An unidentified man claims he fired his gun after he saw Bigfoot at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Brad Ginn and Madelyn Durand were asleep in their tent when they heard strange noises outside. They went out to investigate the sound and found a man and his son near their campsite. The man told them that something had destroyed their campsite and warned them that they were in "Bigfoot country."
"He said I hope you have weapons and then he flashed his gun at us and was like 'I have this so if anything happens to you then just yell and I'll come," Durand told WBKO.
After their encounter, the couple started walking back to their tent when they heard a gunshot. At that point, they decided to pack up their tent return to their car. As they were leaving, the man returned and told them he fired his gun after he saw Bigfoot emerge from the woods.
They called 911 and hiked five miles to the parking lot where they met with park rangers.
Park officials say that nobody was injured and they are investigating the incident.
"Mammoth Cave Law Enforcement Rangers responded to an incident involving an individual with a firearm at one of the park's backcountry campsites at approximately 2 a.m on Sunday," Mammoth Cave National Park spokeswoman Molly Schroer told the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Park rangers made contact with all parties involved and no injuries occurred."
Schroer told the paper that it is legal to possess a firearm within most areas of the park, but discharging a gun is "strictly prohibited."
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