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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.
US Air Force retiree encounters bigfoot in Sulphur River bottoms near Cooper Lake
Around 1995 the witness was checking cattle at night in a pasture near Cooper Lake. In the flashlight beam several yards away he saw a man-like, hair-covered animal judged to be about eight feet tall and noticed a urine-like odor. After a few seconds both the witness and the animal turned and fled in opposite directions with no sound heard from the animal.
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.
Woman recalls seeing huge bigfoot creature from a boat on Lake Livingston
The witness was riding in a rented boat on Lake Livingston with five companions when she felt watched from shore. She turned and saw a tall black hairy block-built figure staring at her for a few seconds before it stepped sideways into dense forest. Its departure shook trees and flushed birds, and the companions heard the crashing but did not see the figure; the group declined to go ashore to look for footprints.
Hunter observes 6' tall hairy figure near a creek
While deer hunting alone in a swampy lease, the witness noticed movement in a brush pile and whistled. A large dark figure moved away toward a creek, crossed without an audible splash, and was seen again briefly about 100 feet away on the far bank. The figure walked on two legs and then moved silently out of sight, leaving no footprints on damp leaves. The witness found a large decayed log apparently moved at the first location and then returned to the truck.
Movement only near Abilene, Texas (1987)
The witness and a companion parked by a lake dam at night to exercise their coon dogs. They watched a silent white-blue light on the dam go out and reappear closer, weaving through trees toward them. Both retreated to the truck and fled by a longer route, later finding the dogs wedged behind the toolbox. They were mocked when they told others and stopped repeating the story.
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.
While riding bicycle, teenager has afternoon, close encounter not far from Trinity River
As a boy riding his bicycle home on a trail through the woods on a hot clear afternoon, the witness felt watched and then heard brush thrashing as something kept pace with him. He raced to a more open trail and looked back to see a very tall, shaggy reddish-brown creature with dark bare facial skin standing at the tree line watching him. He reported a horrible stench filling the air and an absence of normal forest sounds, saying the sighting lasted about half a minute and left him avoiding the woods for months.
Sasquatch sighting near Fort Worth, Texas (1982)
The guest, his younger brother and his cousin were walking to a dam at night to get frogs. They noticed agitated cattle and a bad smell, then saw something crouching that stood up very tall. It followed them down the road as they walked backward, stepped over a fence, and ran quickly across a peach orchard. The next morning a deputy told them several cows had been found dead in that pasture.
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.
Sasquatch sighting near Orchard, Texas (1980)
As children playing at the grandmother's house, the witness and four other children noticed what looked like a bush in a pasture where none should be. It stood up and walked toward the river direction. They ran inside to tell the grandmother.
Sasquatch sighting near Huntsville, Texas (1978)
The witness was at a cabin in East Texas in the evening and went to her truck to get a wallet. As she grabbed the door handle the whole truck shook violently and she saw a huge dark mass hunched in the bed, taller than the cab. The mass flew silently across the road and railroad tracks while both she and her fiancé watched, and no tracks were found the next day.
Squirrel hunter has encounters not far from Trinity River
In 1978 the witness walked about a mile into the woods to a pin-oak flat and saw a gray, gorilla-like figure lying under a pine across the flat. He used trees for cover to stalk from about 100 yards to 50-75 yards, but it disappeared without him seeing it leave. He later found mashed grass and a strong animal odor at the spot and noted a complete absence of other wildlife.
Close encounter near Davis Mountains in West Texas
The witness was driving at night while towing a companion's car with two passengers when they saw a tall, hair-covered figure standing motionless just off the highway. After turning on high beams, the figure turned its head away and then watched them as they drove slowly past. All occupants observed the figure and noticed a strong garbage-like stench as they passed without stopping.
Growl near Lake Conroe, Texas (1977)
After pulling a pop-up camper into a lakeside clearing at sunset, the witness and his girlfriend noticed the woods go deathly silent. They then heard crashes, a cackle and growl, and something like a steamroller coming through the woods parting the treetops. They threw gear into the camper and drove out without stopping until pavement.
Object throwing in Texas (1977)
The witness says that for several years while hunting along a creek in East Texas he repeatedly had objects thrown past him and heard rustling suggesting something large moving around him. He never saw anything during this period and dismissed the incidents as natural at the time. He notes only he, his father and a friend used the area.
Man recalls strange occurrences as a youngster in Weatherford
At about age 12, the witness and a companion were hunting raccoons at night along a creek. They noticed a strong foul odor and heard a large splash as if someone fell into the water. When they reached the spot no one was visible and only disturbed murky water remained. A few days later a flood fence in the area was found torn up.
Biology teacher's experiences around "the 1893 Bridge."
A teacher and companions are said to have encountered a tall creature on at least six occasions near an old bridge in Cooke County, Texas. The encounters occurred at night from a vehicle, with the figure seen as a tall silhouette in headlights and heard making threatening noises while moving through brush. On one occasion the creature was described as bouncing a limb, whose height was measured the next day, and daytime searches reportedly found bones in the creek. Shots were allegedly fired at the creature without apparent effect.
Family camping at Lake Somerville is menaced by a loud screaming creature
The witness and relatives were camped overnight when a foul stench filled the air and an extremely loud scream beginning as a growl was heard. The dog hid, and rounds fired into the air temporarily drove the source away, but it returned repeatedly until dawn despite a large fire. Nothing was ever seen and no unusual tracks were found, though a nearby stand of broken saplings carried the same odor.
Memory shared of a daylight sighting while searching for bottles along a rural road outside Garrett
The witness and two companions were collecting bottles along a shaded dirt road in the evening when they heard an extremely loud scream-like roar and noticed a strong odor. They got into their vehicle and drove uphill about 300 yards before looking back. They saw a tall hair-covered biped standing in the road in sunlight before leaving the area.