- 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: 03080020
Class 3aFisherman has close encounter on lake in western Arkansas.
Report Details
Occurrence date: July/1988
Location: Sebastian County, AR
Nearby/Vicinity: Huntington
Time / Conditions: 12:00 — Clear.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Sebastian County, AR
Nearby/Vicinity: Huntington
Time / Conditions: 12:00 — Clear.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was visiting some friends in Huntington Arkansas in the summer of 1988. We all decided to go to a local lake for some bass fishing. They had warned me that there were tons of water moccasins and to be VERY careful where I stepped. I was moving along the bank fishing and I was paying a whole bunch of attention to where I was placing my feet when all of a sudden there was a commotion in the woods about fifteen feet to the right of me. When I turned and looked I could see a very large creature, about 7 to 8 feet tall with very broad shoulders, and could hear a sort "whoooop whoooop" noise. Thinking it was one of my companions trying to scare me I moved toward it. At that time it grabbed the tree trunk next to it and just twisted it off, and kind of slapped the ground with it, and made a very low guttural growl. At that point I was more scared than I have ever been in my life. It was really intimidating because its muscles were flexed, and its head was tilted down and it was staring right at me. My Dad had taught me about encounters with bears and what to do. My instinct was to run, but my Dad always taught me that an animal will chase you if you run. I just dropped my pole and looked down at the ground and slowly backed away. The animal followed me a short way and just turned and walked into the woods. When I got back to where my friends were I told them happened and they just laughed at, and made fun of me. I have never been back to that part of the country and now live in the desert where there are few trees.
Hand/foot prints:
I never went back to that spot. I will never return there again. I still dream about it, and it scares me just the same as when it happened.
Sounds:
At first it made a "whoop whoop" sound and then it growled at me.
Additional observations:
I saw a large gorilla-like animal standing with its knees bent and legs slightly bowed outward. Its face was very long with a very pronounced lower lip, almost like the orangutan that Clint Eastwood had as a side-kick. Its nose was something like a gorilla, but more pronounced, kinda pushed up. Its chin was VERY long compared to its face. It had a Jay Leno chin. It had very dark brown ape-like eyes. It had reddish-brown hair, just like a gorilla only longer. It was not thick hair, actually very pretty hair, like an Irish Setter. There was no smell, but the wind was blowing away from me, towards the animal. I noticed that it touched the ground with the knuckles of the left hand as it moved toward me after it twisted off the tree. Since them I have seen chimpanzees act in a similar manner on Discovery Channel when threatened. I also seem to remember that its feet were different from ours, not like a monkey, but not exactly like a human, either. As it growled at me its mouth made an "O" shape. At that point I lowered my head and backed away very slowly. One thing that I remember was that as it walked away it kept its knees bent and took very long strides. It walked with its arms to its sides. I would have to say that it looked like a female, since it had what looked like large floppy breasts. Once it turned away, it was very concentrated on a particular bushy spot, where it paused, hunched down then quickly stood up and briskly walked away. The only thing I could figure was that it either had food or young, but I didn't see either since by that time it was about 75 feet from me among the trees. There were no smells except maybe a moldy smell, like a hamster cage, kinda like rotting leaves and stuff.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Sebastian County, Arkansas, 1988.
I interviewed the witness 21 April 2004. I found his testimony compelling and credible. The witness has never lived in Arkansas and has no memory of the name of the lake or of any roads that were taken to get to the lake.
According to his statement, in 1988 while visiting friends in Sebastian County, Arkansas, the witness had an extraordinary encounter with an unknown, bipedal, apelike creature that stood approximately seven feet in height. It was not until later that the witness considered the subject to be a bigfoot.
In questioning the witness, I was able to gather the following additional information about his close encounter:
As the witness tried to fish, he began to hear noises emanating from the woods only feet from him. He described the sounds as reminiscent of "cattle going through the woods." He looked to see a figure exiting the woods and immediately considered it to be human. It took him only a second or two to discern that the being was not human, and was unlike anything he had ever seen.
The subject "stood straight up and grabbed a small tree" (approximately two inches in diameter), twisted it, and snapped it off "like it was a twig" in the presence of the witness. The witness stood "in awe." The witness recalled how the subject then began to "slap the ground" with the tree. The witness explained that the subject then began to vocalize, "WHOOOP!!! WHOOOOOP!! WHOOOOOOP!!" The subject's eyes were "wide open" and "big." The witness said the subject looked "very scared" or concerned. The witness felt that the subject could have killed him easily. "Had it been a lion, I would be dead now," the witness stated. The subject "put its head down and bared its teeth" while "grumbling or growling" at the witness.
