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March 2001 Chico, Wise County, Texas Class A #2237

Early morning encounter on North Texas backroad.

In March 2001 at about 4:30 a.m., the witness was driving home from work on back dirt roads when a tall bipedal figure crossed in front of the headlights in two to three strides. The figure stepped over a fence into a field and disappeared from view. It was described as 6-7 feet tall with long arms and long grayish hair, possibly dust-coated, moving in a lumbering fast walk.

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April 1998 LaRue/New York, Henderson County, Texas Class A #9924

Mother and son have night time encounter on county road.

Two people driving a van at night saw a very tall, hair-covered biped cross the road in their headlights. The figure crossed quickly, paused to look from behind a tree with red eyeshine, then left toward dense woods. The pair turned around and drove home upset without stopping.

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12 December 1996 Quitman Or Alba, Wood County, Texas Class A #2048

Night time road crossing observation

On a Sunday evening in winter 1996, the witness was driving home from church with at least one other person. They watched a tall, dark, upright figure cross the road and step over a 3.5- to 4-foot barbed-wire fence without breaking stride. The witness identified the figure as a bigfoot.

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Fall 1995 20 Miles South Of Stephenville, Erath County, Texas Class A #11260

Early morning road cross encounter south of Stephenville

While driving south on US 281 before dawn, the witness saw a tall hair-covered figure cross the highway in the headlights and stop in the roadside ditch. As he passed, he observed its large upper body, human-like face, and yellowish-green eyes watching him before it turned into the brush. He briefly considered turning back but continued driving, later questioning what he had seen.

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August 1994 Brackettville, Kinney County, Texas Class B #10239

Motorists observe animal crossing the road

Two occupants of a truck on Highway 131 near Brackettville saw a large hairy creature cross the road about 300 yards ahead in the morning. When they reached the spot the creature was gone, but they found a patch of long brown hair on a barbed-wire fence. The witness later heard from a relative that local ranchers had reported similar sightings in the area.

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February 1992 Pecan Gap, Fannin County, Texas Class A #7519

Bigfoot runs across road in front of woman in car near Pecan Gap

Late at night in February 1992, the witness was driving on a rural road when an upright, hair-covered figure crossed the road from west to east in front of the vehicle. The figure was seen in profile at the edge of the headlights and disappeared into cedar trees along a fence line within seconds. The witness did not stop to investigate and later became convinced of the identification after reading other reports.

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6 February 1982 Texarkana, Morris County, Texas Class A #58136

Six witnesses in three cars see a sasquatch in Big Piney Woods

Three cars traveling together at night on a rural road through forest slowed when a creature was seen crouched on the left side. It stood and crossed the road between the lead and middle cars, then stopped in a drainage ditch on the right where it was watched in headlights for about a minute. The cars continued without stopping until reaching a gas station much later.

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November 1981 Bon Wier/Newton, Newton County, Texas Class A #13833

Early evening sighting by motorist two miles outside Bon Wier

The witness and their spouse were driving on Highway 190 in southeast Texas at dusk in fall 1981 or 1982. A tall, lean, hairy figure stepped into the road ahead of them, paused near the center to look toward the vehicle, then continued off the road into vegetation. The pair watched for about ten seconds and drove past without stopping.

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September 1980 Spicewood, Travis County, Texas Class A #8530

Two men see unknown, bipedal animal run across road near Pedernales River.

Two companions were parked by the road at dusk preparing to target shoot when the companion spotted a large hairy biped crossing ahead. The witness saw the same object from behind as it moved through brush about 75 yards away. Both were frightened and left immediately without hearing or smelling anything.

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November 1979 Direct, Lamar County, Texas Class A #7758

Road encounter with bigfoot near Direct, Texas

Two people driving on a gravel road at night saw a tall gray-haired biped cross the road in front of their car and step over a barbed-wire fence. The animal moved slowly and showed no reaction to the vehicle. After driving on, the pair got stuck turning around in a wheat field, then drove back past the site without seeing the creature again.

