Predator caller has night time encounter in Sam Houston National Forest
Account
The witness was using an electronic predator call at night when he heard an unidentified sound behind him. He shined a red-filtered light toward the sound and saw a dark animal he first took for a bear. The animal stood upright and moved away quickly on two legs while making a continuous deep, raspy growl that faded with distance.
What was reported
Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.
Sightings
Sounds
Described appearance
In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.
- Height src
- around 5-foot tall
- Hair colour src
- dark in color
- Legs src
- on it's two "hind" legs
- Gait src
- moved away very rapidly with fairly large stride
- Posture src
- stood up from all fours
Facts & provenance
Each value names where it came from.
| Date |
8 January 2004
|
|---|---|
| Time of day |
8:00 PM
|
| Place |
New Waverly, San Jacinto County, Texas
Stated
BFRO report #10591
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details
|
| Map point |
30.63, -95.30 (± 6 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 10591 (1 decimals, no boundary)
|
| Account type |
First-hand
|
| Witnesses |
2
|
| Figures reported |
1
|
| Witness was |
predator calling for bobcats with electronic call
|
| Witness's word for it |
what I thought was a bear
|
| Source classification |
Class A
|
Evidence & investigation
What the source says was found or done. Claimed evidence is listed as claimed; the Anomadex has not examined it.
An investigator interviewed the witness about the encounter and planned a future site visit.
The witness returned the next day to call the area again.
Source timeline
Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.
-
BFRO report #10591 Primary
-
BFRO map layer Reference