- 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: 04080006
Class 3aIndividual has close encounter while walking down road.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Winter/1998
Location: Caddo Parish County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Vivian
Time / Conditions: 18:00 — Dusk to dark.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Caddo Parish County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Vivian
Time / Conditions: 18:00 — Dusk to dark.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
About 15 feet in front of me a very large hairy black animal ran across the road in front of me (I was walking on foot). I heard limbs cracking, grunting and moaning. It ran pretty fast and ran slumped over. If it would have stopped and stood up it would have been 8 feet tall. Very large, hairy, had a gorilla head, he was black, slumped over, fast, moaned while he ran. Very BIG.
I was walking down an oil field road when it ran out in front of me. I was actually looking for my girlfriend which got lost back in there. I have had a guy to tell me a story. Around the same area he and some friends were fishing and heard some loud moans and hollering from the wooded swamps. They never did see anything.
Physical evidence:
None I know of, didn't go back there. After I saw it I took off running
Sounds:
While he ran through the woods and across the road he was moaning pretty loud.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Jerry Hestand
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the winter of 1998.
I interviewed the witness 16 October 2001. There is not much to add to his report other than it fits many of the patterns of past sightings. He did give me directions to the sighting area. I have been down the highway where the sighting occurred about two years ago. The area is typical of the surroundings of Caddo Lake; it is remote bottomland.
The witness was willing and eager to meet up with us to show us the site. He works shift work, and could possibly go out to the area on a weekend. The sighting took place on an old oil well road, which would make it private.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, in the winter of 1998.
I interviewed the witness 16 October 2001. There is not much to add to his report other than it fits many of the patterns of past sightings. He did give me directions to the sighting area. I have been down the highway where the sighting occurred about two years ago. The area is typical of the surroundings of Caddo Lake; it is remote bottomland.
The witness was willing and eager to meet up with us to show us the site. He works shift work, and could possibly go out to the area on a weekend. The sighting took place on an old oil well road, which would make it private.
