Insanity Defense Offered in Oklahoma 'Sasquatch Summoning' Murder Trial

A murder trial set to start this week in Oklahoma will decide the fate of a man who allegedly killed his fishing buddy and later explained to authorities that he did so in order to stop the victim from summoning Sasquatch to eat him. The bizarre incident occurred in July of 2022 when Larry Sanders and Jimmy Knighten visited the state's South Canadian River for some noodling, which is the practice of catching catfish with one's bare hands. During the excursion, the two men got into some kind of disagreement that culminated with Knighten dead and Sanders confessing to police with the caveat that Bigfoot was ultimately to blame for his friend's demise.

More on this wild story at the Coast to Coast AM website.