Occurred Spring 1986 in Newton County, TX
Submitted on January 5, 2008 
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Family reports night time road encounter while driving home.
- Report#
- 01040019
- Occurred September 5, 2004
- (Submitted September 5, 2004)
Witness Observation
Me, my mom, and my sister were driving home from a friends house down a dirt road when a tall lurky creature dashed across the road. We slowed down but didn't stop. When we passed we looked back and saw the thing had come in the middle of the road staring at us.
Additional Observations
A man who lives close by saw one while fishing. People around here say they see them all the time.
Time and Conditions
About 10:00 P.M - Piney woods and Sabine River.
Investigator's Comments
Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Newton County, Texas in 2004 near the Sabine River.
I was able to interview the witness's mother about this encounter, who was a witness as well. The mother was not eager to classify as a bigfoot what she and her two children saw. In fact, even after the encounter, she still considers herself a skeptic. That being said, she remains "freaked out" and perhaps even a little unnerved by what she saw and for the first time, last night, locked the doors to her house. She explained that the family only lives one-half mile from where they encountered the strange subject.
The mother described the event as follows: It was about 10:00 PM and the family was returning home at a speed of approximately twenty miles per hour down the narrow county road. They had just crossed some railroad tracks where the road bends and at a distance of about thirty yards or so, they saw a two-legged, dark figure standing in the road. Due to the bend in the road, the light beams never fully illuminated the figure. As soon as the family saw the subject, it sprang or leapt from the road into the woods on the side of the road. The car quickly passed the spot and the mother saw the figure standing at the side of the road in her rearview mirror.
The mother said that while she could not completely rule out the possibility of the figure being human, its behavior was uncharacteristically non-human. Its coloration was decidedly single-tone and dark. The mother said the way that it leapt from the middle of the road to the woods didn't at all seem human, as most people would simply have stepped to the side of the road to allow the car to pass. It was certainly bent on hiding as quickly as it could. Its height was six feet tall or more, but the witness was simply unsure of the exact height. No reflective eye shine was noted nor were the witnesses able to discern any facial or body details; as said before, the beams of the headlights never fully illuminated the subject. The witnesses were absolutely certain that it was bipedal, dark, tall, and fast.
The mother said, "People around here say they see 'em [sasquatch/bigfoot] all the time." The family lives within two miles of the Sabine River. The mother said she wasn't sure what she and her kids saw, but she was "definitely freaked out" by it.
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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.