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May 1990 Cooke County, Texas Class A #2394

Four friends saw and heard 8 foot creature plow through the trees while they were out fishing

The witness and companions returned at night to the same lakeside spot where they had been frightened the night before. They heard a distant roar that suddenly sounded a few feet away, lit the area with a spotlight, and saw a tall upright creature with its back to them that ran and then paused. The creature roared again when shot at and pushed over a green cottonwood before the group left.

Full-body sightingScreamVocalizationTree break
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
Summer 1990 Commerce, Delta County, Texas Class B #638

Series of encounters with bigfoot in close proximity to Sulphur River

Around 1990 the witness was called to a friend's rural property after livestock losses and a hog attack. At the hog pen the witness and others found large human-like footprints in the dirt. Plaster casts and photographs were made of one print, with the cast later displayed and retained. Additional prints were later found leading toward a nearby cabin.

Tracks
December 1989 Karnack, Harrison County, Texas Class A #8107

Ongoing encounters with a bigfoot on family property at Caddo Lake

The witness was deer hunting alone from an elevated stand before dawn under a full moon. A large bipedal figure emerged from dense woods and walked along a pipeline clearing toward his position, then turned to face him after hearing his rifle safety click, walked backward briefly, spun around and reentered the woods. A larger tree nearby then shook violently, and after sunrise the witness and his companion found worn trails and a footprint but no clear tracks.

Full-body sightingTracksAnimal behaviour
in the fall, 1989 Bradshaw, Texas #9a2ca0cb-23b9-4cb0-9da6-f8a26099bdce

Sasquatch sighting near Bradshaw, Texas (1989)

The witness and a companion were slowly driving with headlights off and dogs in the truck to scent a coon near a creek crossing. Turning on the lights to climb a hill, they startled a large reddish-brown animal that moved on all fours alongside the truck. At the top of the hill it rose to two legs without stopping and ran bent over down the tree line before re-entering the woods. The pair left the area immediately and did not return to hunt there.

Full-body sighting
July 1988 Palo Pinto, Palo Pinto County, Texas Class B #8861

Boy scouts have possible encounter near Possum Kingdom Lake

In early July 1988 the witness was alone at a summer camp when rustling and screams were heard from a rocky ledge above and a white upright figure was glimpsed moving behind trees. Two companions ran down the hill saying they had encountered a large white humanoid ape-like creature with long arms on a trail that screamed and fled after eye contact. The companions were shaken for hours but later denied the incident, and the witness remains uncertain whether it was a costumed person or a real creature.

Partial sightingFull-body sightingScreamUnidentified soundPossible hoax
15 April 1988 Carthage, Panola County, Texas Class A #10157

On Sabine River, young fisherman has late night encounter.

The witness and companions were cooking catfish at a hunting camp when a noise came from the well where fish guts had been left. The witness went toward the well with a light and rifle, heard a moan, and saw a large dark form that stood upright. After shouting warnings and firing shots in the air, the witness said the form moved off and footsteps were heard in leaves. The next day large five-toed tracks were found at the well and most of the guts were gone.

Full-body sightingVocalizationFootstepsTracks
April 1988 Ennis, Ellis County, Texas Class A #27564

Man recalls his nighttime sighting through a kitchen window near Ennis

The witness and a companion were inside the home at a table when they heard a noise at a window. A figure appeared at another window very close to the witness's face and remained for a couple minutes before walking away to the east. A relative who arrived later found footprints behind the house.

Partial sightingUnidentified soundTracks
1988 Texas #f7520a18-5134-4df1-8669-ed504cd07553

Footsteps in Texas (1988)

The guest and the same cousin were hunting with dogs at night along a creek bed near a dirt road curve. Both felt watched and heard extra steps behind them, then returned toward the parked truck. At the road the dogs froze, and the guest's spotlight revealed a hairy figure across the road by a culvert that covered its face with a hand before stepping into the dry creek as they left.

FootstepsFull-body sightingEyeshine
Fall 1988 Throckmorton County, Texas Class A #4158

Brothers encounter a large, very well-built, man-like creature

The witness and a relative were walking between ponds at night with lights when they spotted a tall human-like figure watching from behind a tree. After the witness whistled, the figure stepped into the road and took a few walking steps toward them, prompting both to flee back to camp. They later returned with tools to check the area but found no trace of the figure.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
November 1987 Clarksville, Red River County, Texas Class A #4142

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.

Partial sightingMovement only
1987 Abilene, Texas #9a2ca0cb-23b9-4cb0-9da6-f8a26099bdce

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.

Movement only
Fall 1987 Karnack, Harrison County, Texas Class A #8067

Deer hunter encounters bigfoot at Caddo Lake near Karnack

The witness was concealed while deer hunting at the water's edge when he noticed movement to the side. He watched a large hair-covered biped rise from a crouch in shallow water, look side to side, then walk out of the water into the woods and disappear over about two minutes from about 50 yards away. On the return to the truck he found a single very large footprint in loose soil.

Full-body sightingTracks
Winter 1987 Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas Class A #9038

While hunting in Sabine River bottoms, two boys have daytime encounter

In 1987 two companions hunting after school were walking on a dirt road in river bottoms and looking down a right-of-way. A large hair-covered figure at least 7 feet tall came out of the trees, walked along the tree line, then went back into the trees without crossing. The witnesses were carrying guns but ran home.

Full-body sighting
late summer, 87 ish Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/08/30/sc-ep141-sasquatch-running-down-the-hill

Sasquatch sighting in Texas (1987)

The witness was on a picnic date by a sandy creek in Texas in the evening. While carrying items back to his vehicle he heard a deep grunt, then watched a dark hair-covered biped run upright down a hill and sprint across deep sand. It shortened its stride to leap about 12 feet across the creek, pulled its foot from the far bank, and continued up the other side. His companion also saw it and asked who that was.

Full-body sightingVocalization
November 1986 Maud, Bowie County, Texas Class A #8039

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.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalizationOdor
October 1986 San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas Class A #7836

Horse rider has daytime encounter near San Angelo.

The witness was horseback riding on familiar trails in the afternoon when the horse grew nervous and the area went unusually silent. Near a ridge she saw a large very dark hair-covered being squatting in dense brush, which then started to emerge upright as the horse bolted. She briefly stopped in a clearing, saw nothing following, then rode quickly back to the trailer and reported what happened to relatives there.

Partial sighting
December 1983 Buna, Jasper County, Texas Class A #10506

While sitting on relative's front porch, two children have daytime sighting

Two children sitting on a relative's porch at midday watched a large hair-covered biped run out of the woods and across a field. It looked toward them briefly, cleared a barbed-wire fence with ease, then vanished behind a pond into the trees while dipping to miss a branch. The pair rushed indoors to tell adults, who told them it was likely a bear.

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
1983–1984 Texas #f7520a18-5134-4df1-8669-ed504cd07553

Sasquatch sighting in Texas (1983)

The guest's cousin rode a new bicycle down a dirt road near the grandparents' home when the chain came off by a creek crossing. While trying to fix it, the cousin heard something in the woods and saw something lean out from behind a pine tree. The cousin abandoned the bicycle and ran back to the house in distress.

Partial sighting