claim: a colorado hunter claimed he was sexually assaulted by a sasquatch.
question: did a hunter claim he was sexually assaulted by a sasquatch?
origin: in may 2017, people on social media got wind of an article about a colorado hunter who apparently claimed that a sasquatch (a creature of legend also known as bigfoot or, in some circles, the yeti) sexually assaulted him:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the article was published by world news daily report on 11 may 2017:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the 57-year old man was walking to his hunting cabin on sunday, to see if it had suffered any damage during the winter.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  all of a sudden, a large “gorilla-like” creature dropped from a tree in front of him punched him in the face … while mr. whitaker was trying to recover from the attack, the large humanoid creature began to tear his clothes while letting out some terrifying howls.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “when i regained consciousness, he had already torn my pants and was tearing through my underwear. i stabbed him in the shoulder with my hunting knife, and that made him run away.”
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  the item included a photograph of large footprints, purportedly captured at the scene of the incident. that image dated back to at least 2011, and was unrelated to any incidents involving a hunter versus bigfoot encounter in 2017.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  however, all of this is beside the point, because there is no truth to this story; world news daily report admits on its own disclaimer page that all of its site content is fictional:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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comment: rumors that a man claimed he was set upon by bigfoot while on a hunting trip are just fake news.
summary: a colorado hunter apparently claimed that a sasquatch (a creature of legend also known as bigfoot or, in some circles, the yeti) sexually assaulted him. the article included a photograph of large footprints, purportedly captured at the scene of the incident. that image dated back to at least 2011, and was unrelated to any incidents involving a hunter versus bigfoot encounter in 2017. world news daily report admits on its own disclaimer page that all of its site content is fictional.