- 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: 01030013
Class 2Deer hunter reports encounter in Sulphur River bottoms at western edge of Wright-Patman Lake.
Report Details
Occurrence date: November/1986
Location: Bowie County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Maud
Time / Conditions: 5:15pm — Not really what you call farms, some big pastures and some cows. Swampy.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Bowie County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Maud
Time / Conditions: 5:15pm — Not really what you call farms, some big pastures and some cows. Swampy.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
Late one afternoon in November 1986, my nephew came down and wanted to go deer hunting at Maud. I grew up hunting at the old Berry Farm. I put him in one of the deer stands that my brother and I had put up and I went on to mine. I told him I would come back by the stand that he would be hunting out of so we could come out of the woods together.
That afternoon it was starting to get dark but still light enough to see I started back towards my nephew?s stand. I started up a creek bottom that ran in to a big swamp thicket next to the lake when I smelled something with a very foul odor. I could hear something moving in the thicket, at first I thought it might be a deer, but it was too big to be a deer, and sounded more like a man walking in the water, so then I thought my nephew had got down and started to my stand so I yelled his name so he would know I was coming his way. This thing started moving away from me fast. Down the thicket about 50 to 75 yards there was a little opening about 30 feet across, this thing crossed the opening. I could not believe what I was seeing. This thing was around 6 to 7 feet tall with dark brown hair covering its whole body. It crossed the opening in what seemed to be 5 or 6 steps! I really don't have enough room to write all this down. I'm not crazy, I know I saw something and what ever this thing was it was BIG.
Physical evidence:
The thing was in water and we didn't hang around cause it was getting dark, and it was a good walk to the truck.
Additional observations:
6 to 7 feet tall, had a very foul smell, took long steps, and walked with a slight stoop. It looked to be around 350 to 400 lbs. and had dark brown hair covering its entire body. It had a very foul odor!
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred near Wright-Patman Lake in Bowie County, Texas in 1986.
I interviewed the witness on 15 August 2003. My impression was that he was a genuine man and seemed to be truthful. He told me that he has hunted his whole life, and he experienced something unlike he had ever encountered in his 45 years of hunting.
Before we discussed his experience, we talked some about the so-called ?Fouke Monster,? with which he was familiar, having grown up in Texarkana. The witness's wife is from Fouke, Arkansas, and he has family still living there. The witness told of several other experiences involving family members who live in Miller County, Arkansas in the vicinity of Fouke.
The witness explained that he reported to us the experience of when he was out deer hunting with his nephew at the western edge of Wright-Patman Lake, formerly Lake Texarkana, where it?s fed by the Sulphur River. The area was swampy, with a large button willow thicket. It was a backwater area, with a nearby creek. The area had been previously used to graze cattle, but it had not been used for several years prior. There were nearby cattle pastures and the nearest residence was approximately 3 miles away.
It was a nice afternoon, clear with no wind. The witness and his nephew were hunting about 200 yards apart. They were not within eyesight of each other.
The witness told me that at around 5:15 pm, just as he was ready to go get his nephew to end the day of hunting, he heard a low, moaning sound coming out if the nearby thicket. The witness called out, thinking it was his nephew, who was impatient and had a habit of not staying in his stand. After the witness called out, he heard the movement of something walking around; apparently it would stop and then start back up. The witness remembered hearing the movement sounds for perhaps 5 - 10 minutes. It then crossed the opening in the thicket, which was 50 - 75 yards away from the witness. The opening was at least 30 feet across. It was moving away from the witness. He got a rear 3/4 view of it.
The witness said that he watched it for approximately 30 seconds as it crossed the opening in only 5 or 6 steps. It was walking in sludgy water, almost knee deep. It didn't appear to be running, but it moved very quickly.
The witness described the subject as 6 to 7 feet tall, "taller than a man." It was covered with dark reddish-brown hair, approximately 3 inches in length. It was very broad and muscular, was walking on 2 legs and had a slight stoop. The witness recalled that the subject had a rounded, but slightly pointed head. The witness remembered detecting a musky odor, like a dead animal was in the area, but there was none that he could see.
The witness immediately went to get his nephew. He met up with him and they left the area immediately. The nephew never heard or saw anything.
An old Native American acquaintance of the witness?s, a church deacon and also coonhound trainer, supposedly had an encounter with a strange creature in the same general area of the witness?s reported incident. The description was similar; the subject was 7 to 8 feet tall and covered with hair. The witness stressed that this man was not a liar.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred near Wright-Patman Lake in Bowie County, Texas in 1986.
I interviewed the witness on 15 August 2003. My impression was that he was a genuine man and seemed to be truthful. He told me that he has hunted his whole life, and he experienced something unlike he had ever encountered in his 45 years of hunting.
Before we discussed his experience, we talked some about the so-called ?Fouke Monster,? with which he was familiar, having grown up in Texarkana. The witness's wife is from Fouke, Arkansas, and he has family still living there. The witness told of several other experiences involving family members who live in Miller County, Arkansas in the vicinity of Fouke.
The witness explained that he reported to us the experience of when he was out deer hunting with his nephew at the western edge of Wright-Patman Lake, formerly Lake Texarkana, where it?s fed by the Sulphur River. The area was swampy, with a large button willow thicket. It was a backwater area, with a nearby creek. The area had been previously used to graze cattle, but it had not been used for several years prior. There were nearby cattle pastures and the nearest residence was approximately 3 miles away.
It was a nice afternoon, clear with no wind. The witness and his nephew were hunting about 200 yards apart. They were not within eyesight of each other.
The witness told me that at around 5:15 pm, just as he was ready to go get his nephew to end the day of hunting, he heard a low, moaning sound coming out if the nearby thicket. The witness called out, thinking it was his nephew, who was impatient and had a habit of not staying in his stand. After the witness called out, he heard the movement of something walking around; apparently it would stop and then start back up. The witness remembered hearing the movement sounds for perhaps 5 - 10 minutes. It then crossed the opening in the thicket, which was 50 - 75 yards away from the witness. The opening was at least 30 feet across. It was moving away from the witness. He got a rear 3/4 view of it.
The witness said that he watched it for approximately 30 seconds as it crossed the opening in only 5 or 6 steps. It was walking in sludgy water, almost knee deep. It didn't appear to be running, but it moved very quickly.
The witness described the subject as 6 to 7 feet tall, "taller than a man." It was covered with dark reddish-brown hair, approximately 3 inches in length. It was very broad and muscular, was walking on 2 legs and had a slight stoop. The witness recalled that the subject had a rounded, but slightly pointed head. The witness remembered detecting a musky odor, like a dead animal was in the area, but there was none that he could see.
The witness immediately went to get his nephew. He met up with him and they left the area immediately. The nephew never heard or saw anything.
An old Native American acquaintance of the witness?s, a church deacon and also coonhound trainer, supposedly had an encounter with a strange creature in the same general area of the witness?s reported incident. The description was similar; the subject was 7 to 8 feet tall and covered with hair. The witness stressed that this man was not a liar.
