"bigfoot" as verb?

[Jonathan Lighter]

In HDAS. Been around for twenty-years plus, usu. with regard to prominent network TV journalists taking over big stories from locals.

  JL

Susan Burt <smburt at ILSTU.EDU> wrote:
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Hello, All!

This morning, I heard Dina Templerasten, reporting on the Virginia Tech
shootings, say: "The FBI tries not to bigfoot local authorities."

Is this a new usage, "bigfoot" as a verb?

Susan

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