- 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: 01050002
Class 3bDeer hunter has strange early morning encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: November/2003
Location: Burleson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Caldwell
Time / Conditions: 7am — 40 F, clear, wooded, there are farms all around the property.
# of Witnesses:
Location: Burleson County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Caldwell
Time / Conditions: 7am — 40 F, clear, wooded, there are farms all around the property.
# of Witnesses:
Witness Account:
This blind is the most remote blind on the 3,000 acre lease. The land consists of a couple of open fields, but is mostly heavily wooded. The blind I was in always has a lot of activity around it. You will see deer, bobcats, armadillos, coyotes, rabbits, all manner of birds, and hogs, lots of feral hogs. The blind sets at the end of the road, at the end of the property, in somewhat of a valley. As you exit the woods, the road turns slightly to right and drops down into the "valley". From where the road exits the woods to my blind is at least 700 yds or more. The road continues on down to the blind, but when I am hunting, I park my truck and walk to the blind using a small flashlight so as not to disturb the wildlife. The land opens up from one end of the "valley" to the other. There is about 300 yds of fairly open ground from one tree line to the next. My blind sets on NW side at the tree line.
As usual, there was a lot of wildlife activity, until about 7 am. All the animals, even the birds, left. Then I started to hear large branches breaking and then something hitting the trees with, I assume, the branches. The blind sets about 12' off the ground, but I never saw anything. I used my scope and binoculars, but the woods are very thick. About 30 minutes after the branch breaking started, a hog ran out of the woods from the direction of the noise and ran into one of the guy wires on my stand (3/8" cable). Very easy to see. It then jumped up, ran into the ladder and then proceeded over the hill. It seemed to be a bit frightened.
About an hour later, a branch hit my blind. When that happened, I almost had to change my drawers. The branch breaking and tree pounding kept up for about 2 1/2 hours. When the noise stopped and the wildlife came back, I left.
The next morning, I went back to the blind, walking in as usual. About halfway, I could hear something walking with me. It was a little ways inside the brush. At that point, I reached in my hunting bag and got my headlamp and put it on. I put my flashlight up so I could get to my sidearm easier. I never wanted to run so bad in my life but thought better of it. Just as I got to my stand, something very close to me made a very deep, grunting growl. That is the way I can describe the sound. I dropped my hunting bag and went up the ladder into my stand in record time.
About daybreak, the events from the day began again. I never smelled anything nor did I find any tracks. To be honest, being alone, I didn't look very hard. I just recently told one of my hunting buddies, and to my surprise he said "I knew there was something strange about that place." He said ever since he started going out there, he has felt very uneasy, as if he is being watched, sometimes more than others. He has been hunting the woods all his life, so he is very familiar with the surroundings. He told me there is one place he absolutely will not go on the lease. If you knew him, you would realize how totally out of character this is for him. I didn't hunt the lease in 2004 because of time constraints, but I think constantly about those two mornings in November 2003. I did not see what was making the noises.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): John Dickey
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Burleson County, Texas in 2003.
I interviewed the witness initially on 17 January 2005 and spoke at length with him. My impression was that he was cordial, candid and honest. The witness is now a NAWAC investigator and is considered among the most reliable of observers.
Pertaining to his report, the witness was an invited guest on this hunting lease, and had hunted there off and on for several years. He did not know the exact number of hunters on the lease, but he recalled that there were several hunting blinds located around the ranch. The main campsite was located on the south end of the ranch. Several ranch roads lead to each of the blinds, with some of the blinds located along the road, whereas some were several yards off the roads.
This blind where the witness hunted was elevated and was the most remote blind on the lease, about four miles from camp, at the end of a road. There were no nearby creeks or lakes, but there was a feeder that overlooked a pond and very thick woods behind the blind and parallel to the road.
To the witness?s recollection, the morning of his encounter was cold, clear. He had walked several hundred yards to the blind, from his ATV. He recalled getting a strange sensation during the walk to his blind.
The witness arrived at his blind, climbed in and sat until about 7:00 a.m.; the first thing he noticed was an apparent absence of any wildlife. Soon after that, the witness remembered hearing what sounded like large tree branches being broken. The witness then described tree knocks, ?something hitting the trees with a large branch.? The witness recalled a hog running out of the surrounding woods ?as if it was running for its life.? The witness?s impression was that ?something really scared that pig!?
According to the witness, "The tree crashing continued for about 45 minutes to an hour and I heard several deep growls and a tree limb hit the side of the blind. The noise stopped when I stepped out onto the platform of the blind, and it started up when I got back inside.?
The witness went on to say that the noise kept going for about another one and one-half hours, then when it finally stopped, he remembered hearing normal wildlife sounds on a gradual basis.
The next morning, the witness returned to the same stand with a bit of anxiety and much anticipation. The witness stated that he was certain he could hear something walking parallel to him in the woods; it would stop when he stopped and begin when he began walking. He continued to the stand and heard something walking in the woods, out of sight, until he reached his blind. When he started up the ladder, something growled from out of the woods about 30 feet away.
Then at daybreak around 7:00 a.m., the same scenario began again. The witness left at about 9:00 a.m. and did not return.
I am classifying this report as Class 3b due to the reliability of the witness, unidentified vocalizations (growls), the tangible evidence (branches thrown against the side of the hunting blind) and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Burleson County, Texas in 2003.
I interviewed the witness initially on 17 January 2005 and spoke at length with him. My impression was that he was cordial, candid and honest. The witness is now a NAWAC investigator and is considered among the most reliable of observers.
Pertaining to his report, the witness was an invited guest on this hunting lease, and had hunted there off and on for several years. He did not know the exact number of hunters on the lease, but he recalled that there were several hunting blinds located around the ranch. The main campsite was located on the south end of the ranch. Several ranch roads lead to each of the blinds, with some of the blinds located along the road, whereas some were several yards off the roads.
This blind where the witness hunted was elevated and was the most remote blind on the lease, about four miles from camp, at the end of a road. There were no nearby creeks or lakes, but there was a feeder that overlooked a pond and very thick woods behind the blind and parallel to the road.
To the witness?s recollection, the morning of his encounter was cold, clear. He had walked several hundred yards to the blind, from his ATV. He recalled getting a strange sensation during the walk to his blind.
The witness arrived at his blind, climbed in and sat until about 7:00 a.m.; the first thing he noticed was an apparent absence of any wildlife. Soon after that, the witness remembered hearing what sounded like large tree branches being broken. The witness then described tree knocks, ?something hitting the trees with a large branch.? The witness recalled a hog running out of the surrounding woods ?as if it was running for its life.? The witness?s impression was that ?something really scared that pig!?
According to the witness, "The tree crashing continued for about 45 minutes to an hour and I heard several deep growls and a tree limb hit the side of the blind. The noise stopped when I stepped out onto the platform of the blind, and it started up when I got back inside.?
The witness went on to say that the noise kept going for about another one and one-half hours, then when it finally stopped, he remembered hearing normal wildlife sounds on a gradual basis.
The next morning, the witness returned to the same stand with a bit of anxiety and much anticipation. The witness stated that he was certain he could hear something walking parallel to him in the woods; it would stop when he stopped and begin when he began walking. He continued to the stand and heard something walking in the woods, out of sight, until he reached his blind. When he started up the ladder, something growled from out of the woods about 30 feet away.
Then at daybreak around 7:00 a.m., the same scenario began again. The witness left at about 9:00 a.m. and did not return.
I am classifying this report as Class 3b due to the reliability of the witness, unidentified vocalizations (growls), the tangible evidence (branches thrown against the side of the hunting blind) and other sources can be reasonably ruled out.
