- 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: 01080023
Class 3aVisual encounter near dog kennel.
Report Details
Occurrence date: May/2003
Location: Van Zandt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Ben Wheeler
Time / Conditions: 10:00 A.M.......lighting fairly good. Weather a few clouds but not many.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Van Zandt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Ben Wheeler
Time / Conditions: 10:00 A.M.......lighting fairly good. Weather a few clouds but not many.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was working at my job which is a puppy kennel about 11 miles from Ben Wheeler, Texas. I was out by the rottweiler kennels. The dogs started barking like they were mad as can be. This is normal because there is a stray dog that runs around, but they never jump up on the cage. All of a sudden they got deathly quiet. I happened to look out into the pasture that my boss owns, where he keeps two horses. About 80 yards give or take a few was a huge and I mean huge reddish brown man. I mean man because it was covered in what look like fur but it stood on two legs. I couldn't believe what I saw, as a matter of fact I doubted it, so I looked down at my feet and blinked my eyes and told myself I didn't see it. When I looked again it was gone. For a split second I thought maybe I had seen a horse or something and didn't realize it so I walked around to the front and both horses was against a far fence and they wouldn't move when I tried to feed them. Normally they knock me over trying to get to the food. I know it wasn't the horses I saw because they couldn't have gotten the distance from where I seen him/her to where they was without running and that would have made some sound and I would have heard that.
Now what really gets me is about 2 maybe 3 weeks before I seen it we had a female rottweiler turn up dead. She was chained to the fence about 30 to 40 yards from where I seen it. She had no marks on her. I mean none at all. All she had was a bloody nose.
What I seen was reddish brown and best I could tell was about 7 feet tall. I only looked for about a second or two because I couldn't believe my eyes. The whole thing lasted only about 4 seconds. What I mean by that is from the time I seen it to the time I blinked and looked again.
It looked like it didn't have a neck, just a head and body and long arms and legs. I didn't walk out into the pasture and look for signs and I still ain't yet. I don't think I want to know if there is any tracks. What I saw scared the h--l out of me. I hunt alot but I ain't never seen anything like what I saw that morning. I'm writing this on June 2, 2003.
Monday night, just a little over a week later. I told my boss a few days later and they said they ain't seen nothing but the dogs have been barking alot at night. I think I know why.....ok you tell me did I see what I think I seen.....thank you for your time.
Additional observations:
a dead female rottweiler about 2 to 3 weeks earlier.....she had no marks on her body except a bloody nose
Investigator's Observations
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 2003.
Interviews with the witness were conducted on multiple occasions by both investigators. This report is an amalgam of those interviews.
The witness stated that at approximately 10:00 AM, while he was working, he saw a ?huge, reddish-brown thing with long, shaggy hair standing, looking at the pond. The sighting lasted only seconds, because the witness momentarily looked away in an attempt to make sure he was not hallucinating. He claimed that when he looked back toward the subject, it was nowhere to be seen.
Even though the subject was gone when the witness tried to reestablish visual identification, the witness was quite certain and confident of what he had seen. The witness stated that he does not care what anyone says or thinks he is sure that he saw a bigfoot. The witness estimated a height of approximately seven feet. He remarked that the incident scared him so much that he carried a shotgun with him for several weeks afterward.
As indicated in his initial report, the witness told us that a female rottweiler had been killed in a mysterious manner approximately two weeks prior to the encounter. Having no visible signs of molestation, the dog apparently had suffered from some sort of blunt force trauma to the snout. The witness buried the animal there on the property.
The witness told us that another rottweiler, a male, was found two weeks after the visual encounter with the same sort of injury. This one was reportedly found about 100 yards away from the kennel with a broken chain still attached to its collar. Ostensibly, the chain had been snapped and the dog extracted from the kennel; it appeared to have been dragged out into the field. Other than the dead dog, the witness stated that he could find no signs of an intruder. The witness buried this dog as well.
The witness apparently tried to talk the owners of the animals into filing a police report on the killing of the dogs, but the landowners declined to do so.
The witness has told us that under no circumstances will the landowners allow access to the property by investigators. The dogs are not available for analysis because they have supposedly been buried.
Interviews with the witness were conducted on multiple occasions by both investigators. This report is an amalgam of those interviews.
The witness stated that at approximately 10:00 AM, while he was working, he saw a ?huge, reddish-brown thing with long, shaggy hair standing, looking at the pond. The sighting lasted only seconds, because the witness momentarily looked away in an attempt to make sure he was not hallucinating. He claimed that when he looked back toward the subject, it was nowhere to be seen.
Even though the subject was gone when the witness tried to reestablish visual identification, the witness was quite certain and confident of what he had seen. The witness stated that he does not care what anyone says or thinks he is sure that he saw a bigfoot. The witness estimated a height of approximately seven feet. He remarked that the incident scared him so much that he carried a shotgun with him for several weeks afterward.
As indicated in his initial report, the witness told us that a female rottweiler had been killed in a mysterious manner approximately two weeks prior to the encounter. Having no visible signs of molestation, the dog apparently had suffered from some sort of blunt force trauma to the snout. The witness buried the animal there on the property.
The witness told us that another rottweiler, a male, was found two weeks after the visual encounter with the same sort of injury. This one was reportedly found about 100 yards away from the kennel with a broken chain still attached to its collar. Ostensibly, the chain had been snapped and the dog extracted from the kennel; it appeared to have been dragged out into the field. Other than the dead dog, the witness stated that he could find no signs of an intruder. The witness buried this dog as well.
The witness apparently tried to talk the owners of the animals into filing a police report on the killing of the dogs, but the landowners declined to do so.
The witness has told us that under no circumstances will the landowners allow access to the property by investigators. The dogs are not available for analysis because they have supposedly been buried.
