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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 02:37 PM Jan 2021

Oklahoma House member (R) introduces bill to create a Bigfoot hunting season

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.

https://apnews.com/article/wildlife-oklahoma-5433bc22df3a87efa08c2b52838a2dd7

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gulliver

(13,181 posts)
10. I once found the tracks of a baby Bigfoot
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 02:48 PM
Jan 2021

They appeared exactly like human tracks but were only about the size of a human adult. I looked around to see if the Bigfoot was still there, but all I could see was other people.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
12. Is there anything preventing them from hunting "Bigfoot" during deer season?
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 02:53 PM
Jan 2021

bird season? Squirrel or rabbit season? Why would a Republican be pushing for a federal law for this?

And don't the states usually set their own schedules when it comes to this stuff?


gulliver

(13,181 posts)
14. Getting hunters (who might not get it's a joke) out hunting humanoids...
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:05 PM
Jan 2021

...what could possibly go wrong?

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