Oklahoma lawmaker proposes 'Bigfoot' hunting season (AP)

[dalton99a]

https://hosted.ap.org/article/5433bc22df3a87efa08c2b52838a2dd7/oklahoma-lawmaker-proposes-bigfoot-hunting-season

Jan. 22, 2021 12:13 PM EST
Oklahoma lawmaker proposes 'Bigfoot' hunting season

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A mythical, ape-like creature that has captured the imagination of adventurers for decades has now become the target of a state lawmaker in Oklahoma.

A Republican House member has introduced a bill that would create a Bigfoot hunting season. Rep. Justin Humphrey’s district includes the heavily forested Ouachita Mountains in southeast Oklahoma, where a Bigfoot festival is held each year. He says issuing a state hunting license and tag could help boost tourism.

“Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want to hunt Bigfoot will just draw more people to our already beautiful part of the state," Humphrey said in a statement.

Humphrey says his bill would only allow trapping and that he also hopes to secure $25,000 to be offered as a bounty.

Micah Holmes, a spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, which oversees hunting in Oklahoma, told television station KOCO that the agency uses science-driven research and doesn’t recognize Bigfoot.

[ret5hd]

1. ASSUMING Bigfoot is real (I know I know)...LETS KILL IT!!!

My gawd, the publicans are brain rotted.

[rampartc]

3. assuming bigfoot is real, he is certainly an endangered species

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Another grifter (smh) You have to wonder how he plans to get his cut. hmmm

Justin and his friends own numerous business in bigfoot hunting grounds would be my guess.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. If Bigfoots (not Bigfeet) exist, they would need to be

left alone in their habitat. The reason we have hunting seasons is so we can control the populations of some animals without wiping them out. There's no one saying that the Bigfoot population is getting out of hand. No one can even seem to get a good picture of one.

[Silent3]

8. Follows the same grammatical rules as Proudfoot?

[LuvNewcastle]

20. Yeah, that's what I hear on these paranormal radio shows

I listen to sometimes. I learn all kinds of useful stuff, like what to do if Black-eyed Children come knocking on your door and what to call more than one Bigfoot. I never hear them giving this useful information out on CNN or anywhere.

[niyad]

5. Asshole all the way around.

[Jersey Devil]

6. Great idea! Attract more people with guns to look for human like creatures in the forest

Then shoot first and ask questions later.

[pandr32]

7. That's what I thought, too

[Kid Berwyn]

9. Remember the Black Lagoon!

Love! Kill!



Kill! Love!

Guns! Hump!

[gratuitous]

10. Thank goodness there are no other pressing issues to attend to

Is Rep. Humphrey allowed to just roam the streets without supervision? What a knucklehead.

[Digger]

15. Heh,

Put him in a bigfoot costume and drop him off in the Oklahoma woods.

[jpak]

11. Yahoos will be shooting everything on 2 legs

Yup

[Solly Mack]

12. The dumb is strong.

[Digger]

13. Holy shit!

That loud rustling sound you hear is millions of Bigfoot(s) getting the hell out of Oklahoma.

[happybird]

14. Eh, just seems like a fun way to raise some revenue in his district

I’m not a hunter and don’t believe in Bigfoot (... I don’t think. Maybe.) but I sure as hell would pay for Bigfoot hunting license if I ever visited that area. Just because it’s a Bigfoot hunting license, man! I’d love to be able to whip that paperwork out at people, lol! It would be even better if they gave you a laminated card to keep in your wallet.

Is this guy dead serious, or is it like I think, tongue in cheek??

[peggysue2]

16. I women are hosts . . .

What are men? Parasites?



These guys need to be more careful with their ridiculous descriptions and metaphors.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

17. Look! There's one of them walking on two feet!

Oh, it was some hairy guy who was camping.

[LeftInTX]

18. Sure, why not?

[Kaleva]

19. As long as Bigfoot is defined as a being wearing cammies & carrying tactical gear and a AR15

[bluestarone]

21. RETHUGS think like, if you can't explain it, then

KILL IT!! Just hard to even try to think like they do!! Not an ounce of humanity in their body!

[IcyPeas]

22. why don't they just play pokemon?

[coti]

23. Reading into this a little deeper,

the guy may be fully aware that there's no such thing as Bigfoot, therefore there isn't a Bigfoot to harm- though establishing a "hunt," as he notes, would bring lots more money into the area.

In other words, he's totally fine with fucking around with people who are kidding themselves if there's money in it. Pretty standard for Republicans nowadays.