- 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: 01080125
Class 3aCousins Have Night Sighting of Creature Running Alongside Car
Report Details
Occurrence date: April/1978
Location: Hunt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Quinlan, Union Valley
Time / Conditions: 22:00 — Clear night but very dark. 10:00 p.m. to 10:30ish. No streetlights, only headlights
# of Witnesses: 3
Location: Hunt County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Quinlan, Union Valley
Time / Conditions: 22:00 — Clear night but very dark. 10:00 p.m. to 10:30ish. No streetlights, only headlights
# of Witnesses: 3
Witness Account:
I was 12 years old along with my cousin who was also 12 at the time, and my big brother who was 16. My brother was driving us to my uncle's out west of Quinlan Texas to meet up with another cousin who's dad had a farm out there. We were all going to spend the night out there and go squirrel hunting the next morning. We turned off of highway 276 going south on 8737. The road was a white rock road at the time, and from the main FM road it was about 3 to 5 miles to my uncles property. We were driving approximately 25 miles per hour and we crossed the plank bridge that actually begins where the property line is, and all of us at the same time looked to our left, and running in the ditch, just beside the barbed wire fence was something that was about 7 1/2 feet tall, slumped forward and keeping up with the car. It had long silver hair, and turned it's head toward us from time to time. It ran beside us for about 200 yards, then disappeared across the fence onto my uncle's property. We pulled up to the gate, and we were all too scared to get out and open it. Every one of us were in tears, so we decided to go back home and get my father. When we arrived back at home, we were still all very shaken, and crying and my mother said that we looked white as a sheet, and that we looked as if we had seen a ghost. To this day, we all tell the exact same story of the creature, and firmly believe that we saw something very unnatural.
