- 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: 01120066
Class 3aTraveler Has Unusual Evening Sighting of Animal Crossing Roadway
Report Details
Occurrence date: August/2012
Location: Liberty County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Cleveland, TX
Time / Conditions: 20:00 — Just past 8pm, dusk, but not dark, not raining.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Liberty County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Cleveland, TX
Time / Conditions: 20:00 — Just past 8pm, dusk, but not dark, not raining.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
WHEN: 8/4/12 approx. 8:15pm
WHERE: Liberty County, TX
Driving west on Highway 105
Just past the intersection of the Trinity River with 105 (maybe a mile past?)
Driving towards Cleveland, TX
DESCRIP: It was dusk, the sun was setting, but it was not totally dark yet.
No rain, a little bit cloudy (it had been raining earlier in the day).
This is a large, densely wooded area near the Trinity River.
I had spent a few hours at Coushatta, and was driving back home by myself to Conroe. I was totally sober, since I don't drink (only a very occasional half a glass of wine) or do any kind of drugs or medication. I was watching for deer along the side of the road, since it was dusk and that is when they come out. I saw an animal crossing the road ahead of me and slowed down. I did not see details of the animal, only a silhouette. The animal was very dark, it seemed black.
It was a large animal. My first thought, oh it's a deer. But it was definitely not a deer. It had a massive head and shoulders compared to the rest of its body, and it kept its head a bit low to the ground. It also kept it's body low to the ground, but it had long legs (not short legs like a hog). It was on all fours, but it did not run or gallop or move fast. It moved in a slow loping gait. And the gait was uneven, I remember thinking ?I wonder if it's hurt?? because of the uneven gait and the relatively slow movement.
Also, it was not a strong, fast purposeful run across the road. Its head was turning, and it seemed to me that it was looking at my car and also looking behind itself. I saw a long thinner object behind the animal (might have been partly alongside it, but dragging behind it as well). In my mind at the time I thought it was a long tail, something part of its body. But in retrospect, if it had hands, it was dragging something behind it, something long and thinner than itself, stretching out behind it as it crossed the road.
By the time my car arrived at the exact spot where it had crossed the road, it had already disappeared in the thick woods.
I have lived for years in the wilderness in Alaska and Montana. I have seen bears, wolves, hogs and mountain lions and I know their shape and how they move. The animal that I saw cross the road on 8/4/12 in Trinity County was not a bear, not a wolf (or any kind of dog), not a mountain lion (or a cat of any kind), not a wild hog. Its shape along with its slow, loping gait, was unlike anything I have ever seen.
After this sighting, as I continued driving, I felt awestruck. I knew I had seen something very unusual, a once in a lifetime sighting. I did not have any idea what kind of animal I had seen. As soon as I arrived home (in Conroe, TX), I researched on the internet and found, to my amazement, that there have been numerous Bigfoot sightings in the exact area where I had my sighting.
