Class A First-hand BFRO #2048

Night time road crossing observation

12 December 1996 Sunday evening, not dark yet Quitman Or Alba, Wood County, Texas

Account

On a Sunday evening in winter 1996, the witness was driving home from church with at least one other person. They watched a tall, dark, upright figure cross the road and step over a 3.5- to 4-foot barbed-wire fence without breaking stride. The witness identified the figure as a bigfoot.

Summary drafted by AI from the source report and checked by code before I publish it. The witness's own words remain with the publisher — read the original report .

What was reported

Every kind of observation in the account. Select one to find other encounters with it.

Described appearance

In the source's own words, field by field. Hover a field's marker to see where it was read.

Height src
tall
Hair colour src
dark in color
Gait src
stepped over fence without missing a beat
Posture src
walked up right

Facts & provenance

Each value names where it came from.

Date
12 December 1996
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, labelled fields: Year, Month, Date
Time of day
Sunday evening, not dark yet
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Place
Quitman Or Alba, Wood County, Texas
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
Map point
32.79, -95.54 (± 9 km)
Stated BFRO map layer · BFRO published map layer · read with 85% confidence
BFRO map layer point for report 2048 with published boundary
Account type
First-hand
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Figures reported
1
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness was
driving home from church
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Witness's word for it
a bigfoot
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO report, “Observed” section
Source classification
Class A
Stated BFRO report #2048 · BFRO classification label

Source timeline

Every record this entry is built from, earliest known first. Records are versioned and never edited in place.

  1. Published 1998-08-24 Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash 9128bf413226
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
  2. BFRO map layer Reference
    Retrieved 2026-09-24 Version 1 Hash cfb8a3d423b7
    BFRO - Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization