Teen's hairy run-in with 7-footer probed as Bigfoot encounter by Paul Hammel World-Herald News Service Sep 9, 2013 Sep 9, 2013 Updated Dec 2, 2019 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LINCOLN -- Before July, Saunders County Sheriff Kevin Stukenholtz had never fielded a call about Bigfoot over a lifetime in law enforcement.kAm}@H 96 92D 2 3:8 >JDE6CJ @? 9:D 92?5D]k^AmkAm$EF<6?9@=EK[ 2=@?8 H:E9 E96 }63C2D<2 v2>6 2?5 !2C<D r@>>:DD:@?[ :?G6DE:82E65 2 C6A@CE65 D:89E:?8 @7 2? F?:56?E:7:65 Q92:CJQ 4C62EFC6 :? =2E6 yF=J @? 2 4@F?ECJ C@25 E92E A2C2==6=D E96 !=2EE6 #:G6C] p 92:C D2>A=6 7@F?5 2E E96 D:E6 H2D DE:== 36:?8 2?2=JK65]k^AmkAmp `d\J62C\@=5 C6A@CE65 D66:?8 E96 4C62EFC6[ H9:49 96 D2:5 DE@@5 23@FE f 766E E2== @? 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