- Class 1a
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1a A sasquatch/bigfoot specimen has been collected (alive or dead).
- Class 1b
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1b A report investigation results in a sasquatch observation or the documentation of clear tracks or other forms of physical evidence by an investigator.
- Class 1c
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1c An investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot by a very reliable observer is a distinct possibility, tangible corroborating evidence is documented, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 1d
- Class 1, Corroboration: Reports involving a sighting, and accompanied by another form of support.1d A visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility involving two or more reliable observers, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 2
- Class 2, Competency: Reports involving sightings by professionally trained or highly skilled observers.2 Investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility, the observer is exceptionally trustworthy, professionally trained, and experienced in the outdoors and/or is accustomed to looking for and recording details (e.g., biologist, anthropologist/archaeologist, ranger, trapper/tracker/seasoned hunter, bird watcher, game warden, naturalist, law enforcement), and other explanations can be reasonably excluded.
- Class 3a
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3a Investigator determines that a visual encounter with a sasquatch/bigfoot is a distinct possibility, the observer is credible, and all other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 3b
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3b Unidentifiable vocalizations were reported and there is accompanying tangible evidence to possibly indicate the presence of a sasquatch/bigfoot, the observer is very reliable, and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
- Class 3c
- Class 3, Credibility: Sightings or possible wood ape evidence reported by credible witnesses.3c No visual encounter occurred, but physical evidence was found to indicate the presence of a sasquatch/bigfoot (tracks, hair, scat, etc.), the observer is very reliable, and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
Case: 01000006
Class 3aCampers have visual encounter in the woods ten miles outside of Atlanta.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1997
Location: Cass County, TX
Time / Conditions: It was a moonlit night about 2 or 3 in the morning — It had been hot and dry. A mix of hardwood and pine with an small clearing cutting in to it. There are also some thick pine forest nearby and I mean thick. Also some swampy land nearby.
# of Witnesses: 4
Location: Cass County, TX
Time / Conditions: It was a moonlit night about 2 or 3 in the morning — It had been hot and dry. A mix of hardwood and pine with an small clearing cutting in to it. There are also some thick pine forest nearby and I mean thick. Also some swampy land nearby.
# of Witnesses: 4
Witness Account:
Myself and three friends of mine experienced something that to this day we cannot explain.
We were camping in the woods near my house after a day of playing paintball capture the flag. Me and my friend Justin were one team and the other was Greg and Jason. Me and Justin had been sleeping at our camp when I heard a sound. I looked up to see if it was Jason and Greg coming to get us. When I looked I saw a figure leaning out of the tree line. It was maybe 100 yards away. After that the crashing noises got louder. Me and Justin got scared and went to find Jason and Greg. When we found them they said that they had heard it too.
At light we headed back to our camp. As we were getting our stuff we heard a scream. It sounded like OOORREEEE! We ran all the way home and have not been back.
Sounds:
The odds thing was the scream we did not notice much more besides maybe some smashed limbs but no foot prints that we could see.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Cass County, Texas, in 1997.
I interviewed the witness on Thursday, 25 May 2000 regarding his reported 1997 sighting in Cass County, Texas. The following are comments and observations from that interview that augment his written report:
1. The cry they heard was unlike anything he had heard before or since, including panther cries, which are heard periodically. It was both deep and high-pitched, and wavered in its tone.
2. They observed "smashed limbs." These were both branches on larger trees and smaller trees broken off at the five-to-eight-foot level. Some of these smaller trees were ripped from the ground. These were observed in several locations during the day before the sighting in the area surrounding their campsite.
3. The behavior of the subject around their camp was that of a sequence of noises - crashing movement to subtle movement in an encircling pattern around the camp.
4. The subject observed was tall, but specific details could not be seen. It just watched the witnesses for a short period, but did not make any other visible movements. When it leaned out and then moved back, it moved similar to the way a man would move, not bear-like. The distance may also have been shorter than the 100 yards in his report, but facial and body details were not fully visible.
5. I asked him about unusual wildlife or climatic conditions at the time of the 1997 sighting. He indicated it was very dry. In fact, that year marked the beginning of drought and drought-like conditions for much of North and East Texas that continue today. Also, at the time of his reported sighting, a lot of the smaller wildlife was not visible in those woods where the sighting took place. He had and has hunted the area and thought that unusual.
6. He remarked that as he had submitted his sighting, his wife told him about a sighting she and her mother had a number of years ago. In that event, the two women saw both an adult and a juvenile "bigfoot" cross the field and road in front of them. The creatures stopped briefly to look at the women, then moved into the woods. The mother of the witness's wife said those were the "wild people." He also mentioned that he has heard numerous reports of such creatures being seen near Douglassville (those residents refer to the creature sometimes as the "Woolly Booger") - 10 miles from this sighting area. As an additional point, this area of his sighting is in the extreme northeast Texas area, 30 miles from both Texarkana and from Fouke, Arkansas. This area has been a location of such reported sightings for years.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Cass County, Texas, in 1997.
I interviewed the witness on Thursday, 25 May 2000 regarding his reported 1997 sighting in Cass County, Texas. The following are comments and observations from that interview that augment his written report:
1. The cry they heard was unlike anything he had heard before or since, including panther cries, which are heard periodically. It was both deep and high-pitched, and wavered in its tone.
2. They observed "smashed limbs." These were both branches on larger trees and smaller trees broken off at the five-to-eight-foot level. Some of these smaller trees were ripped from the ground. These were observed in several locations during the day before the sighting in the area surrounding their campsite.
3. The behavior of the subject around their camp was that of a sequence of noises - crashing movement to subtle movement in an encircling pattern around the camp.
4. The subject observed was tall, but specific details could not be seen. It just watched the witnesses for a short period, but did not make any other visible movements. When it leaned out and then moved back, it moved similar to the way a man would move, not bear-like. The distance may also have been shorter than the 100 yards in his report, but facial and body details were not fully visible.
5. I asked him about unusual wildlife or climatic conditions at the time of the 1997 sighting. He indicated it was very dry. In fact, that year marked the beginning of drought and drought-like conditions for much of North and East Texas that continue today. Also, at the time of his reported sighting, a lot of the smaller wildlife was not visible in those woods where the sighting took place. He had and has hunted the area and thought that unusual.
6. He remarked that as he had submitted his sighting, his wife told him about a sighting she and her mother had a number of years ago. In that event, the two women saw both an adult and a juvenile "bigfoot" cross the field and road in front of them. The creatures stopped briefly to look at the women, then moved into the woods. The mother of the witness's wife said those were the "wild people." He also mentioned that he has heard numerous reports of such creatures being seen near Douglassville (those residents refer to the creature sometimes as the "Woolly Booger") - 10 miles from this sighting area. As an additional point, this area of his sighting is in the extreme northeast Texas area, 30 miles from both Texarkana and from Fouke, Arkansas. This area has been a location of such reported sightings for years.
