Editing Bigfoot (section)

====Humans====

Humans have been mistaken for Bigfoot, with some incidents leading to injuries. In 2013, a 21-year-old man in Oklahoma was arrested after he told law enforcement he accidentally shot his friend in the back while their group was allegedly hunting for Bigfoot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jauregui |first1=Andres |title='Bigfoot Hunt' Goes Wrong, Ends With Man Shot, Three Arrested |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bigfoot-hunt-goes-wrong_n_4212268 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |work=[[HuffPost]] |agency= |date=December 6, 2017 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413233032/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bigfoot-hunt-goes-wrong_n_4212268 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2017, a [[shamanism|shamanist]] wearing clothing made of animal furs was vacationing in a North Carolina forest when local reports of alleged Bigfoot sightings flooded in. The [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville Police Department]] issued a public notice not to shoot Bigfoot for fear of mistakenly injuring or killing someone in a fur suit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Man in suit believes he may have been mistaken as Bigfoot in NC |url=https://abc11.com/bigfoot-sighting-man-in-costume-mistaken-for/2293445/ |access-date=April 13, 2021 |work=[[WTVD]] |agency=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |publisher= |date=August 10, 2017 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413233032/https://abc11.com/bigfoot-sighting-man-in-costume-mistaken-for/2293445/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, a person was shot multiple times by a hunter near [[Helena, Montana]], who claimed he mistook him for a Bigfoot.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casiano |first1=Louis |title=Hunter thought he was firing at Bigfoot, 'victim' tells police |url=https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/man-tells-police-hunter-mistook-him-for-bigfoot-and-shot-at-him-cops |access-date=April 13, 2021 |agency=[[Fox News]] |date=December 19, 2018 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413233030/https://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoors/man-tells-police-hunter-mistook-him-for-bigfoot-and-shot-at-him-cops |url-status=live }}</ref>

Additionally, some have attributed [[Feral child|feral humans]] or [[hermit]]s living in the wilderness as being another explanation for alleged Bigfoot sightings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooke |first1=Bruno |title=Are there feral people in national parks? Behind TikTok's cannibal claims |url=https://www.thefocus.news/travel/feral-people-national-parks/ |website=thefocus.news |date=March 31, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214615/https://www.thefocus.news/travel/feral-people-national-parks/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Terry |title=Louisiana's Wild Men |url=https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/louisiana-s-wild-men/ |website=countryroadsmagazine.com |access-date=April 21, 2021 |date=April 14, 2017 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214615/https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/louisiana-s-wild-men/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One story, the [[Wild Man of the Navidad]], tells of a wild ape-man who roamed the wilderness of eastern Texas in the mid-19th century, stealing food and goods from residents. A search party allegedly captured an escaped [[Slavery in the United States|African slave]] attributed to the story.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reese |first1=Randy |title=Wildman of the Navidad: Truth or Tall Tale? |url=http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_article.asp?id=415 |website=bfro.net |access-date=April 21, 2021 |date=July 23, 2002 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214615/http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_article.asp?id=415 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 1980s, several [[Post-traumatic stress disorder|psychologically damaged]] American [[Vietnam veteran]]s were stated by the state of Washington's veterans' affairs director, Randy Fisher, to have been living in remote wooded areas of the state.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S Wilds Hide Scars of Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/31/us/us-wilds-hide-scars-of-vietnam.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 21, 2021 |date=December 31, 1983 |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214614/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/31/us/us-wilds-hide-scars-of-vietnam.html |url-status=live }}</ref>