Omar Pineda, 21, heard what he thought was ‘barking’ when he turned and shot his unidentified Sasquatch-hunting partner in some woods north of Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, police said. The victim was shot in the back and expected to survive.
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By Philip Caulfield / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Two men were hunting for Bigfoot in rural Oklahoma when one of them accidentally shot the other, police said.
Omar Pineda, 21, was spooked by what he thought was “barking” when he jerked around and shot his pal in a wooded area north of Tulsa on Saturday, Tulsa’s News 6 reported.
The friend, who wasn’t identified, was shot in the back and expected to survive.
EMTs met the pair at a QuikTrip convenience store after the shooting.
Pineda was arrested for reckless conduct with a firearm and obstruction.
His father-in-law, Perry James, and his wife, Lacey Pineda, were also arrested for helping the Sasquatch hunters evade investigation.
Cops said James, 53, tossed Pineda’s gun in a pond on his property, while the 22-year-old Lacey told cops someone else fired at the pair, News 6 reported.
“If (they) had just been factual, upfront and truthful with us and explained that this was truly an accident, as strange as it might sound, we would have went ahead and investigated and probably nobody would have (gone) to jail,” Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton told the station.
He added, “To our knowledge, (there have been) no Bigfoot sightings in Rogers County.”
Exposing the Big Game 
Hunting Bigfoot? If this creature does exist why would ANYONE think they have the right to kill him/her?
Complete loons.
What’s next, the Loch Ness Monster?
Seriously who would try to hunt Bigfoot, which is seriously doubt ever existed.