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July 2016 Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas Class B #55236

Former park ranger has possible night sighting near a remote Texas game ranch

Late at night the witness and companions stopped while driving remote dirt roads and the witness scanned a clearing with a night-vision monocular. The witness claims a large dark shape stood bipedally and moved with long smooth strides behind a mesquite tree, where it remained as an indistinct dark shape. No recording was made and none of the companions saw the figure.

Partial sighting
July 2016 Jacksboro, Jack County, Texas Class A #55121

Youth has daylight sighting along Texas highway near Jacksboro

The witness was riding with family toward Wichita Falls in late morning and looked out the vehicle window. They saw a tall, dark, fur-covered figure running bipedally from a hill into a valley. The figure disappeared into trees after a few seconds. The witness was the only occupant who saw it.

Full-body sighting
2 April 2016 Grand Prairie, Tarrant County, Texas Class B #57411

Grande Prairie resident has possible sighting at sundown from backyard

In spring 2016 after returning home from an evening walk near his home, the witness looked back across an open field toward the woods and saw the back of a tall, broad, hair-covered upright creature standing still about 150 yards away. After a few seconds it moved quickly into the woods. He later estimated it was over seven feet tall with no visible neck and a peaked, caramel-colored head and back.

Partial sighting
March 2016 Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/03/28/sc-ep204-that-is-not-a-bear

Tracks in Texas (2016)

The witness joined a multi-day guided expedition in dense woods. The group found distinct five-toed tracks, heard an owl-call answered oddly, heard a warning-like howl and later chatter, and saw saplings broken at angles. While forward of the group at night the witness used thermal to see a large heat mass between trees that vanished, and shortly after others in the same vicinity were growled at.

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Spring 2016 Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas Class B #55249

Possible activity and photo attempts around a home near Vernon

The witness reported noticing dark spots near a freshwater pond visible from his property around sunset and viewing them with binoculars. He found what he was seeing difficult to comprehend. He said the sightings have continued to the present, including activity around his house recorded with night-vision cameras.

Partial sighting
30 October 2015 Edom, Van Zandt County, Texas Class A #57712

Motorist has night time visual of an individual carrying a deer near the town of Edom

The witness was driving home over a bridge in the early morning with bright lights on. He reported seeing a large hairy creature walking near the road carrying a deer over its shoulder. The creature glanced toward him, then walked into the treeline and disappeared. The encounter lasted only seconds.

Full-body sightingEyeshine
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.

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17 June 2015 Henrietta 20 Miles Bluegrove 5 Miles, Clay County, Texas Class A #51612

Rural North Texas family has nighttime road crossing sighting near Bluegrove

A family driving home from church at night saw a large dark hairy biped in the headlights at the roadside. The creature crossed the gravel road in two strides, cleared barbed-wire fences, and disappeared behind a tree heading east. The driver braked hard from speed about 100 yards away but lost sight of it in the darkness.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
Spring 2015 Elgin, Lee County, Texas Class A #51821

Family has multiple sightings and interactions in their backyard near Elgin

The witness reports nearly a year of interaction at a rural home property where food left in a tree was taken, rocks were tossed near family members, vocalizations and a strong odor were noted, and a large hairy figure was partly seen beside a tree. The family came to view the main animal as a gentle female and believed several others including young were present. Activity is said to have faded after new homes were built nearby.

Partial sightingWhoopGrowlScreamVocalization +5
January 2015 Startzville/Canyon Lake, Comal County, Texas Class A #47702

Early evening sighting near a home and strange deer kills investigated at Canyon Lake

The witness was backing out of the driveway with family at dusk when headlights illuminated a tall, broad, grayish-blond creature standing about 40 yards away near an oak tree. The creature faced the witness with its arms at its sides. After the witness briefly looked away to alert a relative, the creature was gone.

Full-body sighting
November 2014 Reklaw, Rusk County, Texas Class A #57754

Hunter in a pasture has twilight sighting through his rifle scope in Reklaw

The witness was hunting in a pasture in the evening and watching deer through a rifle scope. He noticed movement and saw a large brown hair-covered biped come out of woods in a neighboring pasture and walk toward his area before disappearing into a tree line. He estimated it was much larger than any of the local hunters.

