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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
March 2005 San Antonio; Helotes, Bexar County, Texas Class A #24529

Tall hairy figure leans out from behind a tree to observe woman outside San Antonio

While cleaning a construction office trailer around midnight, the wife stepped outside and saw a tall hair-covered figure watching from behind a tree about 25 feet away. She stared for a couple minutes as it leaned to look around the tree, then ran inside. The couple checked the area with headlights, saw nothing, waited in the dark, and heard whistling and rustling before leaving. In daylight the next day they found nothing that explained the figure.

Partial sightingSilhouetteWhistleProperty disturbanceMovement only
23 November 2004 Willis, Montgomery County, Texas Class B #9869

Man has night encounter at home just outside Sam Houston National Forest

After a storm knocked out power, the witness walked a powerline to check for damage and then headed back toward the house. They noticed blinking eye-like lights high off the ground, smelled a musky odor, and made out a large bulky dark shape in weak flashlight light before running to the house. A short time later the witness returned with a brighter light and companions, saw the blinking eyes again in woods beside the house, then heard movement and a throaty howl as it left.

EyeshineSilhouetteOdorMovement onlyHowl
November 2004 Minden Tx, Rusk County, Texas Class A #9867

Deer hunters have morning encounter on hunting lease

A hunter left his stand in the morning to help search for a wounded deer and joined a companion who had spotted an upright hairy animal in a tree. The witness observed the animal standing in a fork through a rifle scope, noting reddish hair, bare facial skin and long arms, before it disappeared as they approached. They found heavy heel impressions and a strong odor at the site and later watched two distant figures moving in trees.

Full-body sightingTracksOdor
October 2004 New Waverly, Montgomery County, Texas Class B #9627

Hunter hears strange chattering and finds tracks in Sam Houston National Forest

The witness was bow hunting and walking a fire trail near dark when he found a large human-shaped footprint and photographed it and the surrounding woods. While photographing he noticed a strong layered odor of sour sweat, decaying flesh and musk. After walking back to his truck after dark, something growled at close range for 1-2 seconds, but a flashlight search revealed nothing and he left to develop the film.

TracksOdorGrowl
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
October 2003 Dickens, Dickens County, Texas Class B #7303

Strange odor precedes strange vocalizations in rural Texas

Late at night at home, the witness heard an odd noise and noticed a strong foul odor filling the house while the indoor dog reacted aggressively at the back door and door area. After his wife returned home, he opened the back door and both heard two loud, unfamiliar screams from the northwest about 100-150 yards away. No intruder or tracks were found, and dogs in the area remained agitated for several days.

Unidentified soundScreamOdor
18 August 2003 Lipan, Hood County, Texas Class B #7552

Man has early morning encounter with unidentified creature

The witness was awakened by barking dogs and went out with a rifle to check the property. Something rushed past in the dark and the witness fired shots, then resupplied and smelled a strong fecal and wet-grass odor. From a rooftop perch the witness watched a tall dark figure by a school bus that looked toward him, crouched, then ran away, accompanied by strange howl-growl sounds from dogs nearby.

Partial sightingSilhouetteHowlGrowlOdor +2
8 March 2003 Harleton, Harrison County, Texas Class A #8108

Driver sees a bigfoot cross the road near Harleton

The witness was driving east toward Marshall at dusk when movement on the roadside caught attention. A very tall dark figure stepped onto the highway and crossed it in three strides before disappearing into brush. The witness stopped past the crossing, found a wide water trail across the road and noticed a strong dead-animal odor while feeling watched, then left.

Road crossingFull-body sightingEyeshineOdor
2003 Kennelson, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/10/06/sc-ep53-finding-tracks-and-running-into-sasquatch

Movement only near Kennelson, Texas (2003)

In 2003 the witness went with his wife and children to fish from a dock in a park on the same river system. After hearing loud branch snaps, something ran fast through palmettos straight toward them. He sent his family to lock in the car, quickly packed his rods, and drove away.

Movement only
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
4 October 2001 Woodville, Tyler County, Texas Class A #7548

In Woodville, woman sees bigfoot in back yard.

In October 2001 on a late afternoon in Woodville, Texas, the witness looked out her kitchen window while cooking and saw a large black hairy biped standing motionless in profile about 50-60 feet away beside a tall tree. She watched it for a few minutes, then looked away to collect herself and found it gone, apparently having left toward the adjoining woods. A relative searched the yard with a gun but found no sign, hearing only distant gunshots and unfamiliar men shouting in the woods.

Full-body sightingOdor
September 2001 New Waverly, Walker County, Texas Class A #4206

Predawn sighting on north side of FM 1375, just east of bridge over Lake Conroe

The witness stopped at the roadside by a lake shore before dawn while commuting to work and noticed a strong musky odor and a woofing sound. A tall dark-haired entity stood up beside the witness, shook a small tree, made a squealing bark sound, then strode past onto and across the road into pines as a truck approached. The witness immediately left the area.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVocalizationOdorAnimal behaviour
September 2000 Edna, Jackson County, Texas Class A #9367

Two family members have night time encounters near Navidad

The witness went outside at night to take out trash and felt she was being watched. She turned to see a large hairy bipedal figure standing near a truck, staring at her. Frightened, she ran back inside as the figure left. A relative had reported a similar frightening encounter in a nearby pasture about a week earlier.

Full-body sightingEyeshineOdor
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
22 August 1997 Victoria, Victoria County, Texas Class B #2157

Footprints discovered, crashing in the underbrush nearby, strong odor.

The witness reported walking at night from a campsite toward a bridge along a sandy creek bottom. They found large footprints in the sand and became aware of something large moving through brush with sounds. They also noticed an unusual odor in the area where the sounds occurred.

TracksMovement onlyOdorUnidentified sound
July 1997 Atlanta, Texas, Queen City, Cass County, Texas Class B #1633

Four friends camped in the woods observe bi-pedal creature moving similar to the way a man would move, not bear-like.

Four friends camped overnight after playing paintball. During the night two who were sleeping heard noises and saw a tall figure leaning from the treeline, followed by louder crashing movement circling the camp. They joined the other two, who had also heard noises, and waited until daylight. When they returned in the morning to collect belongings they heard a loud wavering scream and fled, later noting broken limbs in the area.

Partial sightingScreamMovement onlyUnidentified soundTree break
August 1996 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas Class A #9385

Former Special Forces soldier has late night sighting through window not far from Colorado River

After midnight the witness and a relative were awakened by barking dogs and noticed a rank odor in the house. When the witness went to get water he saw a large hairy head staring in through the kitchen window for about 30 seconds. He retreated to load a rifle while both heard a loud howling from the yard, but the figure was gone when he went outside with lights on.

Partial sightingOdorHowl