- 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: 01040025
Class 1dMother and son report seeing a large upright figure walk across highway in front of their van.
Report Details
Occurrence date: April/1998
Location: Henderson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: LaRue
Time / Conditions: 9pm — Warm & muggy. Swampy, there are many cattle ranches in the area. Some farming in the area but mostly cattle and hay.
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Henderson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: LaRue
Time / Conditions: 9pm — Warm & muggy. Swampy, there are many cattle ranches in the area. Some farming in the area but mostly cattle and hay.
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
It was dark and my wife and son saw something crossing the road in front of their van. This is a very heavily wooded road with no lights. My wife actually saw the form of a large animal walking upright and very tall crossing the road. It seemed to be covered totally in hair. By the time my son looked up he saw the creature peering at them from behind a tree.
They said that the eyes were approximately 7 to 8 feet high, wide apart and red. The "head" was very large and hairy. When the van came alongside of the creature my wife saw it walking toward the lake. She said that it seemed to walk right into the water and disappear.
They were on their way to our new house that was under construction to turn the lights on for the night. Neither of them wanted to go out there that night so they went down the road a little further and turned around. They were both very upset with what they had seen.
Physical evidence:
They were too scared to look.
Additional observations:
There is a report on your website about an encounter a lady had at her house where a creature would frequently roam around her house. According to the report the creature would scream and it left a lot of feces around her house. According to my calculations this happened about 1 1/2 miles from the area of this sighting. This is in the LaRue area. There have also been sightings around the Athens, Texas area which is about 13 miles from this sighting. And there has been at least one sighting at a community called Baxter. This is about 6 miles from this sighting. Several people have jokingly talked about "Old Sloughfoot" being around the area, but will not elaborate on the subject.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Mike Hall
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Henderson County, Texas in April of 1998.
I interviewed both witnesses (mother and son) at length at their home. The family had been living in the church parsonage, but had just bought a house that someone had only half-completed and they were finishing the work so they could move in.
On the evening of the reported incident, they had forgotten to turn off the lights at the new house. As the mother and her son made their way to the house to turn off the lights, they came around a sharp curve and the headlights of their mini-van lit up a large figure on the north side of the road (driver?s side).
The mother described the subject as being very large and covered from head to toe with hair, initially standing in the ditch before walking across the road in front of the van. The witnesses said the subject crossed the road, which is fourteen feet wide, in two steps.
When the subject reached the opposite side of the road, the son looked up and saw it move behind the trees. Then it stood and peered out around a tree at them before turning and disappearing into the woods. Both witnesses agreed that the subject was about seven feet tall and was covered with hair. The son noticed a ?red-eye glow? as the lights from the van hit it just right. The subject made no noise, and there was no odor detected.
The son remarked, "It was taller than the van we were riding in." The witnesses remembered that the subject moved from north to south across the road, in an upright manner ?like a man.? Both witnesses sought reassurance from each other that they had seen what they thought they had seen. The witnesses turned the van around and went home, leaving the lights on at the new house.
My impression is that both witnesses are truthful and reliable. As they recounted the events, I could see the fear in their eyes and how the hair stood up on their arms. I interviewed them separately and got the same exact story.
The witnesses escorted me to down to the location of the encounter.
Earlier in the afternoon before meeting with the witnesses, I had a chance to meet the gentleman who lives across the road. The old gentleman, who has lived in the area all of his seventy years, told me in a straightforward manner, "I've never seen anything like that around here, BUT, I've heard some things I can't describe, screaming down in those bottoms." The old fellow went on to tell me that he has heard a ?long, loud, high pitched scream/yell? many nights coming from an area that is about two miles from his house and is approximately 3000 acres of bottom and swampland.
The witnesses have had many of their friends in the area tell them that they have seen this same thing many times over the years in this area. I am currently working on getting several of these people in the same place at the same time to interview them all and maybe record their sightings and stories. The area seems to be prime habitat with lots of bottom and swamp land with very few people around. Also, there is plenty of vegetation and wild game in the area.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Henderson County, Texas in April of 1998.
I interviewed both witnesses (mother and son) at length at their home. The family had been living in the church parsonage, but had just bought a house that someone had only half-completed and they were finishing the work so they could move in.
On the evening of the reported incident, they had forgotten to turn off the lights at the new house. As the mother and her son made their way to the house to turn off the lights, they came around a sharp curve and the headlights of their mini-van lit up a large figure on the north side of the road (driver?s side).
The mother described the subject as being very large and covered from head to toe with hair, initially standing in the ditch before walking across the road in front of the van. The witnesses said the subject crossed the road, which is fourteen feet wide, in two steps.
When the subject reached the opposite side of the road, the son looked up and saw it move behind the trees. Then it stood and peered out around a tree at them before turning and disappearing into the woods. Both witnesses agreed that the subject was about seven feet tall and was covered with hair. The son noticed a ?red-eye glow? as the lights from the van hit it just right. The subject made no noise, and there was no odor detected.
The son remarked, "It was taller than the van we were riding in." The witnesses remembered that the subject moved from north to south across the road, in an upright manner ?like a man.? Both witnesses sought reassurance from each other that they had seen what they thought they had seen. The witnesses turned the van around and went home, leaving the lights on at the new house.
My impression is that both witnesses are truthful and reliable. As they recounted the events, I could see the fear in their eyes and how the hair stood up on their arms. I interviewed them separately and got the same exact story.
The witnesses escorted me to down to the location of the encounter.
Earlier in the afternoon before meeting with the witnesses, I had a chance to meet the gentleman who lives across the road. The old gentleman, who has lived in the area all of his seventy years, told me in a straightforward manner, "I've never seen anything like that around here, BUT, I've heard some things I can't describe, screaming down in those bottoms." The old fellow went on to tell me that he has heard a ?long, loud, high pitched scream/yell? many nights coming from an area that is about two miles from his house and is approximately 3000 acres of bottom and swampland.
The witnesses have had many of their friends in the area tell them that they have seen this same thing many times over the years in this area. I am currently working on getting several of these people in the same place at the same time to interview them all and maybe record their sightings and stories. The area seems to be prime habitat with lots of bottom and swamp land with very few people around. Also, there is plenty of vegetation and wild game in the area.
