- 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: 01010015
Class 3aLate night driver reports seeing two tall hair-covered subjects just beyond Sulphur River bridge outside Commerce.
Report Details
Occurrence date: October/1988
Location: Hunt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Commerce
Time / Conditions: 12:30am - 1:00am — Wooded farmland.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Hunt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Commerce
Time / Conditions: 12:30am - 1:00am — Wooded farmland.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I left my job at 11:00pm. I was headed east to visit my girlfriend. After a 1.5 to 2 hour visit I headed back to my apartment on the west side of Commerce. Traveling back west over the Sulphur River bridge I saw two animals standing on the north side of the road just 50 yards past the Sulphur River bridge. With my headlights on bright there were two standing side by side. The tallest must have been over 7 feet tall and the other about 1 foot shorter.
As a child I watched "In Search Of" and was fascinated by the chance of seeing a bigfoot sometime in my life. What I saw were two grayish brown creatures standing 10 to 15 yards off Highway 11W. It instilled pure terror in me and the hair stood up on the back of my neck, my heart rate raised by 50 instantaneously, my foot went down on the accelerator.
I never told anyone thinking they might think I was making the whole story up. So after seeing the Texas Bigfoot Research Center on "Fox 4 News" I called the phone number and made this report of mine.
Physical evidence:
Did not stop to check for evidence.
Sounds:
Windows were rolled up in car. Did not hear noises.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hunt County, Texas, between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., on the northwest side of Commerce in October of 1988.
I interviewed the witness on 12 November 2001; his statement did not deviate from the submitted sighting report. He indicated that he saw two upright, hair-covered subjects, approximately 10 - 15 yards off of Highway 11 just west of the bridge across the Sulphur River. The witness estimated one of the subjects as being seven feet tall and the other as being six feet tall.
The witness stated that no sounds were heard because the windows were rolled up. The witness was terrified by the incident although the subjects did not display threatening behavior.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hunt County, Texas, between the hours of 12:30 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., on the northwest side of Commerce in October of 1988.
I interviewed the witness on 12 November 2001; his statement did not deviate from the submitted sighting report. He indicated that he saw two upright, hair-covered subjects, approximately 10 - 15 yards off of Highway 11 just west of the bridge across the Sulphur River. The witness estimated one of the subjects as being seven feet tall and the other as being six feet tall.
The witness stated that no sounds were heard because the windows were rolled up. The witness was terrified by the incident although the subjects did not display threatening behavior.
