- 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: 04080031
Class 3aArmy Buddies Have Afternoon Sighting of Bipedal Creature While Hiking
Report Details
Occurrence date: July/1984
Location: County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Pickering
Time / Conditions: 14:00 — Partly cloudy and warm
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: County, LA
Nearby/Vicinity: Pickering
Time / Conditions: 14:00 — Partly cloudy and warm
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
Three of my fellow Army buddies and I decided to go camping one weekend approx. 2 1/2 miles behind the West La. Vo-Tech off U.S. Hwy 171 in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. We arrived on the afternoon of July 6th and set up camp. Everything went smoothly and normal that first night. The following morning two of us decided to go hiking and left our 2 buddies at camp. All that morning while out hiking, I kept on getting the feeling we were being followed, but did not see anything. At approx 2 p.m. we were about a mile from camp when approx. 200-250 ft. ahead of us a 6.5-7.0 ft. being walked across our path. The reason I say "being" is because I still don't know what exactly we saw. I can only describe it as somewhere in the 6.5-7.0 foot tall range. It was sort of a brownish-red color. It had arms that reached down past its waist. The thing had massive upper arms. The eyes were somewhat bigger than a human's eyes and they were brown in color. The top of its head was somewhat pointed, also. After standing and looking at us for about 2-3 mins, it turned and walked into the woods on the other side of the path. It never did make any aggressive moves toward us. We returned to our base that evening, instead of the next day, as planned.
Hand/foot prints:
none
Sounds:
no sounds
Additional observations:
This being did have a very bad rotten-food type odor.
