- 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: 01060008
Class 3aUnsuspecting motorist from Kansas has late night encounter west of Paris on Highway 82.
Report Details
Occurrence date: October/2005
Location: Lamar County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Paris
Time / Conditions: 11:30 PM — clear.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Lamar County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Paris
Time / Conditions: 11:30 PM — clear.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
My friend from Kansas was coming to visit me for the weekend. She called me on the phone and she said "Oh my God there is a giant gorilla on the side of the road!" I laughed and said "I think you may be a bit delirious, you're seeing things." I told her that it was probably black garbage bags piled up so she turned around to see what it was and when she got back to the site there was nothing there. I asked if she went far enough back and she said she did.
Now I have known her for about 6 years and in all that time I have never known her to see things that weren't there or make things up so I have to question what it was that she saw. I know she had to have seen something but what it was I am not sure. The only reason I got to thinking it might be a bigfoot is cause the other night I was watching a show called "Bigfootville" on the Travel Channel and I thought that what she saw that night very well could have been a bigfoot. Well anyway thank you for your time.
Physical evidence:
Don't know.
Additional observations:
"A giant gorilla."
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Lamar County, Texas in October 2005.
This report is one of the most fascinating to date that I have investigated. Not because of the nature of the sighting; as bigfoot encounters go, this was as "routine" as they come. In the Ark-La-Tex-Oma region, after hunter encounters, the motorist encounter is the most numerous. I found this report particularly compelling because I found the actual witness to be reluctant and have a measure of innocence about the subject.
I interviewed the witness, who was at first totally reluctant to discuss the matter. The submitter of the report, the witness's friend, had submitted the report against the witness's wishes. However, after some coaxing, the witness agreed to talk with us about the incident.
The witness's statement was exactly as the initial report had indicated; she was driving into Paris, Texas from Kansas. She was coming to visit her friend (the one actually submitted the report).
The witness claimed to have had no knowledge whatsoever of sasquatch sightings in Oklahoma or Texas. She only knew what her eyes were telling her brain; she saw a large, black, hair-covered creature on the shoulder of Highway 82 that, when she first saw it, immediately caused her to think "giant gorilla."
The witness was driving eastward on Highway 82 at approximately 11:30 pm. She was approaching Paris, and was probably within 15 miles. She did not recall seeing it until she was very close to it. The witness remembered seeing, just a few feet in front of her vehicle, on the right shoulder of the highway, what she immediately thought was a large or "giant gorilla." In her own words, "it was really big" and it "scared" her quite a bit. She told me that she actually passed right by it, within "an arm's reach" and it appeared to be facing the highway and "backing up," as a pedestrian might do if too close to traffic. The subject appeared to be bipedal, and appeared as a "slumped-over" human all covered with hair, thus the gorilla-like appearance. She recalled no facial detail whatsoever. She recalled "black fur or hair," and recalled a thick body, like a gorilla, with a broad chest and shoulders. She remembered with certainty the "broad chest and shoulder." The witness had the impression that there may have been a "smaller one," but she passed it so quickly, that she could not be certain about that. As she passed it, the witness was certain that the subject was upright and taller than her Chevrolet Trailblazer.
The witness assured me that she was not delirious, nor was she in a state of near-sleep. She also assured me that what she saw was an actual animal; it was large, between six and seven feet in height. The witness grew up on a farm; she was adamant that what she saw was not a cow. She was certain that it was not a dog, large cat or bear. With certainty, the witness stated repeatedly that "it looked like a giant gorilla."
The Red River watershed has a long history of similar sightings. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have had their share of reported sightings along this historic river over the last two centuries. We may now add this report to the already long list of Red River watershed "wild man" or bigfoot sightings.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Lamar County, Texas in October 2005.
This report is one of the most fascinating to date that I have investigated. Not because of the nature of the sighting; as bigfoot encounters go, this was as "routine" as they come. In the Ark-La-Tex-Oma region, after hunter encounters, the motorist encounter is the most numerous. I found this report particularly compelling because I found the actual witness to be reluctant and have a measure of innocence about the subject.
I interviewed the witness, who was at first totally reluctant to discuss the matter. The submitter of the report, the witness's friend, had submitted the report against the witness's wishes. However, after some coaxing, the witness agreed to talk with us about the incident.
The witness's statement was exactly as the initial report had indicated; she was driving into Paris, Texas from Kansas. She was coming to visit her friend (the one actually submitted the report).
The witness claimed to have had no knowledge whatsoever of sasquatch sightings in Oklahoma or Texas. She only knew what her eyes were telling her brain; she saw a large, black, hair-covered creature on the shoulder of Highway 82 that, when she first saw it, immediately caused her to think "giant gorilla."
The witness was driving eastward on Highway 82 at approximately 11:30 pm. She was approaching Paris, and was probably within 15 miles. She did not recall seeing it until she was very close to it. The witness remembered seeing, just a few feet in front of her vehicle, on the right shoulder of the highway, what she immediately thought was a large or "giant gorilla." In her own words, "it was really big" and it "scared" her quite a bit. She told me that she actually passed right by it, within "an arm's reach" and it appeared to be facing the highway and "backing up," as a pedestrian might do if too close to traffic. The subject appeared to be bipedal, and appeared as a "slumped-over" human all covered with hair, thus the gorilla-like appearance. She recalled no facial detail whatsoever. She recalled "black fur or hair," and recalled a thick body, like a gorilla, with a broad chest and shoulders. She remembered with certainty the "broad chest and shoulder." The witness had the impression that there may have been a "smaller one," but she passed it so quickly, that she could not be certain about that. As she passed it, the witness was certain that the subject was upright and taller than her Chevrolet Trailblazer.
The witness assured me that she was not delirious, nor was she in a state of near-sleep. She also assured me that what she saw was an actual animal; it was large, between six and seven feet in height. The witness grew up on a farm; she was adamant that what she saw was not a cow. She was certain that it was not a dog, large cat or bear. With certainty, the witness stated repeatedly that "it looked like a giant gorilla."
The Red River watershed has a long history of similar sightings. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana have had their share of reported sightings along this historic river over the last two centuries. We may now add this report to the already long list of Red River watershed "wild man" or bigfoot sightings.
