- 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: 01010016
Class 3aTwo boys report visual encounter in corn field.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1999
Location: Grayson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Van Alstyne
Time / Conditions: around midnight. — Cattle farm and crop fields.
# of Witnesses:
Location: Grayson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Van Alstyne
Time / Conditions: around midnight. — Cattle farm and crop fields.
# of Witnesses:
Witness Account:
About two years ago about three of my high school friends and I went to toilet paper a house that was about a quarter mile away (at the time that was my nearest neighbor). We had to walk through a field to get there and as we were going some dogs started barking so fearing we were going to be spotted by someone who wanted to see what the dogs were barking at we instinctively ran for cover (hay bales the only cover you will generally find in most fields).
As we sit there the dogs stop barking and begin to kind of yelp and then an eerie silence came over the area and we were already kind of spooked by the dogs. Not wanting to be spotted we sat there and talked quietly behind these hay bales and my dog (Blackie) starts pointing things on a tree line about five acres away directly to my 12:00 position. She stares directly in that direction for about a minute or two and then she kind of relaxes and then starts whimpering and scratching at me as if she wants to go home or she is really scared. Just as I begin to relax she points to our 2:00 position for about the same amount of time and then she starts the whimpering thing again and then about two minutes later to our 3:00 position or directly to my right. Seeing or hearing nothing myself, I did not fear a thing. I just thought is was a coyote or a bobcat, common animals in my area, and then she starts whimpering a little louder and points to our 6:00 and just as she does I hear something from behind us, just the crack of a limb, a faint noise as if someone stepped on a limb or ran into a dead limb and knocked it off a tree. I could not see behind me because I had the hay bale to my back. I thought it might just be a cow that lived in the field we were in and the same thing went on with the whimpering. I won?t lie, I was starting to get scared.
Me and my dog have been chased by longhorns and hogs and hunted coyotes, skunks and all kinds of small varmints that roam the Grayson County area and she has never acted like this. So she points yet again to my 9:00 position right at this clearing directly to the left of me and this strange musky smell comes over me like a ghillie suit after you have worn it for a week and haven't cleaned the dung and other things out of it. It was a rancid musk only some large wild animal could make. I stare at this clearing and see two red eyes and this tall dark figure stand up walk two steps and drop into the creek bed that runs through the tree line. I stood up and got my ass the hell out of there. I was scared. No lie I ran that half a mile in two minutes or less. When we all got back to my house I asked my friends if they had seen or heard the same kind of thing I did and they all had near the same story I did.
Physical evidence:
The witness found tree breaks the next day.
Sounds:
Did not hear noises.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Jerry Hestand
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Grayson County, Texas in August 1999.
I interviewed the witness on Monday, 26 November 2001. His statement reflected no changes from his initial submitted report. At the time of the reported incident, the witness was 15 and his friend was 18. The witness could not remember the exact date but indicated that the incident occurred between the first and second week of August, 1999. The time was about 12:00 midnight.
The witness remembered that the boys were sitting on bales of hay, in the middle of the field, when they heard something. The witness's dog was with the boys. The dog began reacting to the presence of something by pointing. Whatever the dog was pointing at seemed to be circling the position of the boys and their dog. The witness recalled seeing a large figure stand up, full moon reflecting off its eyes.
The subject was walking bipedally. It walked away from the boys and down the bank to "Whites Creek.? The witness estimated that the subject was approximately 50 yards from them. Its height was estimated at 7 - 8 feet and its weight at approximately 400 pounds. The witness distinctly remembered that there was a very musky odor present during the incident. The boys ran out of the field from fright.
Reportedly, the next day the witness found tree breaks where the incident occurred.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Grayson County, Texas in August 1999.
I interviewed the witness on Monday, 26 November 2001. His statement reflected no changes from his initial submitted report. At the time of the reported incident, the witness was 15 and his friend was 18. The witness could not remember the exact date but indicated that the incident occurred between the first and second week of August, 1999. The time was about 12:00 midnight.
The witness remembered that the boys were sitting on bales of hay, in the middle of the field, when they heard something. The witness's dog was with the boys. The dog began reacting to the presence of something by pointing. Whatever the dog was pointing at seemed to be circling the position of the boys and their dog. The witness recalled seeing a large figure stand up, full moon reflecting off its eyes.
The subject was walking bipedally. It walked away from the boys and down the bank to "Whites Creek.? The witness estimated that the subject was approximately 50 yards from them. Its height was estimated at 7 - 8 feet and its weight at approximately 400 pounds. The witness distinctly remembered that there was a very musky odor present during the incident. The boys ran out of the field from fright.
Reportedly, the next day the witness found tree breaks where the incident occurred.
