- 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: 01000007
Class 3aDaylight sighting by ranchers on the banks of the Canadian River.
Report Details
Occurrence date: July/2000
Location: Hemphill County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Canadian
Time / Conditions: Low light, around dusk — Low light, around dusk in a heavily wooded area. Heavily wooded area, on the sandy bank of a river.
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Hemphill County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Canadian
Time / Conditions: Low light, around dusk — Low light, around dusk in a heavily wooded area. Heavily wooded area, on the sandy bank of a river.
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
A friend and I were gathering cattle around dusk about 300 yards from the river. We were pushing the cattle towards the barn which was about a mile from our location at the time. As we pushed the cattle we noticed our horses becoming antsy and they wanted to go the opposite way of the river and the cattle were becoming hard to hold together and they were getting antsy as well and nervous. We decided that it was a lost cause because for some reason they were frightened. We just thought it was because a storm was on its way and cattle gather in a corner before and during a storm. And it was getting dark so we headed in and angrily decided to do it in the morning.
As we headed home our horses would not go and we figured that they were nervous from the oncoming storm. As we impatiently loped them towards the river my buddy's horse took off on a dead run for the barn, soon after that mine followed.
As we got to the sandy bank of the Canadian River we saw a bigfoot standing there about 100 yards down river from us. He was squatting on the side of the river and when we came up he was startled and jumped to his feet, but didn't run off. The horses stopped with a lot of pulling back on the reins and because they didn't want to hit the river with a full head of steam. They were very nervous though, prancing in circles around each other, but we still got a good look. At first we were very startled but we didn't run out of curiosity and shock I think. We watched it watch us for about 30 seconds I think before it hauled ass into the trees. It ran with a gait that I have never seen and it was not human at all, it was about 9 feet tall and its strides were about that long. As it ran with its head towards us it just clobbered a small tree right at the edge of tree line, as it did the tree broke and the bigfoot barely flinched. This was when we both knew that it was not human at all.
We didn't have the guts to check things out that night but we did go back the next morning, but we couldn't tell much because of the rain that night. But to this day I swear by my story and I swear that whatever that thing was, it was no human.
Additional observations:
All the animals were spooked about 200 yards away from the spot that the incident occurred.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This report was published as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hemphill County, Texas on the Canadian River in 2000.
This report was published as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hemphill County, Texas on the Canadian River in 2000.
