- 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: 03080027
Class 3aMotorist has visual encounter while crossing bridge on his way to work.
Report Details
Occurrence date: October/1981
Location: Benton County, AR
Nearby/Vicinity: Siloam Springs
Time / Conditions: 06:00 — Natural lighting, cool dry conditions.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Benton County, AR
Nearby/Vicinity: Siloam Springs
Time / Conditions: 06:00 — Natural lighting, cool dry conditions.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
In early to mid October of 1981, I was 17 years old. I was working weekends in Fayetteville, a town 28 miles from where I lived in Siloam Springs. I usually left for work around 5:30 am. I would drive the old highway #68 towards Fayetteville-Springdale.
One morning I was on my way to work and as I was coming close to where Fairmount road was I could see something by the bridge at first I thought it was a coyote or large dog scratching around the bridge with its back legs but as I got closer I realized it was not and that it was a sasquatch! It was a reddish-brown color and I could see its face area had almost no hair and the skin tone was lighter than the rest of it. It looked up at me as I passed on over the bridge. My car was a Volkswagen bug and the lights were not very bright. It seemed to be startled.
I looked into the rearview mirror to see it jump up and run across the road. It moved in long strides and very quickly. It was tall maybe close to 7 feet and was thinner than I would have expected it to be. The activity it seemed to be doing when I first saw it was digging at the ground next to the bridge the motion it was using was similar to what primates do, the manner in which it moved across the road was however more like a human would move.
Hand/foot prints:
None.
Sounds:
No sounds heard.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Jerry Hestand
This report was published as a result of an investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in Benton County, Arkansas in October 1981.
The witness had no deviation from the original report and offered no further details. He reiterated his original descriptive details of the subject being approximately seven feet tall, covered with reddish-brown hair and bipedal. The face appeared to have no hair and was of a lighter tone than the hair.
This report was published as a result of an investigation into an incident that allegedly occurred in Benton County, Arkansas in October 1981.
The witness had no deviation from the original report and offered no further details. He reiterated his original descriptive details of the subject being approximately seven feet tall, covered with reddish-brown hair and bipedal. The face appeared to have no hair and was of a lighter tone than the hair.
