The Week contest: Bigfoot hunt
This week's question: Oklahoma lawmaker Justin Humphrey has proposed creating a Bigfoot hunting season as "a revenue creator," complete with permits, fees, and a $25,000 reward for anyone who manages to "trap a live Bigfoot." Please come up with a snappy tourism slogan that Oklahoma could use to attract gullible Bigfoot hunters.
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THE WINNER: "Yeti or not, come take your shot"
Peter Simis, Fresno, California
SECOND PLACE: "Where Bigfoot hunting is more than just OK"
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
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THIRD PLACE: "Trap a Bigfoot sooner in Oklahoma"
Rex Morgan, Santa Rosa, California
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Aim big — it's OK!"
Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, New York
"Become the abominable dough man"
Bill Levine, Belmont, Massachusetts
"Big feet deserve a big reward"
Nat Smith, Carrboro, North Carolina
"The beast is yeti to come"
Jimmy Todd, Elkhart, Indiana
"Come turn Bigfoot into big money!"
Gigi Shadid, Sugar Land, Texas
"Catch sasquatch and make a stash"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Oklahoma: S'quatch this space"
Allison Wedell, St. Paul, Minnesota
"Catching Bigfoot will be your greatest feat!"
Mary Ellen Mervis, Coca, Florida
"Catching Bigfoot is OK in OK"
Jorge Colapinto, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
"Catch 'em and we foot the bill!"
Russell Barcelona, Elm Grove, Wisconsin
"Bigfoot can bring you big bucks"
Joan Winquist, Scotts Valley, California
"Tornado Alley and Bigfoot hunting. OK!"
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
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