Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
A day trip handfishing for catfish on the South Canadian River in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, has become a homicide investigation after a person claims Bigfoot compelled him to kill his good friend.
Larry Sanders, 53, stands charged with first-degree homicide after allegedly admitting first to a member of the family and later to police to killing his noodlingfishing accomplice Jimmy Knighten, who Sanders claimed wished him lifeless by the hand of the legendary monster Bigfoot. Noodling is a well-liked fishing approach used within the southern United States to catch a fish by sticking one’s hand in its mouth.
The native sheriff, John Christian, instructed native media that Sanders “gave the impression to be below the affect of one thing” when he instructed police he had struck, strangled, after which drowned Knighten.
“So, his assertion was that Mr. Knighten had summoned ‘Bigfoot’ to come back and kill him, and that’s why he needed to kill Mr. Knighten,” Christian instructed native reporters.
Christian stated that the confession “at all times makes it simpler,” however that the problem got here in looking for Knighten’s physique, which had floated on the river currents and was not found till greater than 24 hours after the lethal incident.
Christian stated authorities first arrested Sanders on an impressive warrant and charged him with homicide solely after Knighten’s physique was retrieved from the river mattress.
“You continue to must show all the weather of the crime, and what the suspect is telling you, it's a must to show that that’s truly what occurred,” Christian stated.
Christian stated that the native prosecutor would possible push for the dying penalty if Sanders is discovered responsible within the case.