Bigfoot hunters hampering search for suspects in $6.5 million Texas marijuana farm bust

TPWD game wardens removed more than $6 million worth of marijuana plants from state park land over the weekend. TPWD game wardens removed more than $6 million worth of marijuana plants from state park land over the weekend. Photo: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Photo: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Image 1 of / 35 Caption Close Bigfoot hunters hampering search for suspects in $6.5 million Texas marijuana farm bust 1 / 35 Back to Gallery

DELTA COUNTY, Texas – Texas Game Wardens and local law enforcement busted a $6.5 million marijuana growing operation in Delta County, northeast of Dallas, this weekend.

According to Texas Parks & Wildlife, Delta County deputies and game wardens recovered approximately 6,550 marijuana plants – some as tall as 10 feet – from a one-acre section of the Cooper Wildlife Management Area on Saturday.

"This was not someone playing around and experimenting," said Texas Game Warden Captain Steve Stapleton. "The camp was at least a mile from any road in some harsh conditions. They picked this spot on purpose and spent day and night out there for some time. There was a lot of trash to clean up."

Authorities were alerted to the site near the Sulphur River after hog hunters spotted the growers' campsite.

An overnight hunt by game wardens for suspects was hampered by bigfoot hunters hoping to find the elusive Sasquatch, KETR reports.

Hunters stumbling upon marijuana farms is uncommon, but not unheard of in Texas. In July 2014, a deer hunter stumbled upon more than 40,000 plants in Goodrich, about 70 miles north of Houston.

Officials said the growers involved in Saturday pot farm bust likely would have harvested their crop and cleared the area before fall deer hunting season begins.

"They would've folded up shop by October 1 ahead of archery deer season opening, but obviously didn't figure in the opening of teal and feral hog hunting season in mid-September," Stapleton said.