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19 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

The same rancher saw the creature again behind his house making a ruckus. He emptied his small revolver at it, firing nine or ten shots. The creature went away and this was the last direct sighting reported that weekend.

Full-body sightingUnidentified sound
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

An unnamed woman and her son were out walking and reported seeing the same creature as others that day. No names were given in the newspaper. No further detail was preserved in the retelling.

Partial sighting
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

An older rancher at his house encountered a large gorilla-like creature that looked at him, growled and shook bushes. The encounter unnerved him as outside his normal experience. The creature then disappeared.

Full-body sightingGrowl
18 July 1964 Caddo, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Caddo, Texas (1964)

A nine-year-old boy walking to his fishing spot almost ran into an animal standing in the bushes. The animal stood up and growled, frightening him. He ran home to tell his mother.

Full-body sightingGrowl
1964 Livingston, Polk County, Texas Class A #4141

Witness spots a large, dark, hairy creature standing 50 yards away

When the witness was about 10 years old, they accompanied a friend and the friend's mother to a small cemetery to visit a grave. After placing flowers, the group heard a crash at the woods edge and saw a large dark hairy creature standing behind the back fence about 50 yards away. The creature grunted and shuffled back into the woods, and the group quickly got in the car and left.

Full-body sightingVocalizationUnidentified sound
1964 Ennis, Ellis County, Texas Class B #2396

Tall creature seen by witness

The witness's father and a companion were fishing at Chambers Creek when a large hairy creature estimated at eight to ten feet tall appeared before them and roared while displaying its arms. Frightened, the two men ran to the truck and drove back to town. The account notes the creature was reportedly seen by others afterward.

Full-body sightingVocalization
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
1960–1969 Daingerfield, Morris County, Texas Class A #9879

Two sisters have late-night sighting through bedroom window

The witness and her younger sister were talking in a dark bedroom late at night when they heard twigs crunching outside. Looking out the window in bright moonlight, they saw a very large hairy bipedal animal in the yard. Their grandfather came to the room, knocked out the window screen and fired a rifle at it. The animal bellowed, ran on two legs and stepped over a barbed-wire fence toward a creek, and no sign was found the next day.

Full-body sightingFootstepsVocalization
1958 Union Valley, Texas #98887e15-5921-4377-83fb-1ff9feef33c9

Sasquatch sighting near Union Valley, Texas (1958)

In 1958 the guest's father and his brother-in-law were driving home after hauling hay when they passed a big white hairy creature standing and yelling by an old house and corral. They turned around twice to look again, seeing it shaking its hands up and down with long hair on its arms and body, before it was gone on the third pass.

Full-body sightingVocalization
1938 Ellis County, Texas Class B #2395

Sighting at night by a group of coon hunters; Screams were also heard in the area

Late at night while coon-hunting, four men waited by a campfire when their dogs stayed close and acted frightened. They then saw a huge white-haired figure standing about 30 yards away watching them. The men left the area quickly without further interaction.

Full-body sighting
Fall 1930 Leon County, Texas Class B #2477

Nine foot tall brown/black creature seen carrying a calf.

Two hunters reported seeing a tall upright creature burst from dense brush carrying a calf in its arms. The men left the area and later returned at dusk with two other men to find a dead calf with entrails removed and disturbed brush nearby. Dogs brought to the site reportedly would not leave the vehicle, and the group left.

Full-body sighting
1903 Terrell, Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2016/07/31/sc-ep240-strange-laughter-in-the-woods

Sasquatch sighting near Terrell, Texas (1903)

A historical report from Terrell described an extremely tall, nude, hairy one-eyed wild man. When people saw it, it got up and walked away while the people ran. The researcher cited it as an early example of the same basic description.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/04/22/sc-ep-97-the-chicken-man

Vocalization in Texas

While in Texas with a limited permit, the group heard vocalizations from every direction all night long as they were leaving one camp location. The host worried about a youth troop arriving to camp there the next day.

Vocalization
Date unknown Texas #33db6b85-451f-4baa-96d7-4703182f29e5

Dogman sighting in Texas

An officer on the border stopped a vehicle and the detained men began shouting about a wolf at the wood line. The officer saw a half-man half-wolf snarling and coming toward him, fired his service pistol at it without effect, then fled in his car. He later refused to patrol the area and lost his job and life.

Full-body sighting
Date unknown Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/16/sc-ep86-east-texas-trip-overview

Movement only in Texas

During the day the group split on a trail to look for prints while trying to stay quiet. They suddenly heard a loud crash like a truck driving through the woods nearby. The witnesses concluded it was not made by their own split group.

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

Tracks in Texas

While poking around way off trail by a creek, the group found an unusual track attributed to a dogman. The finder almost stepped on it and had the tracker examine it, who reacted with dismay. The tellers said it was jarring and unlike a sasquatch track.

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

Vehicle contact in Texas

The host retold what the local guide said about a biker bar road where motorcyclists refuse to ride after dark. Riders were said to have been pulled or knocked off bikes traveling 60 to 70 miles an hour and injured. The area was described as very active.

Vehicle contact
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.

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

Wood knock in Texas

On Friday night the group heard vocals from multiple directions. After dropping a 4x4 board to mimic knocks, the surrounding area erupted in sound. Walking up the trail, they heard something step out and shake a large tree very close and heard bipedal footsteps hit the mud, then backed out.

Wood knockVocalizationHowlMovement onlyFootsteps
thursday night Texas #http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfoothotspot/2015/03/16/sc-ep86-east-texas-trip-overview

Movement only in Texas

On Thursday night while three men sat by a vehicle, something crashed quickly through thick brush, flanked across the road and behind them. The witness followed the local guide into the treeline and a large log was thrown end-over-end toward them, hitting a tree. On leaving they found a log deliberately placed across the road where the thing had crossed and heard distant chatter and howls.

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