- 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: 01090005
Class 3cHunter finds track way in feeder creek of Sabine River.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Fall/2005
Location: Wood County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Mineola
Time / Conditions: morning — morning
# of Witnesses: 2
Location: Wood County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Mineola
Time / Conditions: morning — morning
# of Witnesses: 2
Witness Account:
In 2005, near Mineola, off loop 564. Upon entering woods, traced repetitive tracks down a creek, saw footprints and handprints. Upon seeing this, got a tape measure & measured them, the stride being 5'2-5'6 average. I also took pictures. The footprints were 15 1/2-16" long and one appeared 11" wide. I followed the tracks approx 1/2 mile until they went into a three-acre wetland, then they disappeared into the water.
Physical evidence:
photos
Hand/foot prints:
see above
Sounds:
none
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Jerry Hestand
This report results from an incident that allegedly occurred in Wood County, Texas, in the fall of 2005.
This witness was reportedly hunting deer along a creek that feeds the Sabine River one morning when he came upon what appeared to be a track way of large barefoot tracks in the soft creek mud. After looking closely at the tracks, the hunter had no explanation for what created them, other than that they had been made by a bigfoot. The witness measured the tracks at fifteen and one-half inches in length. One of the tracks had a very wide measurement of almost eleven inches in width, although the soft mud may have played a role in expanding the width.
Along with his brother, the witness took photos of the tracks as seen here in this report. Prior to finding the track way, the witness had talked to an elderly gentleman who owned the land directly adjacent to the creek. The elderly gentleman had mentioned that there was a ?creature? that passed through the area.
Since then the land has been restricted and the witness and his brother are unable to return to the area. The witness is now a volunteer NAWAC investigator.
This report results from an incident that allegedly occurred in Wood County, Texas, in the fall of 2005.
This witness was reportedly hunting deer along a creek that feeds the Sabine River one morning when he came upon what appeared to be a track way of large barefoot tracks in the soft creek mud. After looking closely at the tracks, the hunter had no explanation for what created them, other than that they had been made by a bigfoot. The witness measured the tracks at fifteen and one-half inches in length. One of the tracks had a very wide measurement of almost eleven inches in width, although the soft mud may have played a role in expanding the width.
Along with his brother, the witness took photos of the tracks as seen here in this report. Prior to finding the track way, the witness had talked to an elderly gentleman who owned the land directly adjacent to the creek. The elderly gentleman had mentioned that there was a ?creature? that passed through the area.
Since then the land has been restricted and the witness and his brother are unable to return to the area. The witness is now a volunteer NAWAC investigator.
