Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy

Motorist reports early morning highway sighting on bridge across Big Cypress Creek.

Report#: 01090013
Occurred February 4, 2009: (Submitted February 12, 2009)

Witness Observation

While driving home (southbound) from work I was crossing the long bridge between Mt. Pleasant and Pittsburg Texas on hwy 271. There was road construction. I slowed down to about 25 mph and there was a large hairy thing about to cross the road. I could not believe what I was seeing. It looked like a big gorilla with hair all over. It was about 8 feet tall very big and wide shouldered. It walked with a lazy walk. It was bent over but walking like a man with long dark hair all over it's body. When I passed it, it started out into the road and another car was coming from the other direction. It walked in front of the other car and I saw it through my review mirror when the other cars lights hit it. I was told by another person about a year ago that they saw the same thing. I thought they were crazy but now I don't think so.... I went back the next day to see if there were footprints. However, the grass was so tall I could not find anything.

Time and Conditions

5:00 am - Dark and clear. Headlights from car.

Investigator's Comments

Daryl Colyer

This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Camp County, Texas at the bridge over Big Cypress Creek near Lake Bob Sandlin, halfway between Mt. Pleasant and Pittsburg, in February 2009.

I interviewed the witness at length about his report and also dispatched Ken Stewart to conduct an onsite investigation.

During the interview, it was clear to me that the witness was shocked and amazed by what he perceived that he saw walking along the side of the highway. When he first saw the subject, as he recalled, he uttered several expletives and kept repeating, "Jesus Christ!" He was in a state of complete wonder as to what he was seeing.

The witness stated that as he approached it, he saw only its backside, but he was able to fully note that the subject was large (seven to eight feet in height); was totally covered with dark hair; had a pronounced arm swing; and was clearly upright and bipedal. The witness's description of the subject's gait centered on the word "lazy" as the main adjective.

The witness recalled that after he passed the subject, it was illuminated by the lights from another vehicle, so he saw it in his mirror as it crossed the road. He estimated that from the time he first noticed the subject until he completely lost sight of it was no longer than ten to fifteen seconds. The closest that the witness came to the subject was inside of thirty feet as it walked along the side of the highway in the grass before crossing over. At no time did the witness recall an anterior view of the subject, so he could not see the face; the visual was predominantly of the subject's posterior, and then very briefly in the rearview mirror, the witness caught a quick lateral view of the subject.

The witness later tried to tell others of the incident, including his supervisor, but he was greeted mostly with ridicule.

The bridge where the incident allegedly occurred spans the Big Cypress Creek and is not far from Lake Bob Sandlin. Both sides of the highway in the area are thick with riparian woodlands that span and envelope Big Cypress Creek. The Big Cypress Creek riparian corridor certainly seems sufficient and conducive for the movement of even rare wildlife, perhaps seeking out large tracts of less fragmented East Texas forests.

During Ken Stewart's onsite assessment of the site, he did not discover any corroborating indications that such an animal had passed through or temporarily nested, although by the time Stewart arrived onsite, three weeks had passed since the incident allegedly occurred. Stewart was able to take several photos of the site, a few of which are provided in this report.

A view into Big Cypress Creek's riparian woodlands from the highway.

Another view of the woodlands from the highway.

Big Cypress Creek can be seen through the wintered hardwoods.

The view down the highway where the subject was said to have been walking through the grass along the side of the road.

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