- 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: 22060601
Class 3cTerrifying Screams Remembered by Remote Fisherman
Report Details
Occurrence date: July/1982
Location: Texas County, MO
Nearby/Vicinity: Licking
Time / Conditions: 10:00 — Very dark. No moon.
# of Witnesses: 4
Location: Texas County, MO
Nearby/Vicinity: Licking
Time / Conditions: 10:00 — Very dark. No moon.
# of Witnesses: 4
Witness Account:
I don't remember the exact date this happened. My dads family were all from Missouri. Dad and his six brothers were all born and raised around Steelville Mo. They were all outdoorsmen. Fishing hunting and trapping. Only one of them said anything about seeing an unusual animal. He worked at a place called Montauk state park. I think that is where he saw it. When I asked him what kind of unusual animal he refused to talk about. I wish now I had tried to get him to talk about it but I didn't. We were floating the big piney river at about ten o'clock at night. My uncle and cousin in one boat and my dad and I in the other. We would float the river till we got to a certain spot and then fish from the bank until it got dark. Then we would put on our jitter bug lures and float the last hole of water before we got out. It was a very dark night no moon. We could see by star light where the tree line was. My uncle asked us if we would not wear any light colored clothes. I guess as to not spook the fish. So here we are drifting silently down river. And I mean silently. When I caught a fish. I had some trouble getting it on the stringer. My uncle said turn out that light I was using . A few minutes later as we drifted silently down river. Which flows very slowly by the way. We hear this hair raising bloodcurdling SCREAM . The likes of which I have never heard before or since. It was amazing. Like something out of a horror film only worse. Very loud and it seemed to go on for a long time. Now that I think about it was probably only about fifteen seconds. Seemed much longer at the time . I asked my dad what was that and he very quietly said I don't know . Then I asked my uncle what was that . No answer . I could hear my uncle and my cousin talking in hushed tones. I heard my cousin say momo. I asked my uncle again what was that and he said it was a cow forget about it. Now I admit to being a a city boy but a cow really . Later he said it was a cow drowning . An animal that size drowning would have disturbed the water. The river was calm as glass. There were no sounds that you would expect to hear from an animal drowning. I think it was the best thing he could think of at the time. My uncle was very religious and I don't believe that he could accept the idea that there might be some hairy missing link running around in the forest. Everything seemed normal before we heard this. Afterward it was just weird. Even the woods seemed different. The usual sounds were gone. The scream had a female quality to it at first then as it trailed off it took on a more masculine sound. Not like a grunt. I believe we put ourselves in a perfect position to spook something on the bank silently drifting down river like that. I know there is a trail along the bank where the scream came from. I would not have had the guts to go back in there that night but I wanted to go the next day. My dad refused to let me. It seemed that I was the only one that wanted talk about this. I remember the look of fear in my cousins eyes. They were as big as silver dollars. I think this scared my dad more than he wanted to admit. We never fished this stretch river again. I think it scared the crap out of all of us. We had flashlights but didn't use them. Maybe we didn't want to see what it was. I have always regretted not using a flashlight because I will never know what it was. I think about that a lot.
Hand/foot prints:
None
Sounds:
Loud scream.
Additional observations:
Just the scream. No smell. We could not see a thing on the bank. Too dark
