- 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: 01080012
Class 2Experienced hunter has morning encounter while at hunting lease.
Report Details
Occurrence date: May/2007
Location: Montgomery County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Porter
Time / Conditions: 08:00 — Cool and cloudy, just started to rain.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Montgomery County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Porter
Time / Conditions: 08:00 — Cool and cloudy, just started to rain.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
We have alot of land leased on the San Jacinto river bottom. My wife, son and I spend alot of time there. There are some other people on the lease with us and they spend alot of time on it also. I have not told the other people on the lease about what I saw.
I was fishing at the time and I had my 2 dogs with me that are old hog dogs. The dogs are now retired from hunting. We were on the lease by ourselves at the time. It was a Friday morning. It was cool morning, very quiet. I was walking around a lake of about 30 acres and fishing from the bank. The 2 old dogs from camp came with me. These dogs have hunted alot in these and nearby woods.
I went to camp and no one was there, so I went up to a lake coming in on the main road and started to fish the banks. The dogs started to not howl but moan and they went back towards the camp. At first I thought nothing of it, but as they got down the road they were very loudly yapping. I thought it must be coyotes coming around, and I had a Bushmaster AR rifle on my shoulder, so I put down my pole and walked into some brush close by. I had the rifle with me and I was not scared, but I was very caught off guard. I just put a round in the chamber and started to watch and I saw a very large dark upright thing come out of the swamp area across the road. I could have shot it, but I did not know what it was. It must have been 400 or 500 lbs, and close to 7 feet tall. It was a very large upright animal, but it moved unlike anything that I have seen in the woods before, and I spend alot of time in the woods. It had dark brown to dark red hair. Long hair, 2 to 3 inches long, shaggy and matted somewhat. It looked like it had no neck with a very large upper body and long arms, but it looked like it was as scared of me as I was of it. No smell. It had eyes that looked like a hog or bear eyes, but it looked at me like no other animal ever has.
As soon as I moved to get a better look and sight on it, it just jumped back into the woods and was gone. There was nothing but muddy water where it went back into the woods. I looked for tracks and there was none. I started into the area where it went, but I felt something that I never felt in the woods before, a very bad feeling, like I was not to be there.
I went back to the road and went to camp. No one was at camp so I went home. On the way out there was a large tree branch across the road where I saw the animal. I just want to know what it was I saw.
Physical evidence:
Truely I am glad I did not shoot this animal. It was just that - an animal. I had a .45 side arm and a Bushmaster AR rifle with me - a kill shot could have been made, but this was something I could not kill.
Hand/foot prints:
Muddy tracks in the water of a very swampy area.
Sounds:
A very low but easily heard growl as it turned back into the wooded swamp, but the sound was felt as much as heard.
Additional observations:
The area is full of game, (hogs, coyotes, gators, etc.) so we always carry a firearm. 2 old hunting dogs came with me from camp. We have alot of land leased, around 3000 acres. I went to bank fish a lake of about 50 acres, the dogs went back to camp. But they made noise on their way. I really thought it was coyotes, so I got ready to kill a few in the brush by the lake on that side of the road and it came out across the road. I could have killed it, but the eyes, it looked at me like it was a man, I could not pull the trigger. I did not know and still do not know what it was. I do not kill something if I don't know what it is.
We all talk about the booger of the river but no one ever said they have seen it or heard it, and I will not be the first to say I did at camp.
But the old tales and talk of this animal is real, I saw it. It's not a monster or tall tale, it is just a real animal and I saw it. No one at camp needs to know that.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Montgomery County, Texas in 2007.
I interviewed this witness at length on 22 June 2007. The witness refused to tell anyone about the reported incident, including those closest to him. He told me that I am the only person with whom he has discussed the event.
The witness was certain that what he saw was unlike anything that is known to science at this time. He said that he had always heard tales about the so-called "booger of the river" but he never really put much stock into them. Now, he feels differently.
