Jonathan Doyle says the First Amendment protects him and his character: Bigfoot. Last fall he dressed up as Bigfoot and surprised hikers at the top of a mountain in a New Hampshire park. Doyle claims it was a bit of performance art. Park rangers were not amused when Doyle did it again, and they kicked him out of the park. They said he didn’t have a permit.
Jonathan Doyle says the First Amendment protects him and his alter ego, Bigfoot. Last fall, he dressed up as Bigfoot and surprised hikers atop a mountain in a New Hampshire park. Doyle claims it was a bit of performance art, that’s all. Call them Philistines, but park rangers were not amused when Doyle did it again, but bigger, with singing and dancing. They kicked him out of the park. Doyle has filed a complaint. He says even Bigfoot has free-speech rights.
Milton L
Too many people shoot first, and pay attention later. Not the smartest stunt.
Wes
I agree this guy is a moron
Norman Racca
I carry a 12 gauge slug gun while in wildlife areas and always on alert!
If I was startled by something like this running out the woods on me and my family; I would shoot it!
Don’t care if it’s Sasquatch, Bear, Cougar, Coyote, Boar, or some retard in a Bigfoot suit; I’m shooting it; and i’m shooting to kill it!
Even if I properly identify that it’s a person in a suit, i’m still going to shoot it! How do I know what the intentions of this idiot are when he reaches me and my family; If he doesn’t stop when I raise my shotgun; he’s going down!
You don’t play like that down here in South Louisiana!
Robert D
No, definitely no playing in S. Louisiana, lol. How far south?
Norman Racca
New Iberia, La
I’m 20 miles from the Vermilion Bay and 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico!
Robert D
Oh, you’re waaay south Norman! I grew up on the MS Gulf Coast. I hunted and fished the Jordan and Pearl Rivers with my dad back then. Also out by Honey Island and in the buffer zones around NSTL (NASA) in Bay St. Louis. Crazy areas to be in I must say, just like the mystique and spookiness of south Louisiana’s unihabited areas!
We don’t grow too many idiots like the fella in the story up above, lol.
Kay S
What about the rights of the trampers who have the s#*t scared out of them when this idiot jumps out at them! I can’t say I agree with shooting him, but some good old rock salt in his butt might help him grow a brain.
Charles R
Some idiot was doing this sort of prank in 2013 I believe in the PNW. Jumped out in front of an automobile and got ran over and killed.
I suspect this Darwin nominee’s days may be numbered should he continue this. There are Norman’s in Yankee country also.
Robert D
Here’s the story Charles is referring to. And Charles, it matters not whether rebel or yankee, Darwin candidates need to be dealt with, lol.
By Mike Fleeman
08/28/2012 AT 05:00 PM EDT
An apparent attempt to stage a Bigfoot sighting horribly backfired when a man dressed in furry camouflage was struck and killed by two cars on a Montana highway, police say.
Randy Lee Tenley, 44, of Kalispell, Mont., was pronounced dead at the scene near Flathead Lake in northwestern Montana after the stunt late Sunday night.
“This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Really,” Montana Highway Patrol Lt. Col. Butch Huseby tells the Los Angeles Times.
Tenley had donned a Ghillie camouflage suit covered in thick foliage-like material that’s used by hunters and military snipers and dashed onto the two-lane road around 10:30 p.m. Two cars, both driven by teenage females, slammed into him.
Chris I
What a dummy!!! Didn’t he know you dissappear when you wear camo? Lol
m99
He’s going to run into an amorous female Bigfoot, and that’ll be all she wrote of his so called alter ego.