After a few seconds of witnessing this, the shocked witness began to move down the bank away from the subject. At that time, the subject took a few steps forward and then turned back toward the woods. It appeared to pause briefly and "pick something up" before disappearing into the woods. As the witness continued to flee back to his friends, he said he heard nothing else but had a feeling of "being watched."
Visibly shaken and disturbed, upon locating his friends, the witness told them of his encounter; his friends did not take him seriously. The group left the area, and the witness said he has never had a desire to return.
The witness described the subject as "clearly female" with "big breasts." "Long, pretty hair" of a "reddish brown" or "reddish-golden" color covered most of its body. The hair was long on its head and shoulders, but shorter on the rest of the body. The subject seemed to have no neck and had a "rounded head." The witness said the subject's teeth reminded him of "horse teeth." The arms and hands were long. The facial skin "appeared brown" and the skin on its hands was "dark brown."
Overall, the incident lasted a minute at the very most (encompassing the first noises of crashing through the woods).
In my investigations, I have interviewed many witnesses who perceived that they were victims of "intimidation behavior," by unseen and unknown tormentors. Usually in reports involving intimidation behavior, the animals remain just out of sight and resort to various noise-making actions in order to intimidate and frighten. Screams, whoops, growls, rock-throwing, stick-wielding, etc. are all common threads in reports of intimidation behavior. In my opinion, this report is significant in that the witness actually, visually identified the subject while it attempted to intimidate him. The witness stated that what he saw was indeed a sasquatch.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Sebastian County, Arkansas, 1988.
I interviewed the witness 21 April 2004. I found his testimony compelling and credible. The witness has never lived in Arkansas and has no memory of the name of the lake or of any roads that were taken to get to the lake.
According to his statement, in 1988 while visiting friends in Sebastian County, Arkansas, the witness had an extraordinary encounter with an unknown, bipedal, apelike creature that stood approximately seven feet in height. It was not until later that the witness considered the subject to be a bigfoot.
In questioning the witness, I was able to gather the following additional information about his close encounter:
As the witness tried to fish, he began to hear noises emanating from the woods only feet from him. He described the sounds as reminiscent of "cattle going through the woods." He looked to see a figure exiting the woods and immediately considered it to be human. It took him only a second or two to discern that the being was not human, and was unlike anything he had ever seen.
The subject "stood straight up and grabbed a small tree" (approximately two inches in diameter), twisted it, and snapped it off "like it was a twig" in the presence of the witness. The witness stood "in awe." The witness recalled how the subject then began to "slap the ground" with the tree. The witness explained that the subject then began to vocalize, "WHOOOP!!! WHOOOOOP!! WHOOOOOOP!!" The subject's eyes were "wide open" and "big." The witness said the subject looked "very scared" or concerned. The witness felt that the subject could have killed him easily. "Had it been a lion, I would be dead now," the witness stated. The subject "put its head down and bared its teeth" while "grumbling or growling" at the witness.
After a few seconds of witnessing this, the shocked witness began to move down the bank away from the subject. At that time, the subject took a few steps forward and then turned back toward the woods. It appeared to pause briefly and "pick something up" before disappearing into the woods. As the witness continued to flee back to his friends, he said he heard nothing else but had a feeling of "being watched."
Visibly shaken and disturbed, upon locating his friends, the witness told them of his encounter; his friends did not take him seriously. The group left the area, and the witness said he has never had a desire to return.
The witness described the subject as "clearly female" with "big breasts." "Long, pretty hair" of a "reddish brown" or "reddish-golden" color covered most of its body. The hair was long on its head and shoulders, but shorter on the rest of the body. The subject seemed to have no neck and had a "rounded head." The witness said the subject's teeth reminded him of "horse teeth." The arms and hands were long. The facial skin "appeared brown" and the skin on its hands was "dark brown."
Overall, the incident lasted a minute at the very most (encompassing the first noises of crashing through the woods).
In my investigations, I have interviewed many witnesses who perceived that they were victims of "intimidation behavior," by unseen and unknown tormentors. Usually in reports involving intimidation behavior, the animals remain just out of sight and resort to various noise-making actions in order to intimidate and frighten. Screams, whoops, growls, rock-throwing, stick-wielding, etc. are all common threads in reports of intimidation behavior. In my opinion, this report is significant in that the witness actually, visually identified the subject while it attempted to intimidate him. The witness stated that what he saw was indeed a sasquatch.
