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Woman tells of her husband's close encounter as a young man with "The Hermit" near Huntsville
About 1960, the submitter's husband and two school friends were spending a weekend night inside a relative's cabin when they felt watched and saw a tall hair-covered figure silhouetted by the open refrigerator light. The boys shouted and split up to flee to the car, with the husband reporting something running close behind him that he could hear breathing and smell strongly like moldy skunk. In hindsight he wondered whether the figure was also fleeing and had simply taken the same path.
Property disturbance near Quitman, Texas
The witness reportedly found a large watermelon broken in half in the same back area although none grow on the property.
Property disturbance near El Campo, Texas
Two dozen chickens were taken one by one by an unknown predator that removed organs and left bodies.
Growl near Woodville, Texas
Several months before the main sighting, the witness and a relative heard a close low growl while feeding goats at night, around the time young goats and geese went missing and dismembered goats were found.
Scream in Texas
The neighbor, initially a non-believer, reports ongoing hollering, screaming, grunting, monkey sounds and whistles from multiple directions. Sticks and limbs were thrown at them on a tractor, and whistles answered post-driving. The property shows stripped bark, snapped and twisted trees, a trail-camera image and a footprint at a low-water crossing.
Property disturbance in Texas
About a dozen cows were chased through two barbed-wire fences past the witness's house at night. His three dogs hid under the house and would not come out. The witness went outside with a shotgun, found dead quiet, felt hair stand up, and went back inside.
Rock throwing in Texas
The witness and a friend returned to a vehicle after dark and it would not start. A softball-sized rock and then a stick were thrown over the vehicle, followed by snapping in the woods. Something on two feet paced them step-for-step to the gate as they left, and they fired shots before calling for a ride.
Cryptid sighting in Texas
The guest's uncle reported that a large fluffy four-legged creature charged his truck from the woods while driving on an oil field road. He described it as dog-like with a long fluffy tail whose face did not register visually. When shown a drawing of a so-called devil monkey, he identified it as what charged the truck.
Sasquatch sighting near Burkeville, Texas
The witness returned to the property late at night and saw a tall, less-hairy creature pacing across the road bent over with long arms. It threw a large log that narrowly missed, while another presence moved to the side. Pine cones and rocks struck the witness, who fired and hit the creature center mass, watched it fall groaning, then found bloody fluid on the ground the next day.
Tracks in Texas
A field researcher and a companion found a camp that appeared violently destroyed, with a damaged tent, blood, large tracks and snapped trees. They called emergency services, received no immediate response, and documented the scene on video. The account was later subject to alleged pressure and editing requirements.
Rock throwing near Granbury, Texas
Sitting atop stored freight cars at night the witness and his friend threw rocks into the woods and heard one hit flesh with a deep thud. Rocks were then thrown back at them, sparking on the rails and clanging on the metal cars. After smelling a dead-animal stench and hearing more impacts they climbed over a barbed-wire fence to the road and took a long route home.
Sasquatch sighting in Texas
The next day the brothers drove to the far end of the park and split up to explore along a remote barbed wire fence near a ravine. One brother saw a large brownish arm pushing brush aside to look at him, then called the other brother over. Together they watched a large mass behind trees, heard two knocks returned after hitting a fence post and had a fist-sized rock thrown over their heads, then saw the figure with arms around two trees rocking before it crashed away through brush as the third brother approached yelling.
Structure or nest near San Augustine, Texas
The witness and the older relative observed twisted grass bedding areas, and a game cleaning area was reportedly cleared overnight after kills.
Odor near Right On The Outskirts Of Weatherford. It Is Inside The City Limits Now., Texas
On another night camped on the creek, the witness and a companion smelled rotten mud, heard large rocks thrown into the creek, and heard growls and a grunt that frightened them away.
Property disturbance near Right On The Outskirts Of Weatherford. It Is Inside The City Limits Now., Texas
A few days after the night encounter, a flood fence across the creek was found mangled and torn.
Unidentified sound near Cut-N-Shoot, Texas
Over three years after the main walk, the witness reports recurring being-watched feelings, crashing sounds, silence, dog reactions, chattering and screams, odors, thrown sticks and debris, and one eyeshine about 8 ft high.
Property disturbance near Nocona, Texas
A permanent fixed ground blind on the lease was found tipped over, requiring two people to lift it upright.
Property disturbance near Nocona, Texas
A relative placed a portable hunting blind near camp and later found it moved up into a tree some distance away with no wind to explain it.
Property disturbance near Lubaca County
The witness set a bucket feeder and game camera in a wash to hunt hogs without crossing the area. When returning later with family, the feeder was found completely destroyed as if beaten, yet the camera held no pictures of anything moving through. The witness described the lack of images as very weird.
Object throwing near Jasper, Texas
Limbs, sticks and large objects repeatedly struck a relative's house while patio chairs and furniture were knocked off the porch and thrown against the door, with grunts heard.