STRANGE DEATHS

UNUSUAL WAYS OF SHUFFLING OFF THIS MORTAL COIL

When Jimmy Knighten went missing during a noodling trip on the South Canadian River in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, (noodling is a locally popular method of fishing that involves catching a catfish by sticking your hand in its mouth) police arrested his fishing partner Larry Sanders, 53, on suspicion of murder. When they found Knighten’s body in the river 24 hours later, Sanders confessed. He admitted that he had attacked, then strangled and drowned his fishing partner, but said he had only done so because Knighten had “summoned Bigfoot” to kill him. Captain Beth Green of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said Sanders “believed that Mr Knighten had basically tricked him into being out there” with the intention of feeding him to Bigfoot. The local sheriff, John Christian, said that…

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