The witness told me that he went to the lease that morning and he was the only one on the property. He was well-armed, as he normally is any time he is out "on the lease." Apparently, the place is full of wildlife; it is along a waterway, has several bodies of water on it, and is extremely wooded. The witness said that wildlife seem to be naturally drawn to the area since there is so much development a few miles away almost in any direction.
The witness recalled that he was fishing when his dogs ran off moaning. He thought at first that perhaps there were coyotes around, so he stepped into some brush in preparation for any coyotes that might be coming. However, when he saw a large upright hair-covered figure step out of the woods about 60 yards away, he was totally shocked.
The witness watched the subject for several seconds and then he tried to move to a better vantage point. At that time, the subject reportedly quickly moved off into the woods. The witness said that he could not believe his eyes. He described it as perhaps 7 feet in height and brown or reddish-brown in color, with hair all over.
He remembered distinctly how the subject looked at him; he got the impression that the subject was thinking, thus his statement: "it looked at me like a man would."
The witness hurriedly proceeded to where the subject disappeared but he was overcome with a feeling of dread or fear, and he quickly retreated.
I asked him why he could not take a shot at the subject. He said that while it looked ape-like in that it was covered in ape-like hair, it also just looked way too human in the way that it looked at him and that he could have never pulled the trigger. I asked him about being able to see the eyes from a distance of 60 yards, and he responded that even at that distance that he knew that it was looking at him in a manner that required thought.
The witness could not discern gender, but he seemed to recall that the face was mostly devoid of hair cover and the skin was dark. The witness did not recall a notable sagittal crest or conical shape to the head, although he remembered that the head had a good amount of hair.
The witness does not want anyone to know of the incident, and he told me that he will never tell his hunting partners or anyone else of it. He was doing well just to discuss it with me.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Montgomery County, Texas in 2007.
I interviewed this witness at length on 22 June 2007. The witness refused to tell anyone about the reported incident, including those closest to him. He told me that I am the only person with whom he has discussed the event.
The witness was certain that what he saw was unlike anything that is known to science at this time. He said that he had always heard tales about the so-called "booger of the river" but he never really put much stock into them. Now, he feels differently.
The witness told me that he went to the lease that morning and he was the only one on the property. He was well-armed, as he normally is any time he is out "on the lease." Apparently, the place is full of wildlife; it is along a waterway, has several bodies of water on it, and is extremely wooded. The witness said that wildlife seem to be naturally drawn to the area since there is so much development a few miles away almost in any direction.
The witness recalled that he was fishing when his dogs ran off moaning. He thought at first that perhaps there were coyotes around, so he stepped into some brush in preparation for any coyotes that might be coming. However, when he saw a large upright hair-covered figure step out of the woods about 60 yards away, he was totally shocked.
The witness watched the subject for several seconds and then he tried to move to a better vantage point. At that time, the subject reportedly quickly moved off into the woods. The witness said that he could not believe his eyes. He described it as perhaps 7 feet in height and brown or reddish-brown in color, with hair all over.
He remembered distinctly how the subject looked at him; he got the impression that the subject was thinking, thus his statement: "it looked at me like a man would."
The witness hurriedly proceeded to where the subject disappeared but he was overcome with a feeling of dread or fear, and he quickly retreated.
I asked him why he could not take a shot at the subject. He said that while it looked ape-like in that it was covered in ape-like hair, it also just looked way too human in the way that it looked at him and that he could have never pulled the trigger. I asked him about being able to see the eyes from a distance of 60 yards, and he responded that even at that distance that he knew that it was looking at him in a manner that required thought.
The witness could not discern gender, but he seemed to recall that the face was mostly devoid of hair cover and the skin was dark. The witness did not recall a notable sagittal crest or conical shape to the head, although he remembered that the head had a good amount of hair.
The witness does not want anyone to know of the incident, and he told me that he will never tell his hunting partners or anyone else of it. He was doing well just to discuss it with me.