Full-body sighting
23 October 2014 QUEEN CITY, Cass County, Texas Class B #46641

Possible activity at a home outside Queen City

A child riding a toy vehicle in the backyard told a relative to come see something, but a relative hurried over and the thing was already gone. The child described a tall brown hairy figure watching her, with upright hair on top of its head, taller than a parent, and said it was not a cow from a nearby pasture. The family questioned the child and believed she had seen something unusual, and she has since avoided the spot.

Partial sighting
14 July 2014 Canadian, Roberts County, Texas Class A #56826

Close daytime sighting on a ranch in the Canadian River Valley

The witness was driving slowly on a ranch lease road in daylight when they noticed a large hairy figure standing in the open about 70 feet away. After initially mistaking it for an unusually large bull, they concluded it was a Bigfoot positioned on all fours. The witness glanced away briefly to stay on the road, and when they looked back the figure had vanished. They exited the vehicle to search but neither saw nor heard it again.

Full-body sighting
July 2014 Atlanta, Cass County, Texas Class A #45818

Father and son have a close daylight encounter while driving to Wright Patman Lake

A man driving to fish with his son stopped on a road near a lake after seeing what he thought was a bear. The animal stood upright, revealing a very tall, broad, dark-brown hairy human-like form, and the driver got out and shouted at it. The creature vocalized loudly, threw part of a snake toward them, then ran rapidly into the woods.

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June 2014 New Caney, Montgomery County, Texas Class A #45616

Observation of a tall figure in a meadow while driving outside New Caney at dawn

The witness was driving to work in the early morning when he saw a very tall hairy figure standing among cows in a fenced meadow, apparently moving toward a calf. The figure appeared to notice the truck when the brake lights came on, watched the witness briefly, then calmly walked away past a farmhouse and into the woods. The witness stopped to observe but was unable to photograph it or follow on foot because the land was posted.

Full-body sighting
25 March 2014 Jasper, Jasper County, Texas Class B #44678

Possible road crossing early in the day near Jasper

While driving to work in the morning, the witness saw a dark object on the road she first thought was an ATV. As she got closer it moved off the road into the ditch, then stood up from a bent-over position, lifted a leg over a log, and disappeared into the forest. Her husband later checked the crossing spot for tracks but dense pine needles and leaf litter prevented finding any sign.

Partial sighting
August 2013 Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/06/17/sc-ep35-scary-night-on-the-lone-star-trail

Sasquatch sighting in Texas (2013)

On a hot afternoon while driving about 60 mph, the witness glanced over and saw a tall inky-black bulky figure stepping into thick bushes and trees by the road. Seen briefly at a diagonal for about two seconds, it looked well over six feet with a flat forehead and head pointed at the back.

Partial sighting
July 2013 Sudan, Lamb County, Texas Class B #41621

Woman observes unusual tumbleweed structure with occupant in far west Texas near Sudan

The witness and a companion were in a vehicle near a draw on a relative's land looking for deer. Through binoculars the witness watched a dark hairy figure concealed among tumbleweeds around a tree, moving to stay hidden and at one point peering over a branch with only its head and eyes visible. The figure later appeared at another tree behind reeds and underbrush watching the vehicle. The companion could not see what the witness described from his position in the vehicle.

Partial sighting
June 2012 Willis, Montgomery County, Texas Class B #35778

Man & daughter have multiple encounters in Sam Houston Natl Park

The witness parked with four teenage companions at a forest spot late at night to watch from a pickup truck. After tree knocks and whoop sounds, the group saw a very tall, wide upright figure silhouetted beside a pine tree in moonlight. The witness later found large footprints at the same spot and made casts.

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25 November 2011 San Augustine, Sabine County, Texas Class A #33336

Late afternoon sighting by a deer hunter on her lease near Angelina National Forest

The witness was deer hunting from a tripod stand in late afternoon when she spotted a tall hair-covered figure crossing toward a pine thicket about 400 yards away. She viewed it through her rifle scope, saw it glance toward her, then watched it continue into the thicket. Shaken, she left the stand, her ATV stalled, she fired distress shots, and a nearby hunter helped her return to camp.

Full-body sightingOdor