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2020–2024 Texas #0a8dc4f4-0ea6-49a1-9778-6eb1a4b69132

Vocalization in Texas (2020)

Over about four years the household noticed odd sounds, smells and disturbances around their wooded Texas property. They heard voice-like calls, hoots, growls and repeated wood knocks, found scat, stripped and snapped trees, and missing bait. A wide bare footprint with a deep heel was later found in a raised garden bed after crops were taken, though neither person ever saw an animal.

VocalizationWhoopGrowlWood knockFootsteps +5
July 2015 Bryson, Jack County, Texas Class B #49309

Possible nighttime activity during a hog hunt on a ranch near Bryson

The witness and three relatives were hog hunting at night from two positions separated by several hundred yards. Around midnight they heard bipedal footsteps, grunting, whistling, whoops and reciprocal tree knocks, smelled a strong foul odor, and had small sticks thrown at their position. After a shot was fired into the ground, heavy running was heard moving toward the second position where glowing eyes were seen, and the group left around 2 a.m.

FootstepsOdorGrowlWood knockWhistle +4
20 October 2011 Thorp Spring, Hood County, Texas Class B #30841

Possible midnight encounter in Thorp Springs RV Park

The witness was outside a residence near a wooded creek around midnight when loud whoops, heavy approaching footfalls, a mildew odor, and a howling dog were noticed. A tall dark man-shaped figure then appeared in a moonlit clearing in the creek bed about 30 yards away. The figure faced the witness briefly then moved out of the light into the woods, and the witness went back inside.

SilhouetteWhoopFootstepsOdor
15 May 2010 Seguin, Guadalupe County, Texas Class B #40420

Rural resident hears heavy bipedal footfalls and smells strong "skunk-like" odor near Seguin

The witness was falling asleep at home at night when outdoor dogs began barking unusually loudly. The witness heard heavy, large-stepping footfalls below the bedroom window, went outside with a flashlight and saw nothing but smelled a strong skunk-like odor. The witness called 911 but no officer came, and a morning search found no tracks, fur, or odor.

FootstepsOdor
2008 Texas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/3u0pzFZbPQfz85EwcKtwvgB2cBDGvkkDk9l2im5MIps

Footsteps in Texas (2008)

The guest and a friend entered a closed national forest trail to assess hurricane deadfall. After resting on a bridge over a bayou, the guest felt watched and then sensed something following and flanking them to the right. She heard heavy bipedal steps and raspy breathing, experienced intense fear and silence in the woods, and hurried to the truck without ever seeing the source.

FootstepsMovement only
March 2005 Livingston, Polk County, Texas Class A #11325

Teen has sighting through bedroom window.

The primary witness was in a bedroom with an infant and stood to close the blinds when she saw a large hairy face peering in the window. She fled the room with the child in shock. Minutes later three household members arriving at the house smelled a bad odor and heard footsteps retreating into the woods east of the house, but the source stayed beyond flashlight range.

Partial sightingFootstepsOdor
29 May 2004 Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas Class A #8790

Man sees an upright creature jump across wooded trail

A couple walking on a gated two-track trail near the Trinity River at dusk claimed a rusty-red upright figure about six feet tall leapt across the trail about 40 yards ahead and disappeared into the woods in under a second. They ran to the crossing point and reported hearing it continue running through the woods, flushing birds, and the primary witness smelled a strong musky odor. They found no tracks but noted a clump of freshly uprooted trees nearby.

Partial sightingFootstepsOdorStructure or nest
August 2002 Texas #7f243810-1c51-456f-af8f-5a3e386747a8

Unidentified sound in Texas (2002)

The witness, an infantry sergeant, led a three-person overnight guard of an ammunition holding area in northern Fort Hood. After a chem light disappeared, the woods fell silent and alternated quiet sides, followed by a loud thunk, a cold spot, approaching two-legged footsteps that produced no silhouette, movement into a thicket, and a very large rock striking the ground. The presence appeared to circle the position for about two hours until moonrise restored normal night sounds, and bait set for coyotes remained untouched by morning.

Unidentified soundFootstepsRock throwingProperty disturbanceMovement only
April 2002 Cut-N-Shoot, Montgomery County, Texas Class A #10733

Hiker has daytime encounter in Sam Houston National Forest

The witness was walking alone on an old logging road into the forest when he noticed a dark, robust, hairy being crouched in thick brush watching him. The being paralleled him for 20-25 minutes, then crouched low when approached, producing a strange odor and low growl. After hearing large movement behind him, the witness retreated to the trail and watched the first being stand upright and stare, as a second much larger dark being appeared beside it before he ran home.

Full-body sightingGrowlOdorFootsteps
2000–2003 Honey Grove, Fannin County, Texas Class A #7907

Family has encounters on private, hunting land in Red River - Sulphur River corridor.

