- 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: 01020051
Class 3aMother and daughters report visual encounters southwest of Kilgore.
Report Details
Occurrence date: October/1999
Location: Rusk County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Kilgore
Time / Conditions: 9:45 PM — Near the Rabbit Creek bottoms, wooded area.
# of Witnesses: 3
Location: Rusk County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Kilgore
Time / Conditions: 9:45 PM — Near the Rabbit Creek bottoms, wooded area.
# of Witnesses: 3
Witness Account:
One night in mid-October of 1999, around 9:45 at night, my daughter and I were coming home from Kilgore. I had my high beams on. Up ahead I noticed something on the right side of the road. I continued to watch it as we got closer, and slowed down a little, because I was afraid it might be a dog or something and run out in front of us.
As I got closer, I noticed that it wasn't a dog, but some thing much bigger, and appeared to be crouched over beside the road. It turned toward us and stood up. There is a steep drop right off the shoulder of the road, and the thing just took about 2 steps and disappeared into the woods. I had started to tell my daughter to look, but cut myself short when the thing stood up and looked toward the car. I was just dumbstruck, I had never seen anything like it!!!! I just drove us home as fast as I could. My 8 year old was asking me all the way, "What was it mommy?" and all I could say was "I don't know..."
My husband could tell something was wrong when we got home, because he told me I was as white as a sheet. The hair was still standing up all on my arms! I decided to make this report after my oldest daughter came home last January, very upset and talking about a "monkey-man" that had run in front of her car. I asked her to tell me where it had happened, and it was not a half mile from where I had seen the "thing." Both of these locations are within 3 miles of our home.
Sounds:
None that I heard.
Additional observations:
It was huge. It had very black long hair on it, and very broad shoulders, kind of hunched over. The hair on it was so black that my head lights reflected off of it, giving it a silvery bluish color. I couldn't distinguish any facial features, but I could see it had a round and flat face, not like a bear or any other animal that has a snout. It was very wide at the shoulders with long arms, and its head just seemed to sit upon its shoulders, with no neck.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Randy Harris
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Rusk County, Texas, southwest of Kilgore, near Little Rabbit Creek in 1999.
During the interview with the witness, she did not deviate from her original report. I also was able to talk with the older daughter who told me firsthand of her own encounter from the same area. The daughter was afraid to say anything before due to concerns about ridicule. I did not speak with the young daughter who was reportedly with the mother at the time of the incident involving the mother and the young daughter.
The area is south of Kilgore. The closest water source is Rabbit Creek which runs parallel to the road. The witness claimed that she and her young daughter definitely saw a large bipedal creature covered with hair. There were no odors detected or noises. The older daughter saw what she described as a "monkey man." The husband related that there were a number of motor vehicle accidents in that area.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Rusk County, Texas, southwest of Kilgore, near Little Rabbit Creek in 1999.
During the interview with the witness, she did not deviate from her original report. I also was able to talk with the older daughter who told me firsthand of her own encounter from the same area. The daughter was afraid to say anything before due to concerns about ridicule. I did not speak with the young daughter who was reportedly with the mother at the time of the incident involving the mother and the young daughter.
The area is south of Kilgore. The closest water source is Rabbit Creek which runs parallel to the road. The witness claimed that she and her young daughter definitely saw a large bipedal creature covered with hair. There were no odors detected or noises. The older daughter saw what she described as a "monkey man." The husband related that there were a number of motor vehicle accidents in that area.
