An Oklahoma man killed his fishing buddy while they were on a trip because he believed the other man was going to feed him to Bigfoot. Larry Doil Sanders, 53, later blamed the killing of Jimmy Glenn Knighten on the legendary monster.
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
- It started off like a normal fishing day. Sanders and Knighten were noodling, which is barehanded fishing, in the South Canadian River last Saturday when they got into a fight, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Oklahoman. The fight started because Sanders claimed Knighten “intended to feed him to [a] sasquatch/bigfoot.”
- Sanders claimed he tried to get away. Apparently afraid for his life, Sanders told police that he tried to run away “so that the sasquatch could eat” Knighten instead of him, as it was an “eat or be eaten” scenario.” However, he didn’t get very far.
- Instead, he killed Knighten. Sanders later claimed that in order to save his own life, he “punched” and “struck” Knighten before choking him to death. How that would save Sanders from Bigfoot is anyone’s guess. “LARRY advised he believed JIMMY was trying to get away from him so that the sasquatch could eat LARRY,” the agent wrote. “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,” Special Agent Justin Brown wrote in his report. “LARRY confirmed he killed JIMMY by choking him to death near the river.”
- Knighten’s body was found the following day. Authorities were helped by Sanders’ confession, during which he drew a detailed map to lead Pontotoc County deputies to where he left the body. When he was arrested, authorities noted that he “seemed to be under the influence of illegal drugs.” Sanders has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in Pontotac County jail.
