold 235 seats, meaning Pelosi could afford to lose 17 Democratic votes if all Republicans oppose her in January.
In brief remarks to the press as votes were being tabulated, Pelosi said she wanted Congress "that's like America's town hall".
She parried a question about the opposition and said she was in "pretty good shape".
Moments before the speaker vote, Pelosi failed to satisfy some Democrats demanding a new leader.
"We met with Leader Pelosi and tried to engage her in a reasonable conversation about leadership transition. Unfortunately, our concerns were dismissed outright," said Democrat Kathleen Rice of New York. "We remain united behind our goal of new leadership and we intend to vote against Leader Pelosi in Caucus and on the Floor of the House."
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