Most redneck thing ever in Oklahoma, so far.

[GH85Carrera]

Trying to catch up to the endless list of "A Florida Man" stories.


Nolan Clay
The Oklahoman
USA TODAY NETWORK

ADA — A noodler has been arrested on a murder complaint after he confessed to killing another fisherman for trying to feed him to Bigfoot along a river in southeast Oklahoma, an OSBI agent reported.

Larry Doil Sanders, 53, of Atwood, drew a map and provided directions that helped searchers find the body of Jimmy Glenn Knighten in a wooded area Sunday, the agent reported in an arrest affidavit.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation special agent interviewed Sanders on Sunday at the Pontotoc County jail. Sanders and Knighten left Saturday afternoon for the South Canadian River to go noodling, a type of fishing done by hand. Sanders was arrested on an outstanding warrant Saturday when he came back to Knighten’s residence alone and told his daughter about the killing, according to the affidavit.

In the interview Sunday, he claimed he discovered while at the river that Knighten “intended to feed him to sasquatch/Bigfoot,” Special Agent Justin Brown wrote.
“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. “LARRY confirmed he killed JIMMY
by choking him to death near the river.” The suspect’s daughter also said he told her he killed Knighten for trying to feed him to Bigfoot, according to the affidavit. She said he was frantic and mentioned something about strangling Knighten, “and possibly firing
two shots from a pistol.” The suspect’s daughter is the girlfriend of the victim’s son, according to the affidavit. The victim’s son said Sanders admitted to getting into a fight
over being fed to Bigfoot. The Pontotoc County deputy sheriff who arrested Sanders on the outstanding warrant Saturday reported he “seemed to be under the influence
of illegal drugs.”

Sanders remained in the Pontotoc County jail Tuesday. He had outstanding warrants over unpaid fines in two drug-related cases. He was put on probation for five years
in 2019 after he was caught bringing methamphetamine into the Pontotoc County jail after a public intoxication arrest. Knighten was 53. Bigfoot is a mythical creature most
commonly associated with the woods of northwestern United States and
western Canada. In Oklahoma, a state legislator unsuccessfully tried last year to establish a Bigfoot hunting season. “I have some people that I know that are good, solid people who I will guarantee you 100% have said they have had experience with Bigfoot,”
Rep. Justin Humphrey said last year.
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It is sad someone died, but dang, what a way to go, killed by your fishing buddy because he thought you were going to feed him to bigfoot.

[Bill Douglas]

Must have been some pretty good methamphetamine they were on that day LOL

[masraum]

Wow!

[Missed Approach]

Thanks for posting Glen. Having Noodled in Oklahoma, I am saddened by this turn of events and their belief in Bigfoot. #Notallnoodlers



Cooking on a Porsche 911- The herb butter made the difference.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvXBR50rH9E

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Missed Approach

Thanks for posting Glen. Having Noodled in Oklahoma, I am saddened by this turn of events and their belief in Bigfoot.

I am absolutely certain it has nothing to do with noodling and a whole lot to do with Larry and long term meth usage.

However, I have been wrong before.

[KFC911]

What really concerns me are the last two words in Glen's thread title !

[Z-man]

What concerns me about the article is this part:

Bigfoot is a mythical creature most commonly associated with the woods of northwestern United States and western Canada. In Oklahoma, a state legislator unsuccessfully tried last year to establish a Bigfoot hunting season. “I have some people that I know that are good, solid people who I will guarantee you 100% have said they have had experience with Bigfoot,”

That's some good Oklahoman journalising right there...

[LWJ]

As a native of the PNW, I consider myself to be something of a Bigfoot expert.

Those poor fools were 1500 miles away from the faintest scent of Bigfoot...

Idiots.

[Sooner or later]

Makes me proud to be a Sooner!

[A930Rocket]

Wait. Are you saying there is no Bigfoot?

[Scott Douglas]

They aren't exactly electing rocket scientists as their Representative's are they.

[fintstone]

That is crazy!

Everyone knows that OK is too far north for a real bigfoot sighting. Bigfoot lives in TX (and just to the east MO and AR). Those OK sightings are just homely women (looking to breed). They are much more dangerous than bigfoot.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Wait. Are you saying there is no Bigfoot?

Next someone will try to say that the Mothman isn't real. Or the Ohio grassman! I happen to know him. Totally misunderstood. Has some good smoke though.

[SCadaddle]

Originally Posted by cabmandone

Next someone will try to say that the Mothman isn't real. Or the Ohio grassman! I happen to know him. Totally misunderstood. Has some good smoke though.

Prolly got nothin' on the Skunk Ape.

[KFC911]

The Ditchweed Devil is now extinct... took Double Album Covers with him too!

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by SCadaddle

Prolly got nothin' on the Skunk Ape.

Irrefutable truth of the Skunk Ape's existence.

[T77911S]

you know, when i saw the title of this thread i was thinking what could be more redneck than noodling

aint no way in heck im sticking my hand in some hole and into a fishes mouth. my luck i would find a gator.

[KFC911]

Folks do noodle down in Fl.... you just never seem to read about them

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by T77911S

you know, when i saw the title of this thread i was thinking what could be more redneck than noodling

aint no way in heck im sticking my hand in some hole and into a fishes mouth. my luck i would find a gator.

The only gators in Oklahoma are in far east areas, almost to Arkansas. We have bears, and an old growth, never logged, untouched forest as well.

[Sooner or later]

Gators survived the deep freeze from a couple of years ago by sticking their snouts out of the ice, Pictures from the Red Slough Wildlife Management Area.

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/frozen-alligators-stick-noses-through-ice-to-survive-in-oklahoma