- 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: 01030015
Class 3aProperty owner has bizarre encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: August/2003
Location: Hood County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Lipan
Time / Conditions: 3:30-4:00 am — Dark, cool & no wind. Rocky terrain, wooded. A few places have Horses but nothing I would call Agricultural except across the hwy.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Hood County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Lipan
Time / Conditions: 3:30-4:00 am — Dark, cool & no wind. Rocky terrain, wooded. A few places have Horses but nothing I would call Agricultural except across the hwy.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
First incident happened two months ago, when I came across something digging in the ground under a tree not more than 150ft from my shop around 2:30 in the morning. I went on patrol, dogs freaked out. I got a really bad feeling so I went and got another guy to help me hunt what it was, and when I turned around to go get him something hauled butt down the road and jumped into the woods disappearing. That's when my parents first told me of the panther stories. But I still think it was too big to be a panther, the only reason I figured they were right was because it moved so fast. But the thing last night moved just as quick, when it wanted to. It was almost like it wanted me to see it, I really did feel like it knew where I was the whole time.
(Last night/this morning) I was asleep on the couch and we have around 7 dogs. They started running around the house frantically barking and carrying on. We recently had a small fire that cleared out the back part of the woods back there and more and more people keep moving to this area. So I figured it was an animal or coyote or something they were chasing. I run a small security perimeter every night or so. There's always been a rumor of a panther up here, not to mention snakes, so I carry a weapon with me. I have never seen the panther but I have many times come up on something I assumed was the panther story but I never thought about a bigfoot theory till this morning.
My wife woke up and made me go look. So I loaded my rifle and headed out on my security sweep. I first hit the road about 200-300 meters from the house, small dirt road. I don't use a flashlight, I can see fairly well at night. I have a brindle boxer who was freaking out sniffing the ground every 4-5 steps and just real jumpy, usually he just marks it and goes away. I saw no signs of the other dogs, when something jolted passed me out of the bushes almost knocking the boxer over, he ran the other direction. It scared the crap outta me and I got off 3 shots but missed it because my rifle jammed up with two shells in the chamber. I thought whatever it was I scared off, and used my pocket knife to release the two jammed shells. So I walked about 350m to my shop to grab some more ammo. I felt like the hairs on my neck were standing up. I loaded my rifle up and opened the door to my shop. Instantly I noticed this, pardon the expression, but this stout crap/wet grass odor really thick in the air.
Not more than 5 minutes had passed and I felt like I was being watched again. I snuck around to my parent's house about 200 meters from my shop and climbed on the roof to get a better look. I was up high so could see lots more from there. We have a school bus on the property that we use for storage. It's about 350 meters NW of my location and I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when I thought I saw a large thin shadow go past the bus. I figured it was my brindle boxer's shadow because there's a light on the shop. My house porch light creates a lighted area near there. But then it stopped and looked right at me on my perch. I had it open sights but thought it was my dog with just a shadow. Then outta nowhere behind me the neighbor's dog started going crazy. I turned for two secs and the shadow was gone. My dog was behind me, not in front.
I sat up there for another 10 minutes trying to find out what the neighbor's dogs were barking at. They were howling, growling, weirdest sounds too. They have a hound dog but it did not sound like that. It was really hard to describe the sound, almost like a howl but a growl at the same time. Very distinctive and then it all just stopped, a dead silence. I turned back to the bus area kinda just looking in the general area, trying to figure out what I saw, if it was just my imagination.
Then I saw it again, plain as day. It was squatting down like it was hiding. It looked at me again and then ran around the side of the bus, it was as tall as the bus but skinny, but it was dark so not sure. I instantly jumped off the house and ran over there. The closer I got the slower I went. Rifle held in a firing position as I crept around the bus. My heart pounded and when I got around the bus, nothing but the open area of where the fire had been. I am always suspicious of the land across the highway, they have a fence around the property that is almost 9-10 ft high. They have many exotic animals over there. A huge manmade water source. I think its a wildlife preserve or something, but nothing like this ever happened till it showed up.
After this I am convinced it's not a panther. I have been running security every night or so. Bigfoot no idea, I am unsure what I saw, but it was intelligent. No matter what I think, I am absolutely sure, I was not the one hunting it. I don't think its intentions were harmful, it probably could have got to me at anytime. And I am not that easy to catch. It came back to the same place 3 times in one night even after I shot at it. I'm not sure but it's braver than me. Not the first time, just the first time I have seen it in the open. It seemed to me like it was testing defenses, probing to a point. It is either fast or there is more than one, because our homesteads are half a mile from each other. The neighbors and their dogs flipped out last night as well. I just know what I saw and it was not a coyote, wild pig or a panther.
Sounds:
Howl/Growl but not at me, at the dogs. It seemed to only do it towards the dogs, but just was aware I was there. Almost like it wanted it to be known it was there, but not like it wanted to attack me. I am sure if it wanted to attack it could have at anytime. It was very fast, but always kept a safe distance.
