Class A First-hand BFRO #11592

Youth has sighting near bridge

December 1976 Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas 1 witness

Account

In late 1976 the witness rode a dirt bike to an old bridge site on the Red River and stood watching ice drift by. He heard dogs chasing something across the river and watched a large dark hairy biped run and leap over a fallen log while the dogs pursued it. One dog yelped and fell silent, the other retreated, and the frightened teenage witness fled home on his bike.

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What was reported

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Sightings

Full-body sighting

Described appearance

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Height src: could have been 10 ft. tall
Build src: large
Hair colour src: dark
Gait src: running on two legs like a human
Other features src: hairy

Facts & provenance

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Date	December 1976 Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month
Place	Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
Map point	33.78, -97.06 (± 8 km) Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence BFRO map layer point for report 11592 with published boundary
Account type	First-hand Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witnesses	1 Derived BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported	1 Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was	riding a dirt bike to the river and watching ice drift by Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it	dark hairy animal, or something Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification	Class A Stated BFRO report #11592 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

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BFRO report #11592 Primary

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BFRO map layer Reference

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The report refers to

“other strange sighting in the area”
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“pattern of bigfoot sightings between Grayson County and Cooke County”
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“haunt of bigfoot according to local legend”
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