Cops in South Carolina have issued a hilarious warning to hikers not to shoot Big Foot following a reported sighting of the mythic beast.

The Greenville Police Department posted the tongue-in-cheek message on its Facebook page yesterday after an alleged encounter in neighbouring North Carolina.

If you are going to shoot at a Bigfoot, make sure you've got at least a .50 caliber Barrett semi automatic rifle, or something bigger like field artillery. ;-) To read more, click here.