- 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: 01020055
Class 3aYoung fisherman has encounter near Detroit.
Report Details
Occurrence date: September/1979
Location: Red River County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Detroit
Time / Conditions: 8:00 PM — This was a part time farm, open field divided by fence with some heavy woods.
# of Witnesses: 0
Location: Red River County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Detroit
Time / Conditions: 8:00 PM — This was a part time farm, open field divided by fence with some heavy woods.
# of Witnesses: 0
Witness Account:
While fishing late one evening in the late summer of 1979 I had a brief encounter with something that I cannot readily explain.
I was fishing at a pond in an open field across from some apartments that my grandparents and I were staying at until our house was ready. I had been fishing for about an hour when I got the feeling that someone or something was watching me. I wasn't in a secluded area, but there was no one else around. No activity at all from anybody. All of a sudden the birds and normal animal noises silenced like they do when a predator comes around. I could feel something watching me. I looked back to the south across the field to the fence line that divided the field. Along the fence line were several cedars ranging from 6 ft to 15 ft or so. I stared at what I thought was a small group of trees when something stepped out from them towards the fence.
It was dark brown almost black with grass and debris in its hair like it had been laying down. It came up to the fence and watched me from beside a cedar tree, almost blending in with them. Frozen in fear all I could do was stare back. When it moved again I ran. I left my fish and my stuff right where it was. I ran for the fence that bordered the apts. I jumped the fence and ran home.
I told my grandparents what had happened. To my surprise they sort of believed me. My Grandfather would not venture out at dusk to retrieve my gear, he said we would get it in the morning.
The next morning we returned early to find that my tackle box had been knocked around like a toy, my rod was undisturbed, but my stringer of bluegills was gone. The only thing we found of that was a fish head between the pond and the fence line where I saw it.
Physical evidence:
fish head
Investigator's Observations
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Red River County, Texas in 1979.
I spoke at length with the witness about his encounter on February 21, 2004.
I asked him about the possibility that what he saw that day was a human. The witness adamantly asserted that what he saw was in no way a human, and without doubt it was large, bipedal and hairy. The witness stated that the distance at which the encounter occurred was "around 60 yards." The witness could not discern any facial detail, but he did state that the size of the subject (over seven feet in height) was apparent because of the cedar tree by which it stood.
The witness said that the subject appeared to be "almost leaning on the tree." The witness emphasized that his stringer of fish was gone the next day when he and his grandfather returned to the site.
In addition to reiterating his report with detail, the witness also told me that his father and grandparents had an experience with something at their home many years ago. Apparently, they heard something outside the home and none of them ventured out to determine what it was. Something apparently knocked the porch light out, and then tormented the family through the night with various knocks and sounds on the side of the home.
I spoke at length with the witness about his encounter on February 21, 2004.
I asked him about the possibility that what he saw that day was a human. The witness adamantly asserted that what he saw was in no way a human, and without doubt it was large, bipedal and hairy. The witness stated that the distance at which the encounter occurred was "around 60 yards." The witness could not discern any facial detail, but he did state that the size of the subject (over seven feet in height) was apparent because of the cedar tree by which it stood.
The witness said that the subject appeared to be "almost leaning on the tree." The witness emphasized that his stringer of fish was gone the next day when he and his grandfather returned to the site.
In addition to reiterating his report with detail, the witness also told me that his father and grandparents had an experience with something at their home many years ago. Apparently, they heard something outside the home and none of them ventured out to determine what it was. Something apparently knocked the porch light out, and then tormented the family through the night with various knocks and sounds on the side of the home.
