'Bigfoot' draws hundreds in Houston debut

Bigfoot hunter Rick Dyer stands with what he says is the taxidermy body of a bigfoot that he shot and killed Sept. 6, 2012 West of San Antonio, Texas inside a trailer at the Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Dyer and his promotions team are on a tour of destinations in Texas showing of the trophy, telling visitors to "believe it or not, 't’s your choice." less Bigfoot hunter Rick Dyer stands with what he says is the taxidermy body of a bigfoot that he shot and killed Sept. 6, 2012 West of San Antonio, Texas inside a trailer at the Love Civic Center in Paris, Texas ... more Photo: Sam Craft, Associated Press Photo: Sam Craft, Associated Press Image 1 of / 39 Caption Close 'Bigfoot' draws hundreds in Houston debut 1 / 39 Back to Gallery

The dubious display of so-called Bigfoot drew about 800 people to Trader's Village in northwest Harris County Sunday, during the first, and unexpected, Houston stop of the travelling spectacle.

"We got here a day early and we just wanted to show as many people as possible," said Rick Dyer, a self-proclaimed "master tracker" who says he killed the mythical creature in 2012.

People of all ages shelled out money to enter his trailer to look into the 9-foot case that holds the specimen Dyer calls Hank.

Some were sold, others, not so much.

"I'm not convinced," said Mario Lopez, after taking a look with his wife Julia and their three children. "I believe the Roger Patterson footage is authentic because you can see the muscles and everything on there, but this one was kind of different. But he did mention that after the autopsy the body kind of changes."

Wendy Hernandez was so convinced that she bought a shirt and had Dyer sign it. "It's amazing when you go inside, you feel different," she said. "I had never seen anything like this before, only on the Discovery Channel."

Dyer claims to have killed Hank - named after an investor - outside of San Antonio in 2012.

Hank will be on display Monday at the Mason Park Alamo Drafthouse and Tuesday at the Vintage Park location. Both shows are sold out.