- 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: 01050024
Class 3aEncounter sends youth scrambling.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1978
Location: Van Zandt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Canton
Time / Conditions: Late afternoon — Late afternoon, drizzle, foggy. Pasture land, ranching, wooded over the fence. Sparsely populated area.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Van Zandt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Canton
Time / Conditions: Late afternoon — Late afternoon, drizzle, foggy. Pasture land, ranching, wooded over the fence. Sparsely populated area.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was going outside to do something, I forget what, and looked northwards along a fence line bordering the west side of our place and the woods, and saw a large hairy kind of grey/brown colored human/ape like object moving around. I got scared to death and hollered "HEY!" and ran as fast as I could to my back door about 30 yards away, tripping over my own legs as I was trying to run so fast. It felt like I was getting tangled up in my own feet, I was trying to run so fast. I remember falling once, and getting up and running so fast again. I told my 2 brothers to stay inside and lock the doors and don't open them to anything but me. I grabbed my 30-30 and went to investigate and was shaking and scared like never before. I was hoping to see it again and still again, hoping I didn't see it. I found the spot where it was seen and checked the fence and found some hair on it in the barb wire. I don't remember what I did with the hair, but I never saw anything of the creature again.
I have told my family about this, but not too many others for fear I would be made fun of. I finally decided to tell your organization after a long consideration. My brothers told my mother I was scared to death, and my family believes me to this day. I swear this is a true story, and have jokingly told a few others when the subject comes up. A few have believed me, and some have made fun of me. I don't care; I know what I saw that afternoon and decided I have to tell my story to someone who is credible. Feel free to contact me.
The area is inhabited sparsely, and about the same as it was then. It is rural, and is next to a large area that has bottomland and a couple of creeks through it. It is about 8 miles or so west of Canton, TX, and I will have to look on a map to see what the county road is that runs in front of the house.
I wish someone would figure out what these sightings are so I can openly tell my story without fear of being made fun of. Every time I hear of a "bigfoot" sighting I think of telling my story to some credible group but I never have. I swear to God I saw something that afternoon but I don't have a clue what it might have been besides a "bigfoot". I just know every time I think of it, I feel that same feeling of fear and can remember it like it was yesterday.
Sorry it has been so long in telling my story but I imagine you hear a lot of them that have waited a long time to say anything feeling just like I do about it. Please tell me you believe me....I know I saw something that was unidentifiable and scary as anything I have ever felt before in my life. I am sorry it took me so long t report this, I was scared to be made fun of but I feel the need to report this the more I think of it and see that this is finally being taken seriously.
Thank you for allowing me to send you a report of this. I sure hope it is some kind of help, and I would like some sort of closure on this, it has bothered me for so many years. Maybe not bothered, but I think of it a lot and wonder if I should have reported it sooner.
This is the weirdest thing I think I have ever seen.
Physical evidence:
Hair, on the fence but I don't remember what I did with it, if anything.
Sounds:
Not that I remember.
Additional observations:
VERY large kind of apelike/human like grey/brown animal or object walking on 2 legs upright about 5 or so feet from the barb wire fence, and when I hollered, it crossed over the fence. It was more grey colored/lighter colored than anything else. I took a good look at it and ran like hell.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Mike Hall
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Van Zandt County, Texas in the summer of 1978.
I spoke with the witness at great length about his sighting. He stated that that the incident occurred "a long time ago," in August or September of 1978. The witness recalled that it was a drizzly, overcast day between 3pm and 6pm, and that he saw the subject walking down a fence line approximately 100 yards away. There were no obstructions between the witness and the subject; it was a clear field between them with woods on the other side of the fence behind the subject.
The witness said that he watched for a few seconds and then yelled at the unidentified figure; it turned and looked in his direction then bounded over the fence and into the woods.
As I spoke with the witness about his experience, he still seemed shaken, even though the event occurred nearly three decades ago. Even though the incident happened long before he became a paramedic, the witness still felt that when he had the experience, he already possessed the qualities (being observant, truthful) that are requisite in his job; his paramedic training enhanced his inherent skills and traits.
The witness knows that what he claimes to have seen defies reason and conventional thinking, but nonetheless, he convinced me that he is absolutely certain that he saw an upright, hair covered creature that was six and one half to seven feet tall walking on two legs in that field in 1978.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Van Zandt County, Texas in the summer of 1978.
I spoke with the witness at great length about his sighting. He stated that that the incident occurred "a long time ago," in August or September of 1978. The witness recalled that it was a drizzly, overcast day between 3pm and 6pm, and that he saw the subject walking down a fence line approximately 100 yards away. There were no obstructions between the witness and the subject; it was a clear field between them with woods on the other side of the fence behind the subject.
The witness said that he watched for a few seconds and then yelled at the unidentified figure; it turned and looked in his direction then bounded over the fence and into the woods.
As I spoke with the witness about his experience, he still seemed shaken, even though the event occurred nearly three decades ago. Even though the incident happened long before he became a paramedic, the witness still felt that when he had the experience, he already possessed the qualities (being observant, truthful) that are requisite in his job; his paramedic training enhanced his inherent skills and traits.
The witness knows that what he claimes to have seen defies reason and conventional thinking, but nonetheless, he convinced me that he is absolutely certain that he saw an upright, hair covered creature that was six and one half to seven feet tall walking on two legs in that field in 1978.
