- 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: 01020061
Class 3aMan walking in the woods reports encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: November/2002
Location: Red River County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Faulkner
Time / Conditions: 6:30 AM — There is a very big corn field north of the creek, a couple of thousand acres. Several cattle farms are in the area and lots of folks have goats, pigs and chickens. Lots of gardens and truck patches. Watermelons did good this year, squash and pumpkins.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Red River County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Faulkner
Time / Conditions: 6:30 AM — There is a very big corn field north of the creek, a couple of thousand acres. Several cattle farms are in the area and lots of folks have goats, pigs and chickens. Lots of gardens and truck patches. Watermelons did good this year, squash and pumpkins.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was walking east on the north creek bank at sunrise. After going about 1/4 mile, I heard someone walking through the woods on the south side of the creek. The sun was just coming up and the other hunter was outlined by the morning light.
Not wanting to be mistaken for a deer, I hollered out that I was down in the bottom. I got no response so I hollered again. That's when this big old sucker stepped out of the woods onto the high creek bank and hollered back at me so loud that I froze in my tracks. I couldn't move.
It was over 8 feet tall, reddish brown color. Its arms were very long, down to its knees. The shoulders were wide, like 4 feet across and had a small waist. This critter was built like a weight lifter. It hollered one more time and shook a cedar tree like it was going to rip it out of the ground. Then it turned and headed south back into the woods. I waited for what a good while and then ran back to my truck.
Hand/foot prints:
The footprints were 18 inches long, 7 inches wide and about 2 inches deep in the ground. It had five toes but they spread out kind of like fingers rather than toes.
Sounds:
It sounded kind of like a roar but as loud as a freight train. It lasted for what seemed like a minute but probably more like 15 seconds. Sometimes it sounds like people talking some foreign language, sometimes its more like ape sounds. There are screams in the night like a woman, this summer there was the sound of a baby crying.
Additional observations:
The critter was over 8 feet tall, reddish brown color, about like the color of an oak tree or the dead leaves on the ground. It was built like a weight lifter with broad shoulders and small waist, long arms that were bigger around than my legs. It didn't lift its feet when it moved, sort of glided through the woods.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Gino Napoli and Jerry Hestand
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Red River County, Texas in November of 2002.
The Pine Creek bottom joins the Red River bottomland there. Just inside Red River County and near the Lamar County/Red River County line, there appeared to be no houses within a mile or so.
Jerry Hestand and I (Gino Napoli) searched the area and found a few possible signs of evidence. I have been in the area several times and I believe there may be something in the area besides panthers, coyotes, bobcats, deer and wild hogs; there may also be an occasional black bear. Of course, the description given by the witness falls well outside of the descriptions of these mammals. The witness had a look of fear in his eyes and beads of sweat on his brow as he gave me his statement.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Red River County, Texas in November of 2002.
The Pine Creek bottom joins the Red River bottomland there. Just inside Red River County and near the Lamar County/Red River County line, there appeared to be no houses within a mile or so.
Jerry Hestand and I (Gino Napoli) searched the area and found a few possible signs of evidence. I have been in the area several times and I believe there may be something in the area besides panthers, coyotes, bobcats, deer and wild hogs; there may also be an occasional black bear. Of course, the description given by the witness falls well outside of the descriptions of these mammals. The witness had a look of fear in his eyes and beads of sweat on his brow as he gave me his statement.
