In my way of thinking, noodling for catfish requires a certain lack of good judgement. For those unfamiliar with the practice, noodling involves finding a large catfish hole underwater and then sticking your arm inside the hole in hopes a big catfish will chomp onto your arm. If, by chance, a big catfish latches onto your arm, the idea is to yank the fish from its hole and pull it to the surface.
This one is easy for me. The better part of fishing is the fishing
rod.
But this story is actually
about Bigfoot. Well, bigfoot and a
murder.
Not long ago, a catfish noodler
from Oklahoma named Larry Doil Sanders, was arrested and charged with murdering
his fishing buddy, Jimmy Knighten.
Surprisingly, Mr. Sanders readily admitted to the murder, which occurred
while the pair were noodling along the South Canadian River in Pontotoc County.
Mr. Sanders claimed to have
good reason to kill his friend. While at
the river, he discovered his buddy Jimmy intended to feed him to Bigfoot.
Plausible?
To a noodler: yes.
After an extended fight, Larry
Sanders choked Knighten to death.
The local sheriff said of Larry
Sanders: “He appeared to be under the influence of something. His statement was that Mr. Knighten had
summoned ‘Bigfoot’ to come and kill him; that’s why he had to kill Mr.
Knighten.”
—Mitchell Hegman
Source: Huffpost.com
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