- 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: 01020001
Class 3aWhile sitting on a log, woman has visual encounter using binoculars.
Report Details
Occurrence date: December/2001
Location: Lamar County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Lamar Point
Time / Conditions: 4:30 pm — It was approx 38 degrees outside, wind out of the North. Small community with lots of wooded area, backing up to the Wildlife Management area.
# of Witnesses: 0
Location: Lamar County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Lamar Point
Time / Conditions: 4:30 pm — It was approx 38 degrees outside, wind out of the North. Small community with lots of wooded area, backing up to the Wildlife Management area.
# of Witnesses: 0
Witness Account:
My wife encountered a large primate/monkey-looking animal during a hiking trip below our property. Our property borders Texas State Game Management Land, approx 40,000 acres of which surrounds Pat Mayse Lake. She described it to me as being of about my height (6 ft 3 inches), and that it was slumped forward and over and frozen still, as if it had come to a stop in full stride. She said it stood motionless as if having being spotted, and turned sort of sideways and staring at her. The hands were visible, could see that it had a head on it, but face was obscured. She describes it further as being without clothes like an animal, and covered in hair, not necessarily as thick as a coat of hair, but more like a monkey, brown in color. She described it as being skinny and gaunt, or "poor looking". She could not determine sex of animal. She spotted it with binoculars, approx. 50 yards through the thick woods. She viewed it several times, and then lost view of it. She came back home and told me about it, and I submitted my second-hand account of her story, at the first credible looking Bigfoot website that I came across after a quick Yahoo search.
The wind may have been blowing from the North but I can't remember now (it was very cold during that period, and now several weeks have passed.) She approached it from the south, and from up above the area in elevation. She basically walked down to the site (in full camouflage coveralls) sat down on a log, looked through the binoculars and saw it. The wind was most likely blowing her scent downwind. And with the animal gathering up limbs and brush, it probably did not detect my wife's presence in time to flee, so it froze.
In my theory, when she lowered and re-raised the binoculars several times, this "cued" the animal to flee. Also, I happen to be good friends with one of my neighbors which also noticed strange events that same week (killed chickens, big foot prints). We made plaster cast of foot approx 18" long x 8.5" wide. Our belief is that they are attracted to old native pear trees which grow on both of our properties.
Sounds:
We have heard a wild howling sound similar to Bigfoot sounds on various websites.
Additional observations:
I noticed skunky smell several days afterwards. I sensed that the animal was nearby.
