His Friend Summoned Big Foot, Then He Killed Him.

The Big Foot

The big foot is a rumored ape-like creature that lives in North American forests. Many dubious articles, including vague assertions of sightings as well as supposed video and audio recordings, pictures, and casts of huge footprints, have been given in an attempt to prove the existence of Bigfoot. Some are well-known or openly admitted hoaxes.

A Man Kills His Buddy Because Of Fear Of BigFoot

Larry Sanders and his friend Jimmy Knighten went noodling — bare-handed catfishing — in Oklahoma's South Canadian River on July 9. However, their pleasant expedition was cut short when Sanders suddenly lashed out and killed Knighten, purportedly because Knighten threatened to "summon" Bigfoot.

According to a statement released on Facebook by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), the two guys got into an argument while fishing. “Sanders reported striking and strangling Knighten,” OSBI wrote.

And it all, apparently, had to do with Knighten’s threat to “summon” Bigfoot. Special Agent Justin Brown wrote that Sanders feared that Knighten “intended to feed him to sasquatch/Bigfoot,” according to The Oklahoman.

“Larry advised he believed Jimmy was trying to get away from him so that the sasquatch could eat Larry,” Brown explained. “Larry would not let Jimmy get away. Larry punched Jimmy and struck Jimmy with a stick. Larry and Jimmy fought for an extended amount of time on the ground.”

Brown then added: “Larry confirmed he killed Jimmy by choking him to death near the river.”

According to The Oklahoman, after Sanders reportedly killed Knighten, he returned home and told his daughter what had happened. Sanders appeared "frantic," telling her he'd killed Knighten because he tried to feed him to Bigfoot, a lie he told her boyfriend, who is also Knighten's son.

Sanders was first detained on an outstanding warrant while police searched for Knighten's body in the river, according to the Daily Beast.

“You still have to prove all the elements of the crime, and what the suspect is telling you, you have to prove that’s actually what happened,” the local sheriff, John Christian, explained, according to the Daily Beast.

According to the Oklahoman reports, Sanders cooperated with authorities and even drew a map to help investigators find Knighten's remains.

"The area is heavily forested; there's a lot of little brush and enormous trees," Christian told Newsweek. "It was a difficult search with a big area to cover."

However, around 24 hours after Sanders allegedly murdered Knighten, investigators discovered Knighten's body. Sanders was then charged with murder. Christian believes Sanders was "under the influence of something" when he murdered Knighten, which Newsweek reports was most likely methamphetamine.

Sanders had previously been in trouble with the authorities due to his drug addiction. According to the Oklahoman reports, he had two open warrants for unpaid fines in two drug-related offenses and was sentenced to five years of probation in 2019 after bringing methamphetamine to jail after being detained for public intoxication.

According to The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, the mythological creature is most regularly "seen" on the West Coast, with Washington, Oregon, and California claiming the most sightings (BFRO).

Having said that, sightings of Bigfoot have also been reported in the southern United States. A group of Bigfoot fanatics claimed to have observed – and photographed – the elusive cryptid in North Carolina in 2019.

There was even talks of establishing a "Bigfoot hunting season" in Oklahoma. State legislator Justin Humphrey offered the proposal in 2021, noting: "I have certain people that I know that are excellent, solid people who, I will assure you 100 percent have indicated they have had experience with Bigfoot.

"You can get a license," he added. You can go out and find this thing. I want to be very clear that we will not be killing Bigfoot. We're going to capture a live Bigfoot. We are not advocating the abolition of Bigfoot. We are encouraging Bigfoot hunting and looking for evidence of Bigfoot."

Though Humphrey's notion fizzled, whether Bigfoot exists or not is in the mind of the beholder. Larry Sanders likely believe it exists.