First-hand
Bigfoot Society EP 704
Sasquatch sighting near Van Zandt County (1966)
July 1966
daytime
Van Zandt County, Texas
2 witnesses
Account
The witness and a friend followed a root-beer smell to a square pit with a ramp and clay chairs and twisted roots. A huge ape-like male approached with an angry expression while the witness prayed, then it appeared to stop at an unseen barrier and chased coyotes instead. The pair fled to the goat pasture and the witness was later forbidden to warn the family.
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What was reported
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Described appearance
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- Height src
- seven foot tall
- Build src
- four foot wide
- Hair colour src
- black
- Face src
- tan, chimpanzee-like
- Hands src
- giant hands with beige palms
- Gait src
- walked very much like humans
- Apparent sex src
- male
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
July 1966
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
daytime
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| Place |
Van Zandt County, Texas
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| Map point |
32.5588, -95.8369 (± 27 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Van Zandt County (GEOID 48467); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
2
|
| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
eating lunch in dug pit
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| Witness's word for it |
monster
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| Creature |
Sasquatch / Bigfoot
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Source timeline
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Bigfoot Society EP 704 Podcast Interview