- 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: 04080021
Class 3aFirefighter Captain's experience as a young teen.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1981
Location: Rapides Parish County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Pineville
Time / Conditions: 4pm maybe — Late afternoon. I don't remember; think it was a sunny, nice day.
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Rapides Parish County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Pineville
Time / Conditions: 4pm maybe — Late afternoon. I don't remember; think it was a sunny, nice day.
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
This was in the early 80s, late spring or early summer. I was still in high school (graduated in 1983).
My two brothers and I as well as my best friend and his two brothers were in a field with our 2 dogs goofing off, on top of a hill overlooking a swamp bottom. We had been talking about and wondering why the cattle that stayed in this field never went to a certain part of the field (the area we were looking at). (We jokingly called this the "devil's corner" because of this).
On this particular day the cattle had wandered into this area and were grazing. After about 10-15 minutes of sitting at the top of the hill and talking about this, we noticed that a few of the cattle looked very anxious and were looking toward the fence row that bordered the swamp area. We all started getting excited that the cows were scared of something, when all of a sudden the herd became startled and began running up the hill out of that corner and bottom. Since we were in their path we moved and watched them run back toward the south end of the field.
Being curious we gathered up some weapons (logs, sticks, rocks) and decided to go see what was there, not expecting to see anything. We crossed the muddy bottom and started toward the fence row. We noticed that it was extremely quiet in that corner of the field. We began to look around when we noticed some reddish hair stuck to the barbs on the fence. One of us said there are no reddish colored cows, so why is this hair this color and on the top row of 4 row barb wire fence (fence was 5 ft at the highest point). We then heard something moving in the woods (very thick and dense with lots of thorns) where the hair was. At this time I noticed that a pine tree roughly 5inches in diameter had been twisted and knocked over about 8-10 feet up. We hadn't had any storms recently and no other trees were damaged. We decided we should leave.
As we started to leave the younger 4 boys got scared and threw their stuff down and began running home, but my friend and I didn't. I then had the feeling that we were being watched. I asked my friend if he felt that as well and he said yeah. We turned toward the fence to see a face about 7ft up standing next to the broken tree. I asked my friend if he saw it as well and all he could say was "uh huh." We stared at it for about 2 minutes before we ran away. What I saw were 2 eyes, a black with gray/white color with red/orange hair. The top of the head was hidden by brush, the bridge of the nose was very apparent, straight, long and narrow, the rest was hidden from view.
After that we never said anything about it again. About a month later my friend decided he was going back in there to look around with his dog. (This is the same dog that was with us the first time and acted very afraid, and this dog has chased many animals in that field). I went as far as the fence row by the broken tree with him but told him I was not going in there with him and that I'd wait there for him. He said he'd be back later. After he crossed the fence I lost sight of him about five feet in. No sooner had I lost sight of him I heard movement to the left of the spot he went in, shortly after this I heard him come running back to the fence row, he was yelling I saw it, I saw it. He jumped that barbed wire fence in stride with his dog hot on his heels. From that day on we never went to that area again.
Later on that fall we found a calf in the swamp that had been ripped open and the guts had been pulled out, but not eaten. We passed it off as wild dogs or coyotes/wolves.
Later that winter we had a snow (unusual) and again found another calf that was the same way but in another area of the field. We also passed this off as wild dogs, coyotes/wolves.
That wooded area has since been cleared/thinned with homes in there now, but the swamp is still there and all but dried up. This swamp has access to Bayou Marie, Cedar lake, and the Red River. My parents still live there so I visit the area several times every month.
Hand/foot prints:
none
Sounds:
none
Additional observations:
none
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer
This investigation is a result of an alleged incident that occurred in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 1981.
This witness experienced two events when he was younger that he believes were bigfoot-related. The witness had an experience when he was younger, and then the above-mentioned experience when he was in his teens. After much conversation with the witness about the events, I am convinced that he remains steadfast in his belief that what he saw defies conventional explanation. The witness has returned to the area many times; his parents reside there.
I know the witness well and know him to be an honorable man of integrity with a career that spans two decades of serving his community as a fire fighter; he is now a Captain.
Rapides Parish is among the leading parishes in Louisiana for reported sightings of an upright bipedal ape-like creature. It was precisely because of the witness's experiences in his youth that he was drawn into investigating and researching this animal that ostensibly does not exist. The witness is confident of the details of his experience and is therefore passionate about the existence of the sasquatch.
This investigation is a result of an alleged incident that occurred in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, 1981.
This witness experienced two events when he was younger that he believes were bigfoot-related. The witness had an experience when he was younger, and then the above-mentioned experience when he was in his teens. After much conversation with the witness about the events, I am convinced that he remains steadfast in his belief that what he saw defies conventional explanation. The witness has returned to the area many times; his parents reside there.
I know the witness well and know him to be an honorable man of integrity with a career that spans two decades of serving his community as a fire fighter; he is now a Captain.
Rapides Parish is among the leading parishes in Louisiana for reported sightings of an upright bipedal ape-like creature. It was precisely because of the witness's experiences in his youth that he was drawn into investigating and researching this animal that ostensibly does not exist. The witness is confident of the details of his experience and is therefore passionate about the existence of the sasquatch.
