Posted By: Nathaniel Polley January 23, 2021 @ 12:34 pm Local News, News
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, where a Bigfoot festival is held each year near the Arkansas border. He says issuing a state hunting license and tag could help boost tourism.
A spokesman for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, which oversees hunting in Oklahoma, says the agency uses science-driven research and doesn’t recognize Bigfoot.
An Oklahoma lawmaker has filed a bill to create a hunting season for Bigfoot.But plenty of Oklahomans are already out scouring the woods for the creature, hunting season or not. D.W. Lee of the Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center doesn’t use the name Bigfoot. He prefers “the creature.” Lee has been studying and hunting the creature for decades. A mix between an orangutan and a human,” he said. “I’ve had 26 encounters that I can say was actually a Bigfoot.”But when Lee heard about state Rep. Justin Humphrey’s bill to create an official Bigfoot hunting season, he was anything but thrilled. The efforts of the people out there actually being serious about this – it really hampers us,” Lee said.In a press release announcing the bill filing, Humphrey said his intent is to bring more tourism to the state. 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 st
By Paul Fletcher
There’s hunting season, and then there’s Bigfoot hunting season.
An Oklahoma lawmaker has pitched a bill to create a bona fide Bigfoot hunting season in the Sooner State.
On Wednesday, Rep. Justin Humphrey (R) introduced House Bill 1648, urging the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission (OWCC) to establish a big foot hunting season. . The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall promulgate rules establishing a big foot hunting season, the bill states. The Commission shall set annual season dates and create any necessary specific hunting licenses and fees. It is a real bill, yes, Micah Holmes, Assistant Chief of the Information and Education Division at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.
Jan 22, 2021
There’s hunting season, and then there’s Bigfoot hunting season. An Oklahoma lawmaker has pitched a bill to create a bona fide Bigfoot hunting season in the Sooner State.
On Wednesday, Republican Representative Justin Humphrey introduced House Bill 1648, urging the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission (OWCC) to establish a big foot hunting season. . The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission shall promulgate rules establishing a big foot hunting season, the bill states. The Commission shall set annual season dates and create any necessary specific hunting licenses and fees. It is a real bill, yes, Micah Holmes, Assistant Chief of the Information and Education Division at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.