- 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: 01040002
Class 3aDeer hunter has visual encounter on southeast shore of Benton Lake.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Fall/1987
Location: Harrison County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Baldwin
Time / Conditions: Evening — Cold and clear. Swampy and wooded.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Harrison County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Baldwin
Time / Conditions: Evening — Cold and clear. Swampy and wooded.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was deer hunting on a piece of land called Benton right off of Caddo lake. I was standing at the shoreline watching the water when I saw something out of the side of my eye. Looked to my left and saw an animal come out of the water, look both ways and then walk into the woods. The animal was large even at the 50-yard distance dividing us. As I was walking back to the truck I saw a foot print in some loose soil.
Hand/foot prints:
Footprint in some soft soil.
Additional observations:
Large hair covered animal. There was no smell.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Charles DeVore
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Harrison County, along the shoreline of Caddo Lake, in 1987.
I have spoken with this witness a number of times as this incident reportedly occurred within a mile of my home. I know the witness to be a credible individual. He is 29 years old and has hunted this area all his life. He informed me that he has heard many stories about bigfoot sightings, has heard many unexplained noises and seen many possible footprints but this was his only visual encounter.
The witness remembered that he was still-hunting for deer; it was mid-afternoon. The witness stated that he was concealed at the water's edge on the southeast side of Benton Lake off Big Cypress Bayou above Caddo Lake, when he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. The witness recalled how he then observed a figure in the motion of standing up from a crouched position, standing in approximately 1 foot of water. At that time the subject reportedly looked from side to side and walked out of the water and then promptly disappeared into the woods. The subject was standing and walking bipedally. The witness had the impression that the subject did not notice him; the witness was very well camouflaged and off to the side at about 50 yards.
The witness estimated that he was able to observe the subject for possibly as long as two minutes as it looked around and walked off into the surrounding woods. The subject appeared to be roughly six feet tall and appeared to be covered with hair from head to toe. It appeared to be black in color but it was in the shadows of trees and had no direct sunlight on it. The witness stated that he could not make out facial details.
Being alone and somewhat startled, the witness did not go to look at the place where subject walked out of the water; the witness immediately left the scene. The witness remembered seeing one very large footprint in some loose soil on his way back to his truck.
The site of this incident is only 1/4 mile from another reported sighting during winter of 2001 by one of our locals (who will not go public with his sighting), and is 3/4 mile from where I had a possible encounter (no actual sighting) also during the winter of 2001.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Harrison County, along the shoreline of Caddo Lake, in 1987.
I have spoken with this witness a number of times as this incident reportedly occurred within a mile of my home. I know the witness to be a credible individual. He is 29 years old and has hunted this area all his life. He informed me that he has heard many stories about bigfoot sightings, has heard many unexplained noises and seen many possible footprints but this was his only visual encounter.
The witness remembered that he was still-hunting for deer; it was mid-afternoon. The witness stated that he was concealed at the water's edge on the southeast side of Benton Lake off Big Cypress Bayou above Caddo Lake, when he noticed movement out of the corner of his eye. The witness recalled how he then observed a figure in the motion of standing up from a crouched position, standing in approximately 1 foot of water. At that time the subject reportedly looked from side to side and walked out of the water and then promptly disappeared into the woods. The subject was standing and walking bipedally. The witness had the impression that the subject did not notice him; the witness was very well camouflaged and off to the side at about 50 yards.
The witness estimated that he was able to observe the subject for possibly as long as two minutes as it looked around and walked off into the surrounding woods. The subject appeared to be roughly six feet tall and appeared to be covered with hair from head to toe. It appeared to be black in color but it was in the shadows of trees and had no direct sunlight on it. The witness stated that he could not make out facial details.
Being alone and somewhat startled, the witness did not go to look at the place where subject walked out of the water; the witness immediately left the scene. The witness remembered seeing one very large footprint in some loose soil on his way back to his truck.
The site of this incident is only 1/4 mile from another reported sighting during winter of 2001 by one of our locals (who will not go public with his sighting), and is 3/4 mile from where I had a possible encounter (no actual sighting) also during the winter of 2001.