The witness was hunting from the ground off a road with a relative nearby. After hearing tree breaks, movement, strange noises and heavy footsteps, the witness saw a large red bipedal animal walk along the road. When the witness spoke on the radio the animal screamed and ran away, and two large footprints were later found in silt.

Partial sightingFootstepsTracksScreamTree break +2
November 1998 Nacogdoches, Texas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/I6n9Dlhaj2ac3zzQcBKURhFPfRrZmODZNOpz0vv2_aA

Wood knock near Nacogdoches, Texas (1998)

The witness, then 15, was hunting with his father on remote public land in East Texas. On the final evening he heard a loud knock then prolonged screaming directed at him and footsteps circling behind him. A creature stuck its head through brush 20 yards away and stared at him until his father's vehicle approached, when it ran off screaming. He fled, was physically ill for days, and avoided deep woods afterward.

Wood knockScreamFootstepsPartial sightingGrowl +1
November 1995 Trinity County, Texas Class C #4159

Campers hear unusual grunting sound from behind tent

Four people settling to sleep at a deer hunting camp heard a deep grunting animal shuffling behind a tent. Two of them got up with rifles and lights to investigate, and the animal left quickly while grunting and breaking through brush. They never saw the animal and found no tracks the next morning.

GrowlFootstepsMovement only
1992–1993 Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/08/sc-ep387-native-american-culture

Odor in Texas (1992)

After his stepfather died, the witness returned to the family land in East Texas to look for trees where money and papers had been hidden. Near the area of a childhood sighting he smelled the same strong pungent odor and heard heavy, widely spaced footsteps moving through overgrown brush. He froze and backed away as the steps receded, feeling the impacts and hearing vegetation being broken aside, sensing other watchers but no aggression and feeling the creature remembered him.

OdorFootstepsMovement only
November 1986 Maud, Bowie County, Texas Class A #8039

Deer hunter encounters tall, upright, hairy creature near Wright Patman Lake

Late one afternoon the witness walked through a creek bottom toward a relative's deer stand. He smelled a foul odor and heard something large moving in a swampy thicket. The animal crossed an opening 50 to 75 yards away, and he watched it for about 30 seconds as it covered about 30 feet in a few long steps. He described it as a 6 to 7 foot tall, broad, stooped biped covered in dark brown hair.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalizationOdor
1982–1983 Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/09/20/sc-ep147-the-chewbacca-man

Whoop in Texas (1982)

The witness, then about 11, went with his father to a surveyor's home in deep East Texas and followed the surveyor's young son down a thin trail behind the house to a deadfall. The son gave whooping calls, after which the witness heard approaching footsteps, heavy breathing like a horse, a deep word-like vocalization and a powerful percussive sound, then breaking limbs. The witness fled back to the house as a tall dark figure ran alongside through the brush, stopping when he screamed for his father.

WhoopVocalizationFootstepsPartial sightingTree break +1
Friday Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/16/sc-ep86-east-texas-trip-overview

Wood knock in Texas

On Friday night the group heard vocals from multiple directions. After dropping a 4x4 board to mimic knocks, the surrounding area erupted in sound. Walking up the trail, they heard something step out and shake a large tree very close and heard bipedal footsteps hit the mud, then backed out.

Wood knockVocalizationHowlMovement onlyFootsteps
thursday night Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/16/sc-ep86-east-texas-trip-overview

Movement only in Texas

On Thursday night while three men sat by a vehicle, something crashed quickly through thick brush, flanked across the road and behind them. The witness followed the local guide into the treeline and a large log was thrown end-over-end toward them, hitting a tree. On leaving they found a log deliberately placed across the road where the thing had crossed and heard distant chatter and howls.

Movement onlyFootstepsObject throwingChatterHowl +1
probably three weeks into Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/05/30/sc-ep223-something-on-my-property

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

After dogs ran toward the woods and quickly returned, the witness saw a tall two-legged figure with broad shoulders and a round head walk behind the shed. He compared it to his brother and estimated about seven feet tall. Both he and his wife then heard heavy footsteps moving through leaves toward them, which stopped as they talked.

Full-body sightingFootstepsMovement only
Date unknown Texas #73f44fd0-7e79-4c80-80d4-7abb54b97dd6

Footsteps in Texas

While walking in the woods on their North Texas property, the witness says on a couple of occasions something moved parallel to the group. The sounds stopped when they stopped, taking one or two extra steps. The family could not see what was making the noise.

FootstepsMovement only
34 years ago, late part of October Texas #772947b9-e4e4-484a-88c6-86f686cbd07e

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The witness, then a teenager, drove to a ranch at night to hunt raccoons with a dog. The dog acted fearful, livestock were huddled, and the woods were silent before a foul odor, heavy thumps, a branch break, growls and a scream occurred. The witness then saw large red eyes and a huge upright figure at close range, froze in terror and prayed, then fled to the truck without clear memory of the retreat, later finding the dog on the road and abandoning the rifle.

EyeshinePartial sightingScreamGrowlFootsteps +2