- 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: 01010002
Class 3aSeveral encounters on the Neches River.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1970
Location: Angelina County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Rockland
Time / Conditions: 9pm — National Forest
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Angelina County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Rockland
Time / Conditions: 9pm — National Forest
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
My grandfather and I were camping on the river for the summer like we always did and sitting around the fire one evening on a weekday (because we were alone, if it would have been a weekend there would have been more family there, family tradition). Papa heard something that sounded like someone walking in the river down by the boat and bait box (trot line bait) so he got up and walked down to the river over the bank. When he came back he said he didn't see anything but he said a dead cow or something must be floating in the river because it smelled like hell down there. A few minutes later there was a sound that sounded a lot like hogs rooting in the edge of the water again in the same area by the boat and bait box. I remember Pa cussing a bit as he went to the truck for the gun to scare them off. He walked over the bank again with his headlight and gun. After a second I heard the gun fire and a yell/scream that to this day I remember vividly (thinking about it still makes the hair on the back of my neck tingle). He came running back over the bank yelling for me to get in the truck. In stride he grabbed me by the arm and half carried me to the truck. In all my life I had never seen my grandfather nervous in the woods. We sat in the truck for a while I kept asking Pa what was wrong and he just told me to be quiet and listen. After a little while I fell asleep but I don't think Pa slept all night. The next morning we went down to the river, the bait box was out in the middle of the river on a sand bar and the boat had been pulled loose and was hung up on a snag down the river a bit. There were no prints on the bank but I remember him showing me some in the water where it looked like there had been someone walking in the river around were the boat and bait box were. I asked him what he shot at that night and he said it was just a wooley booger, a bush ape, but we packed up and went home, something we had never done before until usually after it got cold.
Hand/foot prints:
Only the prints in the water that appeared to me to be bigger than normal but there was really no way to tell being in the water. The bait box (4' x 4' x2' made from 2" oak slats) didn't get in the middle of the river by itself. The boat was pulled loose (rope broke not cut).
Sounds:
A deep guttural sound and a extremely vocal scream on the first occurrence, nothing on the second
