- 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: 01020018
Class 3aWhile plowing field teen has distant visual encounter.
Report Details
Occurrence date: Summer/1978-1979
Location: Wharton County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Spanish Camp
Time / Conditions: Dusk. — Wooded, we were clearing this land of large pecan trees for farming. Farm land was pretty much around the whole area. If the land wasn't being farmed, it had cows on it. That's the livelihood for everyone down there.
# of Witnesses:
Location: Wharton County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Spanish Camp
Time / Conditions: Dusk. — Wooded, we were clearing this land of large pecan trees for farming. Farm land was pretty much around the whole area. If the land wasn't being farmed, it had cows on it. That's the livelihood for everyone down there.
# of Witnesses:
Witness Account:
Let me first start by saying that when I opened my new issue of Texas Fish and Game, it opened right to the page with the picture of the "creature" on it, and the hairs stood on my head. The image of the creature in the background is right on the money for what I saw.
At the time, I was probably around 13-14 years of age (I'm now 37), and I've never had the opportunity to "officially" tell anyone about this until now. Only my family and close friends have heard this, and every time I tell it, my eyes water, and the hairs on my head stand on end (I can't explain this reaction). Back then, we were in the process of clearing 40 acres of bottom land for farming. I was in the woods alone, operating a Model R John Deere, with an offset plow. I was making a turn under a tree, when a limb got hung on the stack of the tractor. When freed from the stack, the limb came towards the rear of the tractor, where I was already on the floorboard, so instead of catching me, and throwing me off the seat into the plow, caught the throttle (mounted on the steering column), killing the engine, and putting a nice bend in the steering wheel.
Don't know how much you know about a Model R, but it has a smaller motor (pony motor), which starts the larger motor. I was never successful in starting the larger motor with the pony motor.
I was in the "bottom" of this 40 acre bottom, and to my left was a dirt road, and some cows inside a fence. To my right was the majority of the acreage, and a fence about 175-200 yards away.
It was on the fence line 175-200 yards away, where I saw a large dark figure (standing on two legs), and it appeared to be trying to get a better look at me, by leaning one way then the other. I actually saw the arm move a branch. It was partially blocked by foliage along the fence line, and I could not make out any facial features. After both of us getting a better look at each other, I had seen enough and sprung from the tractor, running as fast as I can (which is not easy to do in freshly plowed ground). I realized the tractor was probably my best chance out of there, so I ran back, pulled the pin from the clevis, and started pulling furiously on the starter for the pony motor which started. I released the compression on the larger engine with one lever, and then engaged the pony motor to the larger engine with another lever, and for the first time, successfully started that tractor on my own. While beating a hasty retreat, I looked back along the fence line, but could not see "it" anymore.
Physical evidence:
Never checked.
Additional observations:
No. The stack on that tractor consisted of a straight piece of 5 inch pipe welded to the manifold. After it shuts down, EVERYTHING is quiet until you get your hearing back. The Model R is the diesel version of the "popping johnny".
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Craig Woolheater
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred near Spanish Camp, in Wharton County, Texas in 1978 or 1979.
I interviewed the witness 3 May 2002. He remembered that he was 13 years old and was plowing bottomland on his family farm. He recalled that it was a hot, bright sunny day. The witness said that while he was turning under a tree, a branch hit the throttle on the tractor, and the engine died. The witness got off the tractor to restart it and then noticed a dark figure approximately 200 yards away (more or less). The witness recalled how the subject started leaning or swaying from one side to the next, as if trying to get a better look at the witness. It seemed to the witness that the subject seemed curious about the witness. The witness remembered how he then saw the subject?s arm move a branch out of the way of its view.
The witness said he could tell that the subject was very tall and heavy in stature. The witness had some frame of reference for height because there was a fence next to the subject that was quite high. The distance was too great for the witness to be able to discern facial details.
The witness estimated that the incident lasted perhaps 90 seconds. Once the witness figured out what he was watching he became frightened and took off running as fast as he could. He stopped running and realized he should use the tractor to leave the area. He started up the tractor and looked back to see if the subject was still there. By this time, it had already gone. Soon after the witness arrived back home he told his parents what he had seen; they did not laugh or seemed shocked.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred near Spanish Camp, in Wharton County, Texas in 1978 or 1979.
I interviewed the witness 3 May 2002. He remembered that he was 13 years old and was plowing bottomland on his family farm. He recalled that it was a hot, bright sunny day. The witness said that while he was turning under a tree, a branch hit the throttle on the tractor, and the engine died. The witness got off the tractor to restart it and then noticed a dark figure approximately 200 yards away (more or less). The witness recalled how the subject started leaning or swaying from one side to the next, as if trying to get a better look at the witness. It seemed to the witness that the subject seemed curious about the witness. The witness remembered how he then saw the subject?s arm move a branch out of the way of its view.
The witness said he could tell that the subject was very tall and heavy in stature. The witness had some frame of reference for height because there was a fence next to the subject that was quite high. The distance was too great for the witness to be able to discern facial details.
The witness estimated that the incident lasted perhaps 90 seconds. Once the witness figured out what he was watching he became frightened and took off running as fast as he could. He stopped running and realized he should use the tractor to leave the area. He started up the tractor and looked back to see if the subject was still there. By this time, it had already gone. Soon after the witness arrived back home he told his parents what he had seen; they did not laugh or seemed shocked.