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15 August 1977 Commerce, Hunt County, Texas Class A #7664

Road cross encounter on Hwy 50 in Sulphur River bottoms

Late at night the witness was driving home along Highway 50 near the Sulphur River bottom when headlights from his car and an oncoming car lit a large dark upright figure on the roadside. The figure quickly crossed the two-lane road in a few long walking steps, appearing slumped forward with arms swinging. The witness slowed, stopped, turned around and searched the area with headlights but found nothing further.

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Friday Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/16/sc-ep86-east-texas-trip-overview

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

Later Friday night while sitting in a car facing the road, the visitor scanned the brush with starlight night vision. A large dark bipedal figure walked across the road in under five seconds where crossings had been heard the night before, then disappeared into brush. At the same time others heard Ohio-like howls to the left.

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Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/05/10/sc-ep102-very-close-encounter-with-a-sasquatch

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The caller hung a recorder and peanut-brittle bait near a meadow intersection in daylight. He did a squeal call, then saw a very wide light-brown upright figure cross the trail in about one second. He shook too hard to film it and walked quickly back to his vehicle.

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a couple of years later Texas #f7520a18-5134-4df1-8669-ed504cd07553

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The guest learned from an uncle about workers who drove down a dirt road behind the prior sighting area for a service call. The workers reported that something they called Diablo ran across the road in front of them and refused to return to that road.

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when I was a teenager in Granbury Granbury, Texas #72ee3f2e-ad1b-4e58-a4e1-da8f8af5e236

Sasquatch sighting near Granbury, Texas

Driving at night with brights on through an S-bend the witness saw a huge coppery-brown hairy figure on the road edge heading into the woods. He swerved to miss it, skidded and crashed into a landowner's driveway ditch, damaging the front end and requiring a tow. He later learned the landowner had livestock going missing and found shredded.

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when I was 34, 35 Marshall, Texas #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/EGqTlOLIZkPAyZfCeAzSvuDz7JGaIayKwd2Q1Qf-P7w

Sasquatch sighting near Marshall, Texas

The witness was driving on an elevated two-lane road that was flooded when a large dark figure stepped in front of a highway sign and crossed the road in two steps. He flashed his bright lights, saw two reddish eyes glance toward him, then watched it drop down the steep bank. He stopped, got out, saw only a water trail across the pavement and heard splashing moving through the woods.

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Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2017/12/18/sc-ep391-mumbling-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The witness's cousin was driving on a rural ranch road at night to a relative's house. A large human-like figure easily leapt over an eight-foot fence, entered the roadway, and struck the hood as she braked. She then drove away and watched it leap another fence with ease.

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Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2014/03/25/sc-ep24-bigfoot-roundtable-with-coonbo

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

While driving toward a calling spot, the group encountered two large individuals crossing the road, the larger beige and estimated at 11 to 12 feet. The larger disappeared into thick pines while the smaller repeatedly tried to run ahead and recross in front of the truck. The driver blocked it several times under headlights and spotlights until it left into the woods.

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Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/06/26/sc-ep230-creatures-chased-us-off-of-a-deer-lease

Sasquatch sighting in Texas

The guest and his wife were riding an ATV to their blind early in the morning when a barefoot figure ran across the trail about 30 feet ahead. The wife did not see it. They stopped and found a fresh bare footprint filling with water and joked about a person out barefoot in cold weather.

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I was 16 years old when it happened Texas #88a3aeaf-010c-4710-a486-d23bc2dc6f27

Dogman sighting in Texas

The witness was walking home from hunting with rabbits and an unloaded shotgun when a tall upright canine crossed the road in front of him at close range. It turned to snarl, dove over a barbed wire fence, dropped to all fours, and disappeared into tall grass. He took the long way home in shock and was frightened of the dark for months afterward.

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