Out of all of the stickers I've found over the last couple of years, I do believe this may be the weirdest. It's not every day you come across an accusation involving a mayor, drug money, and Sasquatch. Now I'll admit I don't know much about Sasquatch/ Bigfoot, this isn't something I've ever put much stock in and therefore never bothered to look into before. I will admit that I do find it interesting how much of a following this cryptid gets. I mean there's actually 11 seasons of a TV show on Animal Planet just focused on people attempting to find this fictional creature. But while I may not think too much of this creature, Allegheny County certainly does. Sightings by people from the area are the highest in the state, although the state as a whole does fall behind places like Florida and Oregon. Along with the oddity of Sasquatch there is also the fact that this has an element of a conspiracy surrounding it. I mean there are all the bits that will make any good conspiracy story: the local government is involved, drug money is being used to fund unrelated tasks, and there is an exposé on a website mentioned at the bottom of the sticker. Although I have to wonder what exactly a Sasquatch farm would do. Would they help cultivate more Sasquatch to put out in the wild or for slaughter? Or is it a farm that uses Sasquatch labor to perform the every day tasks?
Going to the Sloover.com unfortunately doesn't really explain the story behind this sticker. Well it could but the man behind this site is a fairly frequent poster. I think the site said I was on page 12 of it and I was only in June of this year. Looking through the posts I have to say it is certainly an interesting collection of things on there. In many ways it feels like a place where the author just lets his mind wander. Sloover is run by a man who works in a warehouse as well as write and play music on the side. There isn't too much about him in the about section or the bio but he does seem to be a fairly well traveled individual. He apparently has appeared on Pittsburgh's KDKA in the past and now seems to be residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His page is filled with Youtube videos of songs he feels fit his mood for that day and brief posts about those small things that make his life. There are also far more political leaning discussions squeezed in there, just for good measure. While I couldn't find definitive proof that this sticker is his, I don't feel like it's a far stretch to assume that this is the mind behind it. Since he has spent some time here in Pittsburgh, it does make me wonder if the mayor creating this apparent scandal is in fact Peduto or one of his predecessors. It's quite reasonable that the man is just making a generic statement to shock people into visiting his site or it could be targeted towards a specific individual. Either way, you've got to watch out for the Sasquatch scandals.
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Maggie Ondrey
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