- 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: 01020012
Class 3aLady has visual encounter in Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge at Lake Texoma.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1998
Location: Grayson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Sadler
Time / Conditions: around dusk. — Wooded picnic area at the lake. There are pig farms in the area.
# of Witnesses:
Location: Grayson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Sadler
Time / Conditions: around dusk. — Wooded picnic area at the lake. There are pig farms in the area.
# of Witnesses:
Witness Account:
We were sitting at a picnic bench when I saw three creatures. They were different sizes. I told my friend to turn around and he saw them also. They were standing in the trees up against the lake. We were at the Hagerman picnic area. In this same area, I heard pigs screaming terribly. Followed by a loud roar.
Physical evidence:
Did not check for evidence.
Sounds:
Heard a loud roar.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Jerry Hestand
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge on the edge of Lake Texoma in Grayson County, Texas, during the summer of 1998.
I interviewed the witness on 31 March 2002 after she had been referred to us by George Clappison of the OBRSG.
The witness told me that she was sitting with a friend on a picnic table when she saw "three creatures" walk out of the tree line all of different sizes. The three figures walked out of the tree line close to the trees up against the lake. The witness asked the friend if he could see the creatures. The friend slowly turned around and quietly said, "Yes." The two could not believe what they were seeing. The witness estimated that the subjects were only 40 to 50 feet away from them. She described the subjects as brownish and covered with hair; they were upright. The witness could provide no other details.
A couple of years later, the witness was in the Preston Shores area of Lake Texoma. This is not far from the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. The witness was by herself when she heard a pig screaming and squealing. There was a pig farm nearby, but the witness said that what she heard did not sound like two pigs fighting; to her it sounded more like a predator attacking a pig. During the incident, the witness heard a low throaty roar; she never heard a sound like that before. She left the area immediately.
In the same area later on, the witness's friend lost a pit bull to something one night. The dog was chained on the porch, when it started barking. Something was bothering it. Then suddenly silence. Her friend went out to check on the dog. The pit bull was gone. It had been torn off of its chain and carried a short ways off. Reportedly the dog had been mutilated; its head and organs were missing. According to the witness there was little to no blood found around the carcass.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge on the edge of Lake Texoma in Grayson County, Texas, during the summer of 1998.
I interviewed the witness on 31 March 2002 after she had been referred to us by George Clappison of the OBRSG.
The witness told me that she was sitting with a friend on a picnic table when she saw "three creatures" walk out of the tree line all of different sizes. The three figures walked out of the tree line close to the trees up against the lake. The witness asked the friend if he could see the creatures. The friend slowly turned around and quietly said, "Yes." The two could not believe what they were seeing. The witness estimated that the subjects were only 40 to 50 feet away from them. She described the subjects as brownish and covered with hair; they were upright. The witness could provide no other details.
A couple of years later, the witness was in the Preston Shores area of Lake Texoma. This is not far from the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge. The witness was by herself when she heard a pig screaming and squealing. There was a pig farm nearby, but the witness said that what she heard did not sound like two pigs fighting; to her it sounded more like a predator attacking a pig. During the incident, the witness heard a low throaty roar; she never heard a sound like that before. She left the area immediately.
In the same area later on, the witness's friend lost a pit bull to something one night. The dog was chained on the porch, when it started barking. Something was bothering it. Then suddenly silence. Her friend went out to check on the dog. The pit bull was gone. It had been torn off of its chain and carried a short ways off. Reportedly the dog had been mutilated; its head and organs were missing. According to the witness there was little to no blood found around the carcass.