Additional observations:
Tall - 8ft-10ft, thin not like what you see in the Bigfoot pictures, but was darker in proportion, looked like a blur of darkness almost like a fuzzy line. Strong smell of fresh animal crap/mixed with wet grass. Almost smelled like just before a rain but with an odor of "What did I just step in?" At least that's what I did when I smelled it, checked my feet to see what I stepped in. But it was just thick in the air.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hood County, Texas in August 2003.
I interviewed the witness on 18 August 2003. The encounter occurred that morning between 3:30 and 4:00 AM. Prior to this incident, there had been a few other interesting incidents. One was the incident where something had been digging in the ground. Another happened approximately 2 weeks prior to the primary reported incident. While the witness was in his shop one night, something came by and hit the side of the building very hard. By the time the witness could get outside, there was nothing there that he could see. He said that it was harder than something just running into the side of the building; he felt it was deliberate.
The witness lives on a piece of land that is 50 acres in size. There are four trailers there; two of them are occupied. Other than himself, his parents live there as well. There are two campers there also; one of them is occupied. The portion of the land they live on is approximately 10 acres, with the rest of the property fenced off.
The witness was awakened by the sounds of dogs barking. He went out to investigate and only saw one of his dogs. As he was walking back to his trailer, something ran past him, knocking him and his dog over. He shot three times as he was falling to the ground; once into the ground and the other two times in the direction of whatever had knocked him down. He got up and went to his shop to remove the jammed bullets from his rifle (.22 caliber).
After getting more ammo, he left his shop and was hit was an overpowering odor. He described it as a combination of animal feces and wet grass. He decided to climb up on top of his parent's carport to better survey the area. He noticed a large shadow next to a school bus that is on the property. He at first thought that it was the shadow of one of his dogs. While he was watching it, it turned to look towards him and he noticed that it was a dark figure. It was as tall as the door on the bus. He felt that it was looking directly at him. When it turned in his direction, the whole upper turned, as if it did not have a neck. He then heard strange vocalizations coming from his right; the figure was to his left. He looked in the direction of the sounds. It sounded like "a whole pack of dogs, but it stopped all together." When he turned back towards the bus, he did not see the subject. He looked closer and noticed that it was no longer standing; it was squatting down. It then got up, turned about face and ran off around the bus. He said that it moved very fast. The witness got down and went to where it had gone around the bus. He did not see anything there. The barbed wired fence was still moving as if something had crossed over it. The total time that he had a visual was no more than 25 seconds. He never heard any noise coming from the figure.
Gino Napoli went to the site on the afternoon of 19 August. He talked to the witness at length about the encounter. He also searched for any evidence of an animal's presence. He did find some wild plum trees in the area very nearby. He measured the height of the bus and the door was 7 feet tall.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Hood County, Texas in August 2003.
I interviewed the witness on 18 August 2003. The encounter occurred that morning between 3:30 and 4:00 AM. Prior to this incident, there had been a few other interesting incidents. One was the incident where something had been digging in the ground. Another happened approximately 2 weeks prior to the primary reported incident. While the witness was in his shop one night, something came by and hit the side of the building very hard. By the time the witness could get outside, there was nothing there that he could see. He said that it was harder than something just running into the side of the building; he felt it was deliberate.
The witness lives on a piece of land that is 50 acres in size. There are four trailers there; two of them are occupied. Other than himself, his parents live there as well. There are two campers there also; one of them is occupied. The portion of the land they live on is approximately 10 acres, with the rest of the property fenced off.
The witness was awakened by the sounds of dogs barking. He went out to investigate and only saw one of his dogs. As he was walking back to his trailer, something ran past him, knocking him and his dog over. He shot three times as he was falling to the ground; once into the ground and the other two times in the direction of whatever had knocked him down. He got up and went to his shop to remove the jammed bullets from his rifle (.22 caliber).
After getting more ammo, he left his shop and was hit was an overpowering odor. He described it as a combination of animal feces and wet grass. He decided to climb up on top of his parent's carport to better survey the area. He noticed a large shadow next to a school bus that is on the property. He at first thought that it was the shadow of one of his dogs. While he was watching it, it turned to look towards him and he noticed that it was a dark figure. It was as tall as the door on the bus. He felt that it was looking directly at him. When it turned in his direction, the whole upper turned, as if it did not have a neck. He then heard strange vocalizations coming from his right; the figure was to his left. He looked in the direction of the sounds. It sounded like "a whole pack of dogs, but it stopped all together." When he turned back towards the bus, he did not see the subject. He looked closer and noticed that it was no longer standing; it was squatting down. It then got up, turned about face and ran off around the bus. He said that it moved very fast. The witness got down and went to where it had gone around the bus. He did not see anything there. The barbed wired fence was still moving as if something had crossed over it. The total time that he had a visual was no more than 25 seconds. He never heard any noise coming from the figure.
Gino Napoli went to the site on the afternoon of 19 August. He talked to the witness at length about the encounter. He also searched for any evidence of an animal's presence. He did find some wild plum trees in the area very nearby. He measured the height of the bus and the door was 7 feet tall.
