- 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: 01020013
Class 3a2 boys riding 4-wheelers encounter a Bigfoot.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1996
Location: Sabine County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Pineland
Time / Conditions: 12 noon — Wooded.
# of Witnesses: 0
Location: Sabine County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Pineland
Time / Conditions: 12 noon — Wooded.
# of Witnesses: 0
Witness Account:
My husband and I were at our camp that we were building. My son and nephew were with us. The boys were riding their 4-wheelers in the woods. They came back telling us they saw something running in the woods.
Physical evidence:
We did not look for tracks.
Sounds:
Grunting while running and striking trees.
Additional observations:
It was 7 to 8 feet tall. Brownish in color and it was running very fast.
Investigator's Observations
I talked to the witness on 4/25/02. The person I talked to is the mother of the person who actually had the sighting. The people who had the sighting were her son and nephew. The sighting took place in the summer of 96. It was a daytime sighting around 12:00 noon. The weather was sunny and hot. The location of the sighting was on the North side of Sam Rayburn Lake, between Pineland and Broadus, in Sabine County, TX.
Her son, who was 10 years old at the time was riding 4-wheelers with his cousin, who was 15 years old. They both saw something running on two legs along the bank of the lake. They stopped their vehicles to get a better look. What they described was a creature approximately 7 to 8 feet in height. It was a brownish color. Both boys were 50-60 yards away. The creature was running very fast. It was making grunting sounds as it knocked down small trees and branches. The sighting lasted thirty seconds. Then the creature turned and ran into the woods.
The two boys did not want to stick around the area. They turned around and went back to where the parents were. They told them what had happened. The parents told them they probably had seen a bear. No one went back to look for evidence, which the boy's mother now regrets. A year later the parents were camping with another couple in St. Augustine, TX. The other couple told of a story where they had a Bigfoot sighting also at Sam Rayburn Lake.
Her son, who was 10 years old at the time was riding 4-wheelers with his cousin, who was 15 years old. They both saw something running on two legs along the bank of the lake. They stopped their vehicles to get a better look. What they described was a creature approximately 7 to 8 feet in height. It was a brownish color. Both boys were 50-60 yards away. The creature was running very fast. It was making grunting sounds as it knocked down small trees and branches. The sighting lasted thirty seconds. Then the creature turned and ran into the woods.
The two boys did not want to stick around the area. They turned around and went back to where the parents were. They told them what had happened. The parents told them they probably had seen a bear. No one went back to look for evidence, which the boy's mother now regrets. A year later the parents were camping with another couple in St. Augustine, TX. The other couple told of a story where they had a Bigfoot sighting also at Sam Rayburn Lake.
