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9 October 2024 Rye, Liberty County, Texas Class A #77762

FIVE DAYS AGO (10/09/2024): Daylight sighting of a sasquatch on railroad tracks 60 miles northeast of Houston

The witness was driving north over railroad tracks in daylight and looked down the tracks for a train. The witness spotted a tall fur-covered figure less than 100 yards away that stepped over the tracks in one stride and took two more quick steps into the woods. The figure was estimated at about 9 feet tall with long arms and legs, but no face details were visible.

Full-body sighting
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
May 2004 Rayburn, Liberty County, Texas Class A #9862

While driving between Trinity River and Cleveland, couple has morning road-cross encounter

The witness's parents were driving west in the morning when a large, hairy, brownish-red creature crossed the highway ahead of them. It moved quickly in a leaping, stooped run, at times touching a hand to the ground, and disappeared into woods along a pipeline trail. The parents slowed to look but saw no further trace of it.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
January 2004 Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas Class A #8441

Couple has early morning sighting on Highway 105 very near the Trinity River

The witness was driving with a companion on a highway at night when they encountered an animal in the road near a road-killed deer. They braked hard, and the animal stood up from a squat, moved to the roadside, looked at them briefly, vocalized, and left into the woods. Both occupants briefly got out, felt watched, pulled the deer carcass off the road, and left.

Full-body sightingRoad crossingVocalization
April 2003 Kenefick Crossing To Dayton, Liberty County, Texas Class A #8857

Mother and son endure frightening road encounter with hairy, "man-like" being.

A witness driving with a young relative at night rounded a curve and nearly hit a tall hair-covered figure standing by a road sign. The figure turned toward the headlights and the driver swerved to avoid a collision. Both occupants described it as very tall, muscular, mostly hair-covered with little hair on the face, and the encounter lasted only seconds.

Full-body sightingRoad crossing
December 1993 Dayton, Liberty County, Texas Class A #10272

Squirrel hunter has pre-dusk close encounter near Linney Creek

The witness was hunting squirrels in a wooded clearing when a tall, dark, hairy figure appeared about 15 feet away. The two reportedly stared at each other for about ten seconds before the witness cocked a shotgun and the figure quickly turned and left into dense foliage. The witness looked for tracks but found none and noted an absence of other wildlife activity.

Full-body sighting
1990 Kenefick, Liberty County, Texas Class A #9036

Three motorists have night time road encounter near Kenefick.

Three people riding in a car at night saw a very tall, hair-covered biped standing at the roadside. As their car passed, the creature turned and walked into the woods on the same side of the road. The encounter was described as very brief and occurred in mixed woods.

Full-body sighting
August 1983 OLD RIVER-WINFREE, Liberty County, Texas Class A #9169

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.

Full-body sightingMovement onlyOdorAnimal behaviour
1979–1980 Splendora, Liberty County, Texas Class A #24905

Man recalls a late night encounter while parking in a remote area north of Splendora

Late on a spring night in 1979 or 1980, the witness had been parked in a truck on a pipeline with a companion for about 45 minutes. After hearing rustling ahead, the witness turned on the headlights and reported a very large hair-covered creature standing a few feet in front of the truck. The witness immediately reversed to leave, and when looking forward again the creature was gone.

Partial sightingUnidentified sound
1978–1979 Tarkington, Liberty County, Texas Class A #10438

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.

Partial sightingOdor
in the mid to late seventies Tarkington, Liberty County, Texas Related account #10438

Odor near Tarkington, Texas

Witness repeatedly smelled skunk- and wet-dog-like odor while hunting over several years, noting wildlife went silent, with a friend confirming similar smells.

Odor
about two weeks prior to this sighting at approximately the same time of the morning Rayburn, Liberty County, Texas Related account #9862

Sasquatch sighting near Rayburn, Texas

About two weeks earlier the same witnesses saw a large pool of blood on the highway with a trail to the bridge and a large reddish-brown hairy animal lying beyond the guard rail that was gone when they returned.

Partial sighting