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12 December 2025 Lindale, Smith County, Texas Class B #79559

Bigfoot howls heard west of Hideaway Lake, 9 miles south of Sabine River

The witness reports hearing prolonged howls from the forested area behind the home during the early morning hours, believing there were two sources at different distances. When the witness shone a flashlight toward the tree line the nearer howling stopped while the farther howling continued, followed by two metallic taps on a nearby wire fence line. Two neighbors later said they also heard the sounds. No visual observation is reported.

HowlUnidentified sound
31 March 2011 Chapel Hill/Tyler, Smith County, Texas Class B #29067

Possible vocalizations heard outside Chapel Hill

Around 2 a.m. the witness heard a long, horrible call she associated with Bigfoot calls played on television shows. Shortly afterward she heard a second, higher-pitched strange cry she said she had never heard except on TV. A daughter living two houses away was also awake and heard the sound, though from farther away.

Vocalization
15 January 2004 Tyler, Smith County, Texas Class B #7802

Teenager hears vocalization at night and has possible sighting not far from Sabine River.

The witness and companions were riding 4-wheelers on a large ranch around midnight when one vehicle got stuck in mud. While waiting, the witness heard a single long loud moaning sound from a distance. A companion present did not hear the sound. Days later the witness said the sound matched a long moaning recording on a research website.

Vocalization
October 1963 Tyler, Smith County, Texas Class A #1063

Coon hunters observe large, hairy "monkey" in pin oak

Late at night in 1963, the witness and four companions were hunting raccoons with dogs in a creek bottom south of Tyler, Texas. After the dogs treed something, the group illuminated a large reddish-furred animal in a pin oak that was howling and screaming while waving its arms and shaking limbs. After someone fired at it with a .22, it growled and the group fled with the dogs back to their vehicles.

Partial sightingHowlScreamGrowlAnimal behaviour
earlier this summer or fall, 2003 Tyler, Smith County, Texas Related account #7802

Footsteps near Tyler, Texas

The witness and a companion riding a 4-wheeler heard loud footsteps keeping pace and noticed trees moving.

FootstepsMovement only
subsequent Chapel Hill/Tyler, Smith County, Texas Related account #29067

Vocalization near Chapel Hill/Tyler, Texas

The witness reportedly had at least three additional vocalizations from the same area after the main event, also heard by neighbors.

Vocalization