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Visual encounters reported near Pat Mayse Lake.

Report#: 01020008
Occurred Spring 1976: (Submitted March 19, 2002)

Witness Observation

While camping at Hippie Point on Pat Mayse lake, myself and two other guys had something circling our camp. We decided to leave the camp. I was on my way to the observation deck on the dam, when I noticed a creature watching me. The creature watched me from the guard rail on the road. When I got back to the camp the other two asked me what was following me. I told them what it was.

My second sighting took place in March 2001. Creature stood up on the side of the road when I passed. The creature looked to be about 6 feet tall and had long reddish brown hair.

Physical Evidence

Tracks in the area of the second sighting.

Sounds

Just the sounds of something walking, circling the camp.

Time and Conditions

2:00 AM - Wooded camping area at Pat Mayse Lake.

Investigator's Comments

Craig Woolheater

This investigation was conducted as a result of incidents that allegedly occurred in Lamar County, Texas in 1976 and in 2001.

I interviewed the witness on 20 March 2002. He has reportedly experienced two visual encounters, both in Lamar County. The first encounter was ostensibly at Pay Mayse Lake, in early Spring of 1976. He was 16 years old. The weather was nice with a full moon.

The witness indicated that he was camping with two other men at the area called Hippie Point on Pat Mayse Lake. The witness recalled that around 2:00 am, they heard movement sounds of something seemingly circling the camp. After a little while of listening to this, the campers decided to leave the campsite.

The witness chose to go to the observation tower on the dam of the lake. When crossing the dam he noticed something striking the guardrail on the road. He turned to see something lying on its back watching him from the guardrail. He could not make out the color of the subject, but because of the full moon he could see the form.

The witness went back to where his two friends were. They told him they had seen something following him. He told them what it was.

The second reported visual encounter was in March of 2001 around 9:00 am on a rainy day. The witness remembered that he was traveling down a county road where the Mallory Cemetery is located between Roxton and Ambia, Texas. Along the side of the road, in a ditch, was what the witness initially thought was a dog with long, reddish, brown hair. As he drove closer, the animal stood up on two legs and walked away. The witness said the subject appeared to be 6 feet tall and was a biped.

The witness turned around but found that the subject was no longer there. The witness recalled finding two tracks in the ditch.

The mother of the witness claimed to have heard vocalizations from the meadow on her property in 1999.

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Class 1a: A sasquatch/bigfoot specimen has been collected (alive or dead).
Class 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.