- 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: 01030024
Class 3aTwo family members have separate visual encounters in a one-week period.
Report Details
Occurrence date: September/2000
Location: Jackson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Edna
Time / Conditions: Nighttime — Kinda cool temp. Area was wooded, pastures, creeks.
# of Witnesses:
Location: Jackson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Edna
Time / Conditions: Nighttime — Kinda cool temp. Area was wooded, pastures, creeks.
# of Witnesses:
Witness Account:
Well to begin, my uncle who lives across the street from my parents heard his dogs barking so he got a flashlight and went out in his pasture to check it out. He shined his flashlight to an old vehicle he has in the pasture and saw eyes. He just stood there trying to figure out what it was then he saw it turn and run. He said he beat the dogs back to the house it scared him bad. Well he called my parents telling them about it. They laughed at him and asked him if he had been drinking - he said no, it ran towards y'all.
Well my dad went outside to see if he could see anything and he didn't find anything. We thought he was just joking till about a week later my mom went outside to throw something in the trash. She flipped on the porch light and had her back to the back pasture till she got a funny feeling something was wrong. She felt something staring at her. She turned around and all of a sudden my mom ran in the house shaking and crying, saying "that SOB is out there!" She panicked. I said, "Mom what is it?" She said, "He wasn't lying, that thing is out there." My dad ran to the porch to see what it was but by that time it had already ran off. I asked my mom what it looked like after I finally calmed her down she said it was about 7 1/2 to 8 feet tall standing there kind of slumped over with his arms dangling, staring at her. She said the lights reflected off of it and its eyes were glowing red from the porch lights reflection.
It looked like it had been bedding down in an old hog pen my parents have. It is in the woods not too far from the creek. Mom saw it twice. We have never told anybody about this cause we didn't want people to think we were crazy or stupid.
Physical evidence:
Yes there was hair. Kind of a white color. And a footprint that looked just like a human but a lot larger.
Additional observations:
Nope it just stood there and stared. My mom said a real musky smell.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This report was published as a result of an investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in Jackson County, Texas in September 2000.
I interviewed the daughter, who in this case actually submitted the report, and the mother, who claimed to have had two visual encounters with the unknown subject; once behind her house and once very briefly while driving home.
The witness (mother) said that when her brother first told them of what he had seen, the family believed that he had perhaps been drinking a bit much and they made light of his encounter. However, when she turned around that night behind her house to see the large, hairy, bipedal subject standing there, staring at her, the witness immediately realized that her brother was telling the truth.
The witness described the subject as standing just above the side mirrors on her husband's truck, which would put it at approximately eight feet in height. It was the witness's impression that the subject was curious about the truck, because it was standing directly next to it. The witness recalled that its color was "light gray from head to toe." It had hair that was about "three or four inches" long all over its body, and the hair hung down to its eyes. Apparently, the porch light caused the eyes of the subject to have the appearance of "glowing red."
The witness remembered distinctly that the subject did not at all seem aggressive or threatening, and just seemed to be standing there in a slightly slumped stance. Even so, the witness still had a feeling of great fear and rushed back into the house, slamming the door. The witness described the face of the subject as being "like a human, but also like a monkey." However, the face was flat like that of humans without the exaggerated protrusion of the chin of chimpanzees or orangutans. The witness remembered that the subject?s nose was flat. The sighting lasted a few seconds before the witness hurriedly fled into the house.
The witness said that her encounter was at a distance of about twenty five feet and was perhaps close enough that if the subject had wanted to harm her, it could easily have done so.
The witness told of another occasion, about a week later, when the witness reportedly saw the same subject (or one very similar) at the creek as she drove and her lights illuminated it. She remarked that at that time, she remembered the subject putting up a hand, seemingly to block the light.
The witness told me that on occasion, they have heard unfamiliar growling howls originating from down the creek at night. She is confident that the sounds are from the same animal, or another of its kind. The property is only a few miles from the Lavaca River.
I asked the witness if she knew of anyone else in her area that had ever seen anything like what she saw. The witness was certain that she was not the first to have seen it or others like it. Apparently, there have been rumors of sightings of similar animals in the area for many years. The witness said that the locals referred to the animal as the "Navidad Wildman." The witness said, "We have them down here - sasquatch, bigfoot, whatever you want to call it - I'm living proof."
This report was published as a result of an investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in Jackson County, Texas in September 2000.
I interviewed the daughter, who in this case actually submitted the report, and the mother, who claimed to have had two visual encounters with the unknown subject; once behind her house and once very briefly while driving home.
The witness (mother) said that when her brother first told them of what he had seen, the family believed that he had perhaps been drinking a bit much and they made light of his encounter. However, when she turned around that night behind her house to see the large, hairy, bipedal subject standing there, staring at her, the witness immediately realized that her brother was telling the truth.
The witness described the subject as standing just above the side mirrors on her husband's truck, which would put it at approximately eight feet in height. It was the witness's impression that the subject was curious about the truck, because it was standing directly next to it. The witness recalled that its color was "light gray from head to toe." It had hair that was about "three or four inches" long all over its body, and the hair hung down to its eyes. Apparently, the porch light caused the eyes of the subject to have the appearance of "glowing red."
The witness remembered distinctly that the subject did not at all seem aggressive or threatening, and just seemed to be standing there in a slightly slumped stance. Even so, the witness still had a feeling of great fear and rushed back into the house, slamming the door. The witness described the face of the subject as being "like a human, but also like a monkey." However, the face was flat like that of humans without the exaggerated protrusion of the chin of chimpanzees or orangutans. The witness remembered that the subject?s nose was flat. The sighting lasted a few seconds before the witness hurriedly fled into the house.
The witness said that her encounter was at a distance of about twenty five feet and was perhaps close enough that if the subject had wanted to harm her, it could easily have done so.
The witness told of another occasion, about a week later, when the witness reportedly saw the same subject (or one very similar) at the creek as she drove and her lights illuminated it. She remarked that at that time, she remembered the subject putting up a hand, seemingly to block the light.
The witness told me that on occasion, they have heard unfamiliar growling howls originating from down the creek at night. She is confident that the sounds are from the same animal, or another of its kind. The property is only a few miles from the Lavaca River.
I asked the witness if she knew of anyone else in her area that had ever seen anything like what she saw. The witness was certain that she was not the first to have seen it or others like it. Apparently, there have been rumors of sightings of similar animals in the area for many years. The witness said that the locals referred to the animal as the "Navidad Wildman." The witness said, "We have them down here - sasquatch, bigfoot, whatever you want to call it - I'm living proof."
