Occurred Fall 1997 in San Jacinto County, TX
Submitted on July 4, 2009 
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ATV rider in Sam Houston National Forest has encounter.
- Report#
- 01040020
- Occurred August 1, 1996
- (Submitted September 11, 2004)
Witness Observation
One evening a friend and I were riding my ATV through the Sam Houston National Forest. While riding down a straight and rather wide trail approximately 20 yards wide, I turned around to say something to my friend who was riding as passenger. Whenever I turned back around there was a large humanoid creature, approximately 6 - 6.5 feet tall, broad shouldered and thick in appearance, with either dark brown or black hair covering its entire body. It spooked me and I yelled at my passenger to look. When I yelled the creature turned and ran into the woods, (the creature made a quick turn upright and ran upright; this marks out the possibility of it being a bear). My friend did not see it and asked what I was yelling about. I could not speak from awe.
The creature was only approximately 40 - 50 yards in front of us in the wide open. I sped up the ATV to the location where the creature ran into the wood line. The limbs and brush were shaking back and forth but I did not see him again due to the thick underbrush East Texas is known for.
It scared me at first and I downshifted the ATV as fast as possible and sped away, stopping several hundred yards down the trail to explain to my friend what I had just seen.
It was an experience I will never forget, and who knows maybe it was meant just for me to see. I have told many people this story, most laugh. But I know what I saw.
I am an avid hunter but not a redneck. I respect all wildlife and have a lot of experience in the field of wildlife. There is nothing else it could have been. Like I said before, I had a clear 40 - 50 yard sighting of the creature.
Additional Observations
Large humanoid creature, approximately 6 - 6.5 feet tall, broad shouldered and thick in appearance, with either dark brown or black hair covering its entire body.
Time and Conditions
It was mid day to early evening. - It was mostly dense pine forest. There are many creeks in the area where I observed this creature. The weather was very clear and the visibility was very good due to midday hours.
Investigator's Comments
Daryl Colyer
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in San Jacinto, County, off Red Road in 1996.
The witness is a police officer in East Texas and has no doubt of what he saw. I have interviewed him several times, and met him onsite along with TBRC investigator Jerry Hestand.
The witness could recall no facial details due to the distance of the encounter. He indicated that the sighting lasted perhaps three seconds before the "broad-shouldered" upright subject headed into the thick undergrowth of the Sam Houston National Forest.
The witness has tried to tell others of what he saw, but he has mostly been met with derision. I have no doubts about the veracity of the witness's account or of the witness's honesty and integrity.
While investigating the general area on a separate occasion in September 2004, and just after sundown, TBRC investigator John Dickey and I heard, at an uncomfortable extremely close range, a series of six, very loud, moaning howls almost identical to the so-called "Ohio Howl." These howls were longer than the "Ohio Howl" and ended with a growl. We interpreted the howls as being quite aggressive. The last of the howls modulated up into a high-pitched howl. The howls were followed by the loud sound of a large branch snapping. Nothing else was heard after the first series of vocalizations.
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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.