- 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: 01010010
Class 3aMan remembers visual encounter as a boy near home.
Report Details
Occurrence date: August/1979
Location: Titus County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Mt. Pleasant
Time / Conditions: Late evening around 5:30-6:00 — Open field where I first saw it, becoming wooded. Several hay fields, a few watermelon and pea patches within a couple of miles.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Titus County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Mt. Pleasant
Time / Conditions: Late evening around 5:30-6:00 — Open field where I first saw it, becoming wooded. Several hay fields, a few watermelon and pea patches within a couple of miles.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was out in our back yard when I was 9 years old playing on a rope swing. I heard a loud grunting sound like a large animal running. I turned and looked across the road. There was a very large, dark, furry creature running through the neighbor?s pasture towards our land (on our side of the road there were several hundred acres of wooded land that ran up to Lake Tankersley). As the creature reached the barbed wire fence it just sort of stepped over and never missed a beat, it continued across the road about 40 yards north of me and entered the woods. I could clearly hear branches being broken and the continued huffing as it ran through the woods. Needless to say it scared the living hell out of me and I made a bee line for the house. After that you couldn't get me farther than a hundred feet from the house at dusk. I did go into the woods the next day and there were quite a lot of freshly broken branches along a line that matched the creature?s path as best as I could tell.
Physical evidence:
The only evidence I can remember is the broken limbs...
Additional observations:
Very large, perhaps 6 to 6.5 feet tall( best estimate I can make from what I remember), covered in dark, thick fur( yes it was evening and I was away from it but I can still picture the fur flying in the wind as it was running, not something you forget). Definitely running on two legs.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Titus County, Texas in August of 1979.
I interviewed the witness 8 October 2001; he did not deviate from his original report submission. He recalled having a good view of the subject, approximately 50 yards away. The witness described the subject as ?running as fast as an Olympic sprinter through the field.? It crossed the road and apparently cleared the four strand barbed wire fence with very little or no effort. The witness watched as the subject then disappeared into the woods.
The witness described the subject as being approximately six to six and one-half feet tall and possibly dark brown or black in color. The witness remembered that the sighting lasted perhaps 30 - 35 seconds.
The witness remarked that while the subject was running that it made a loud breathing sound that reminded him of sounds from a charging bull. The witness also distinctly remembered the noise made when the subject entered and crashed through the woods.
The witness remembered that the next day, he noticed tree limb breaks in the woods. The witness did not remember finding footprints.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Titus County, Texas in August of 1979.
I interviewed the witness 8 October 2001; he did not deviate from his original report submission. He recalled having a good view of the subject, approximately 50 yards away. The witness described the subject as ?running as fast as an Olympic sprinter through the field.? It crossed the road and apparently cleared the four strand barbed wire fence with very little or no effort. The witness watched as the subject then disappeared into the woods.
The witness described the subject as being approximately six to six and one-half feet tall and possibly dark brown or black in color. The witness remembered that the sighting lasted perhaps 30 - 35 seconds.
The witness remarked that while the subject was running that it made a loud breathing sound that reminded him of sounds from a charging bull. The witness also distinctly remembered the noise made when the subject entered and crashed through the woods.
The witness remembered that the next day, he noticed tree limb breaks in the woods. The witness did not remember finding footprints.
