Class 3a Encounter Report in Junction, TX, Case #01060009

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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: 01060009

Class 3a

Man recalls strange encounter as youth on uncle's hunting lease near the Llano River.

Report Details

Occurrence date: Summer/1978 or 1979
Location: Kimble County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: Junction
Time / Conditions: 1st sighting evening/night (8-9 PM) - 2nd sighting 10:00 AM clear — Rocky terrain.
# of Witnesses: 1

Witness Account:
My uncle owned a small ranch in that location, couple hundred acres. He used to lease it for deer hunting. The year was 1978 or 1979, summertime. Each year after hunting season ended we would return and fix/repair the deer blinds, spread deer corn and place salt blocks out to keep the deer in the general area for next year's hunt. We never stayed at the location for long - only a couple of days each month to check on the place.

On this trip we had only planned to stay overnight and return the next day. We arrived on a Friday morning and began to check our deer blinds, nothing unusual, making a few repairs and dropping deer corn at several deer blinds around the property. The trailer we had on the property had no running water, so any bathroom duties had to be done outside.

It was evening/night and I was urinating outside, when I noticed a rather large strange looking tree in the distance. I stood looking at what I thought was a tree and I remember thinking I had not seen that large tree there before. I took one or two steps to the side to see if I could get a better angle to see it. That's when it slowly crouched or kneeled down into the shadows and I could no longer see it. I walked inside and told my uncle that I thought we had poachers or trespassers on the property. (It's not unusual to see illegals crossing fences/property)

I was only able to see the shape/silhouette and this was from a distance. My uncle didn't seem concerned and told me not to worry about it, he said I may have mistaken it for something else because it was dark outside.

The following morning we were loading up the truck to return back to San Antonio. I told my uncle I wanted to collect some small cacti and bring them back home for a rock garden. I took a short cut through the ranch to a gather some cacti that I had already staked out from a prior trip. I had collected 2 small cacti and for some strange reason (not sure if I heard something or felt something) but I got up from a crouched position and turned to see a very tall (7 or 8 ft) large broad shouldered "thing." I focused on the shoulders immediately then the elongated cone shaped head. I saw no neck, ears, mouth. It was dark in color. It appeared to be watching me from a very short distance. I was only able to see it from the breast bone or chest area up due to a large bush in front of it. It slowly crouched or kneeled behind the bush, and I could no longer see it.

I dropped the cacti and ran back to the ranch to alert my uncle, we went back to the location with weapons and found nothing except the cacti I had dropped. I was telling my uncle what I had seen and now believed it was the same thing I had seen the night before. My uncle was trying to decide if we should stay or leave back home when we noticed a car coming down the road. It was the local game warden.

I remember asking my uncle "what's the game warden doing here in the middle of summer?" His reply was he didn't know.

The game warden knew my uncle because every year the game warden would come to the ranch the first day of deer season to check all our permits. The game warden said hello, and then asked my uncle how long had we been here. My uncle had told him we had just arrived yesterday and were leaving just before he arrived. The game warden then asked if we had seen anything strange or weird while we had been up here. My uncle and I both looked at each other. My uncle told the game warden to talk to me. The game warden took my name and took me aside. I told him what I had seen. Game warden then took my uncle aside and talked to him for several minutes. The game warden got back into his car and left the ranch.

My uncle began unpacking the truck and I asked him what he was doing? My uncle informed me we were going to spend another night there. We spent another night (against my wishes) and nothing else was sighted. We left the ranch the following morning and my uncle instructed us not to talk about this to anyone. I agreed. It was the only time in my life I have ever felt real fear or terror.

Sounds:
No sounds.

Additional observations:
Very tall (7 or 8 ft) large broad shoulder "thing". I focused on the shoulders immediately then the elongated cone shaped head. I saw no neck, ears, mouth. It was dark in color.

Investigator's Observations

Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer

This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Kimble County, Texas, in 1978 or 1979.

This report was submitted and the witness interviewed before the NAWAC had received and investigated a recent report from the same area.

I have spoken to this witness a few times now on separate occasions, and he was astonished to learn of another recent sighting from the same area.

When I first interviewed the witness, he refused to refer to the figure that he saw as a sasquatch, wild man, or bigfoot. He simply could not bring himself to use those words. He submitted the report at the prodding of a friend (one of the very few people with whom he shared his account of the encounter).

The witness, a survival expert and law enforcement officer, could offer no facial details about what he saw, but quite clearly has remained shaken about the event through the years. When I interviewed the witness, his retelling of the event seemed to be cathartic.

The witness now believes that what he saw was a sasquatch.

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