Los Angeles, California (Enviro Snowflake Brief- Not Real News)—Dr. Phil’s newest episode is a close look under the hood at what type of man purposely stalks and shoots the most famous and beloved wolf in Yellowstone National Park.
“I love life, but not everything in it. I love people, but not all of them. Rick Sommers of Cooke City, Montana is one after taping our show, I never want to see again- beyond my help,” says Dr. Phil during a recent radio promoting the disturbing new episode. The Yellowstone killer story airs on NBC, December 5, 2019 (check local listing for time).
Ricky Sommers consciously, with the tip from a neighbor chose to kill the most famous wild wolf in Yellowstone, knowing that she and her pack were habituated to humans and would not know to fear this killer. For years, millions of tourists flocked to Yellowstone hoping to see this majestic wolf and her Lamar Canyon pack mates.
Sommers, last November on an early morning in Cooke City, just a few miles outside the park boundary, premeditatedly shot and killed Spitfire, as she and her pack innocently lounged on a quiet desolate snow packed road.
The famous alpha wolf could not know a mentally disturbed man fifty yards away was not aiming a camera with a camera scope at her, as millions had done her entire life. Spitfire could not know a selfish wolf hating neighbor would call this sick killer and tell him her location that morning.
Dr. Phil sat down with Ricky Sommers to understand the mind of such a wretched soul, who thought he would feel better about himself by bringing so much sadness to others. Dr. Phil says calling Mr. Sommers “just a trophy hunter” is a “swing & miss” at the disturbing core of Ricky Sommers.
“Life experiences, mental illness, drugs, greed, environment, and poor role-modeling can all forge damaged people, like Sommers, and it can generate a darkness, an exploitativeness, in the way they approach life,” explained Dr. Phil.
“It’s no secret in Cooke City that Ricky’s parents, Bill and Betty, allowed him to mooch off them his entire adult life, which explains a piece of him. It is also true from locals that Ricky was a bedwetter well into his teens- never a good sign,” stated Dr. Phil in laying out his diagnosis.
After spending hours with Sommers, Dr. Phil came away certain Sommers exhibits strong traits of the Dark Triad.
Dr. Phil explains, “The Dark Triad is a group of psychological traits used to diagnose and treat crazy people.”
“Ricky checks all the boxes and more,” says Dr. Phil. “The 3 traits are: narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. The first one is self-explanatory to Cooke City locals, the second has to do with the amoral manipulation of others (talk to local state game officials on his so called “legal kill” which evidence was to the contrary), and psychopathy causes low empathy, impulsivity and thrill-seeking behavior.”
By the way, Ricky’s traits are also shared by serial killers so that’s just a fun group to be a part of…
“You can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken,” Dr. Phil says in avoiding calling Sommers simply a trophy hunter.
Dr. Phil warned, “I might be dumb but I’m not stupid enough to ever stop in Mr. Sommers’ Exxon or Sinclair gas stations in Cooke City knowing what I know about this ticking time bomb- the classic Dark Triad.”
Writer’s Note: If you find Ricky Sommers heartless act killing Spitfire reprehensible, please share with friends and family visiting Yellowstone National Park to boycott Sommers’ owned gas stations in Cooke City, MT- Exxon and Sinclair.
