- 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: 01040001
ClassEncounters not far from Sabine River.
Report Details
Occurrence date: January/2004
Location: Smith County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Tyler
Time / Conditions: 12:00 AM — Raining, and very dark with little lighting from a four-wheeler. Very muddy, a couple of tree lines, small pond, and forest area on a 400 acre ranch.
# of Witnesses: 0
Location: Smith County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Tyler
Time / Conditions: 12:00 AM — Raining, and very dark with little lighting from a four-wheeler. Very muddy, a couple of tree lines, small pond, and forest area on a 400 acre ranch.
# of Witnesses: 0
Witness Account:
There are three incidents in roughly the same location to report. These incidents happened on our friends 400 acre ranch.
During the first incident, my son, 14, was invited to his friends ranch earlier this summer or fall, 2003. The closest city to this ranch is Tyler, TX. The ranch is very large and out in the middle of nowhere. This area is a very wooded area with some hills and trails.
On the first occasion my son and a friend were riding on a 4-wheeler on a trail where there was a fence running parallel with the trail. My son said they were going approx 20 miles an hour and he could hear loud footsteps keeping pace with the 4-wheeler. His friend who was on the back said that he also heard the footsteps and could see the trees "moving".
On the second occasion, my son was invited to go camping on the ranch with his friends from his youth group. They were driving the 4-wheelers up to the camp spot after dark. The camping spot was roughly the same area where the first incident occurred 3-4 weeks earlier.
Coming around a corner, my sons friend said the lights from the 4-wheeler picked up "glowing eyes" about 7 feet above the ground that my sons friend saw. The friend said that he didn't see great detail other than the "glowing eyes" and a bushy or hairy face.
The latest incident at the same ranch occurred at around 12:00 am at night on 1/15/04. My son and his friends were riding 4-wheelers again and one of the 4-wheelers got stuck in the mud. My sons friend went to get a chain or rope to pull the 4-wheeler out of the mud. My son said he heard a loud moaning sound off in the distance. His friend who was with him did not hear it because he said he was thinking about something else and wasn't paying attention.
My son described it as one long moan. He called me the morning of 1/16/04 and told me about it. I remembered the BFRO website and knew there were sound recordings there that we could compare.
On 1/19/04, we listened to the four recordings on the BFRO website and my son indicated that it sounded exactly like the one with the 3 long, deep moaning sounds with the dog barking in the background.
We have always been interested in Bigfoot. Our next step may be to take a recording of the moaning sounds out to the site at night and play them to see if we can generate a response.
Investigator's Observations
I have spoken to the witness and his father, both of whom I consider to be extremely credible. No more details could be discerned other than what was described in the report. The witness described the vocalization heard as sounding very close to the BFRO's recorded "Ohio Howl."
The site is just a few miles from where BFRO and NAWAC investigators have heard very similar vocalizations while conducting research along the Sabine River. The Sabine River Basin is one of the more prolific Sasquatch sighting areas in Texas.
The site is just a few miles from where BFRO and NAWAC investigators have heard very similar vocalizations while conducting research along the Sabine River. The Sabine River Basin is one of the more prolific Sasquatch sighting areas in Texas.
