- 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: 01080002
Class 3aWoman reports sighting from highway while riding as passenger.
Report Details
Occurrence date: October/2007
Location: Montgomery County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: The Woodlands
Time / Conditions: 2:10 PM — Clear and cool.
# of Witnesses: 1
Location: Montgomery County, TX
Nearby/Vicinity: The Woodlands
Time / Conditions: 2:10 PM — Clear and cool.
# of Witnesses: 1
Witness Account:
I was a passenger in a car driving past and thought I saw something move. I looked closer, and saw a hunched brown figure walking through the trees. At first I thought it could have been a tree trunk, but it kept moving. At first I didn't believe what I was seeing, and by the time we turned back around and pulled over, it wasn't visible. I still don't know
if I believe what I saw, but my heart won't quit racing. Wow!
Hand/foot prints:
No.
Sounds:
Too far away.
Additional observations:
Well, partly why I couldn't believe what I was seeing is it's kinda populated. Although the area I saw it, there are no houses or anything, there is the HARC (Houston Area Research Center) nearby. I never had heard of any sightings, until I later looked it up on the web.
Investigator's Observations
Investigator(s): Daryl Colyer and Tod Pinkerton
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Montgomery County, Texas, 27 October 2007.
I interviewed the witness at length by telephone a few days after she submitted the sighting report. Exactly one week after the sighting was alleged to have occurred, NAWAC investigators Tod Pinkerton, Bob Hilliard, James Cotton and Travis Lawrence met the witness and her husband onsite on 3 November 2007.
Upon concluding my comprehensive interview with the witness, I concluded that she indeed believed that she saw a sasquatch. I do not believe the witness was lying.
She seemed startled or even perplexed about what she saw. She emphatically told me that there was no doubt in her mind that the subject was not human. Although she had initial difficulty in processing what she saw, she was not at all confused regarding whether or not it was human or non-human; she was decidedly settled that the subject could be nothing other than a sasquatch. She stated that she was certain that the subject was large and covered with brown hair.
Tod Pinkerton drafted a post-investigation report of his team's findings after having met with the witness and her husband on Saturday, 3 November 2007.
Below are his comments:
Bob Hillard, Travis Lawrence, and I met at 9:00 a.m. We looked over the emails, and determined where we thought the alleged sighting had occurred. The three of us walked the area for a couple of hours looking for sign. We were able to locate lots of deer and hog sign.
James Cotton joined us at noon. After Cotton arrived, we met the witness and her husband in person.
We interviewed her informally for a few minutes. She seemed to reiterate her story as we knew it through the initial report; all points were consistent. The witness's husband backed up everything that she said.
The witness stated that she was relieved that she could speak to someone like us who would listen and not ridicule her for even bringing up the subject.
The witness showed us the exact spot where she viewed the subject in question. I found it interesting that she had apparently been viewing the same location for the last six or seven years and had never seen anything out of the ordinary. She said she always looked this way because she liked the setting, but this one time she saw something that she knew immediately was out of place.
The witness was the passenger that day in the family's late model Ford Mustang; the husband was driving, and son was in the back seat.
Immediately after the sighting the witness turned to her husband and said "....I think I just saw a bigfoot!" The witness told us that she and her husband discussed it for a minute, then tried to go back to the scene. They estimated that it took about seven minutes to get back to the bridge. By the time they got there, nothing was observed. The husband mentioned that had he not been right beside her in the car, and seen firsthand her immediate reaction, it would have been much harder for him to accept.
While the other investigators walked down to the area where the witness observed the subject, I stayed with the witness and her husband on the bridge. Travis Lawrence reenacted the subject's behavior and movement patterns, to include walking the same route, and attempting to mimic suggested arm swing movement. The witness said that had the subject been wearing camo like the NAWAC investigators, she would have instantly recognized it as human even from the moving vehicle.
The witness said the subject was much noticeably taller than Travis Lawrence, who is six feet three inches (6 feet 3 inches).
No corroborating sign was found in the area.
This investigation was conducted as a result of an incident that allegedly occurred in Montgomery County, Texas, 27 October 2007.
I interviewed the witness at length by telephone a few days after she submitted the sighting report. Exactly one week after the sighting was alleged to have occurred, NAWAC investigators Tod Pinkerton, Bob Hilliard, James Cotton and Travis Lawrence met the witness and her husband onsite on 3 November 2007.
Upon concluding my comprehensive interview with the witness, I concluded that she indeed believed that she saw a sasquatch. I do not believe the witness was lying.
She seemed startled or even perplexed about what she saw. She emphatically told me that there was no doubt in her mind that the subject was not human. Although she had initial difficulty in processing what she saw, she was not at all confused regarding whether or not it was human or non-human; she was decidedly settled that the subject could be nothing other than a sasquatch. She stated that she was certain that the subject was large and covered with brown hair.
Tod Pinkerton drafted a post-investigation report of his team's findings after having met with the witness and her husband on Saturday, 3 November 2007.
Below are his comments:
Bob Hillard, Travis Lawrence, and I met at 9:00 a.m. We looked over the emails, and determined where we thought the alleged sighting had occurred. The three of us walked the area for a couple of hours looking for sign. We were able to locate lots of deer and hog sign.
James Cotton joined us at noon. After Cotton arrived, we met the witness and her husband in person.
We interviewed her informally for a few minutes. She seemed to reiterate her story as we knew it through the initial report; all points were consistent. The witness's husband backed up everything that she said.
The witness stated that she was relieved that she could speak to someone like us who would listen and not ridicule her for even bringing up the subject.
The witness showed us the exact spot where she viewed the subject in question. I found it interesting that she had apparently been viewing the same location for the last six or seven years and had never seen anything out of the ordinary. She said she always looked this way because she liked the setting, but this one time she saw something that she knew immediately was out of place.
The witness was the passenger that day in the family's late model Ford Mustang; the husband was driving, and son was in the back seat.
Immediately after the sighting the witness turned to her husband and said "....I think I just saw a bigfoot!" The witness told us that she and her husband discussed it for a minute, then tried to go back to the scene. They estimated that it took about seven minutes to get back to the bridge. By the time they got there, nothing was observed. The husband mentioned that had he not been right beside her in the car, and seen firsthand her immediate reaction, it would have been much harder for him to accept.
While the other investigators walked down to the area where the witness observed the subject, I stayed with the witness and her husband on the bridge. Travis Lawrence reenacted the subject's behavior and movement patterns, to include walking the same route, and attempting to mimic suggested arm swing movement. The witness said that had the subject been wearing camo like the NAWAC investigators, she would have instantly recognized it as human even from the moving vehicle.
The witness said the subject was much noticeably taller than Travis Lawrence, who is six feet three inches (6 feet 3 inches).
No corroborating sign was found in the area.
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