- 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: 22040801
Class 3aBLM Worker Has Multiple Encounters
Report Details
Occurrence date: September/2020
Location: Pennington County, SD
Nearby/Vicinity: Hill City
Time / Conditions: 22:00
# of Witnesses: 0
Location: Pennington County, SD
Nearby/Vicinity: Hill City
Time / Conditions: 22:00
# of Witnesses: 0
Witness Account:
I live in the Black Hills of western South Dakota. In 1997, while working in the woods of Oregon for the BLM, I had three visual encounters, and many non-visual experiences. The creatures, which I thought were juveniles, would follow me about my timber sale marking duties and they would forcefully shake smaller diameter poplar-species after I had passed the area. On one occasion, a male and female sasquatch and I would keep eye contact on each other as we ate black berries from our separate berry patches 100+ yards apart. On another occasion a 4.5'-5' male sasquatch ran across the logging road before me as I came back down the mountain enroute to Coos Bay. My later encounter was in 2020 at my place in the woods here in the Black Hills. about 8 miles from Hill City and 34 miles from Rapid City.
