- 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: 01010020
Class 3bRattlesnake hunters report visual encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: July/2001
Location: Glasscock County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Garden City
Time / Conditions: 11:30pm-12am — Mesquite trees and broom weeds.
# of Witnesses: 3
Location: Glasscock County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Garden City
Time / Conditions: 11:30pm-12am — Mesquite trees and broom weeds.
# of Witnesses: 3
Witness Account:
We went to the site where my mother was raised and it is now a caliche pit. We were hunting for rattlesnakes. We had stopped down on the main road which is next to the road that goes up to the old home place. We were standing out of the car looking and listening for any thing out of the ordinary.
My nephew, my mother and I started hearing what sounded like clicks coming from up at the old home place and also down in a draw that was on the other side of the road. It had a pattern to it but I could not make it out. We could see some big shapes moving around up at the pit but could not see them very good, but we knew that they were not cattle because this place is not fenced in and they were too big for cattle. We were using binoculars to look up at the pit which is 300 to 400 yards from the main road. They were big and dark. We did not go up there to look for any prints.
Investigator's Observations
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Glasscock County, Texas approximately 10 miles northwest of Garden City in January 2002. He remembered that the moon was half to three quarter full and the temperature was roughly 80 degrees. Between 11:30 PM - 12:00 AM, the witness, his mother and two nephews were hunting rattlesnakes by a place they called the old home place. The closest highway to the location is Highway 33.
The witness stated that while he and the others were scanning the area with binoculars, they noticed two large, dark shapes moving around on two feet in a caliche pit. The subjects were observed only by their silhouettes from the moonlight; they were heard making clicking noises. These clicking noises were answered by clicking noises from a pasture approximately 500 yards from the caliche pit.
The witness said that he and the others returned to the area a couple of days later. The witness was looking around in the pit when he found deer tracks, part of a bird kill, pecans and a large handprint. The witness could place his hand inside the handprint found. There was something peculiar about the deer tracks. The tracks were found on the pit wall as well as the bottom, as though a deer was chased into and trapped in the pit. The prints on the pit wall could have resulted from the deer trying to climb its way out.
The witness stated that while he and the others were scanning the area with binoculars, they noticed two large, dark shapes moving around on two feet in a caliche pit. The subjects were observed only by their silhouettes from the moonlight; they were heard making clicking noises. These clicking noises were answered by clicking noises from a pasture approximately 500 yards from the caliche pit.
The witness said that he and the others returned to the area a couple of days later. The witness was looking around in the pit when he found deer tracks, part of a bird kill, pecans and a large handprint. The witness could place his hand inside the handprint found. There was something peculiar about the deer tracks. The tracks were found on the pit wall as well as the bottom, as though a deer was chased into and trapped in the pit. The prints on the pit wall could have resulted from the deer trying to climb its way out.
