By Tim Binnall
An unfortunate instance of Bigfoot banditry in Idaho took an uplifting turn when a good Samaritan volunteered to help the victim ensure that his replacement Sasquatch would not be stolen again. According to a local media report, the tale fit for a cryptozoological holiday special began in early November when Scott Weissbeck discovered that some sticky-fingered ne'er-do-wells had taken a two-foot-tall display of the legendary creature from outside his home in Boise. Understandably chagrined, he mused that "I knew right away I had to replace it. I wasn't going to let the thieves win."
As such, Weissbeck went out and purchased an even bigger display of the famed cryptid, though the matter of securing the Sasquatch remained a concern, since the perpetrators of the theft were particularly determined and had cut a hole in his fence in order to get their hands on the piece. Fortunately, word of the brazen Bigfoot theft reached resident William Foley, who decided to lend a hand after seeing that so many people on local social media were "heartbroken when they found out that someone had stolen" the popular piece.
Faced with fending off future would-be Bigfoot thieves, he not only repaired the damaged fence, but secured the new Sasquatch display with reinforced rebar. Remarkably, while Weissbeck is certain that Bigfoot exists thanks to his own sighting of the creature from when he was a teenager living in Oregon, Foley actually explained that "I'm not a big believer in the Sasquatch thing," but felt compelled to contribute because "the symbol made me smile." So beyond just being a celebration of Sasquatch, one might say that the Bigfoot display now also serves something of a reminder of how a community can come together even if they don't agree on everything.