Johnson County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of spying something large and hairy overturning rocks by the Brazos River

I was 12 or 13 at the time. We had been rock climbing and repelling on the cliffs there. We had been there several times before. I had a habit of wandering off exploring. I had walked the cliff top pr...

January 1986

Walker County Texas (Class A) BFE

Deer hunter observes bipedal creature crossing over pipeline near Huntsville, Texas

Me & my dad were deer hunting , myself & a few buddy's built a little camp house out of scrap materials from construction sites where we worked. Dad & I hunted for 2 days , realized we're weren't gonn...

November 1984

Jasper County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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

Back when I was 10-12 years old, my cousin and I was sitting on [a relative's] front porch in Buna, Texas looking out across a field. All of a sudden from the left side of the field a huge man like cr...

December 1983

Liberty County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While riding bicycle, teenager has afternoon, close encounter not far from Trinity River

First off I was a young boy when this happened so please forgive some memory errors. I was riding my bike in the woods and going home on a trail, I could "feel" something watching or "following" me. I...

August 1983

Montgomery County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two brothers have encounter while building house.

I had bought a lot in the subdvison of Westwood in 1983 and my brother and myself had been working to put up the walls on my house and had worked into the late evening and were useing gas camp lights ...

January 1983

Rusk County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Young boy has encounter with young bigfoot on front porch at grandparents' house

I was about 5 years old at the time. It was summer and the door was left open and the screen door closed. My grandfather had been in a wreck and his head had been in traction. He was laying on the cou...

January 1983

Parker County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While parking near Sunshine Lake, teens have late night encounter

My girlfriend and I were parking at the edge of a creek flowing into the back of the lake. It was dark and under the cover of trees where we were parked you could not see your hand in front of your fa...

December 1982

Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Hunter observes large Bipedal Creature jumping fence near Austonio

While hunting in east Texas I saw a large hair covered, 7 ft tall, 275 lb. something ape/man like creature vault/leap over a fence, land on 2 legs and step off the trail into the forest. Through the 9...

December 1982

Red River County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While searching for their uncle, two boys see a tall creature look at them, grunt and run off towards the woods

My cousin and I were playing outside. It was near dark. We were told to find my uncle. He was working out in a pasture that was cleared for cattle. We jumped the fence to go find him. My cousin said "...

April 1982

Morris County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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

We left Longview at 1:30 am in 2 cars me my wife in 1 car Joe and Elisha 1 car we were following a car with a man and boy we didn't know . While xrosing the Big Pine forrest between 2:30 n 3 am we not...

February 1982

Matagorda County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Teen has visual encounter through window.

I saw the figure thru my window, it just stood there just looking in at me. It didn't move or make any sound. I'm not sure how long it was there, it was already standing there when I happened to walk ...

January 1982

Newton County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Early evening sighting by motorist two miles outside Bon Wier

My sighting took place in the fall of 1981 (poss. '82) so I believe it's of no great value, except to record keepers/researchers. My wife and I were heading home for Thanksgiving from Gulfport, MS...

November 1981

Cherokee County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two cousins have a sighting in a thunderstorm on a family farm outside Palestine

This was on my Grandparents farm. It was 2 miles down a dirt County road and 1 mile down logging roads. My cousin and I had gone out to the farm to camp and fish over the weekend. We arrived early in ...

January 1981

Rusk County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Duck hunter has encounter on Lake Cherokee.

I was duck hunting in waders at Lake Cherokee. After hunting that day, I was exiting the water onto the shore and looked to my right about 200 - 300 feet. I had that creepy feeling that I was not alon...

December 1980

Rusk County Texas (Class C) BFRO

Loud, high-pitched, close-range screams directed at bowhunters

My dad and I used to bowhunt deer on a lease that was in Rusk County in East Texas.One end of the property was bordered by the Angelina River.This was good deer habitat as there was abundant food and ...

September 1980

Travis County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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

My friend and I were out on Old Ferry Road near Paleface Park. My buddy, who is still my best friend, saw something big and hairy trotting upright on two legs, crossing the road ahead of us. We were p...

September 1980

Houston County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While looking into the woods witness saw creature watching them

This parcel of land was where all of us kids would play at. No adults ever came out so we were free to do what we wanted. One day my cousin and I went out to this pond that was in the middle of this l...

January 1980

Liberty County Texas (Class A) BFRO

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

Late one spring evening in 1979 or 1980 a young lady and I were parked on a pipeline off of a road to the east of Highway 59 a few miles north of Splendora. We had been at this spot for about 45 minut...

January 1980

Lamar County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Road encounter with bigfoot near Direct, Texas

I was riding in the car with my friend, she was driving. It was the opening weekend of deer season, full moon, very bright. We were on a one lane gravel road in the Direct Bottoms. We saw less than 10...

November 1979

Liberty County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Squirrel hunter has encounters not far from Trinity River

As a teenager from the early seventies up until 1980, I hunted this area. Numerous times I had mentioned a smell to a friend which I described as somewhere between a skunk and a wet dog. My friend ack...

November 1979

Red River County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Boy encounters bigfoot while fishing on a pond just north of Detroit

While fishing late one evening in the late summer of 1979 I had a brief encounter with something that I cannot readily explain. I was fishing at a pond in an open field across from some apartments tha...

September 1979

Angelina County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls daytime sighting 30 years ago as a seismic hole driller in the Angelina National Forest

I was doing seismic, drilling in the Angelina National forest for several weeks. Late one afternoon, in a opening, we decided to stop and take a break, on the upper end of an open area in the thick wo...

August 1979

Harrison County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Human-like "animal" seen by family while target shooting near an open pasture.

Easter Sunday. My husband, two girls 6 and 9 years old and myself had completed our Easter visits with family and decided to take the girls out his family's land to let them be in nature and give him ...

April 1979

Bosque County Texas (Class A) BFRO

A sighting by two hunters

I am 34 now and a professional, and want to remain anonymous. I have told this story to only my immediate family. This incident occurred back in 1979 in Bosque Co., when I was in high school. Nothing ...

January 1979

Wharton County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Boy sees a bigfoot while clearing land

Let me first start by saying that when I opened my new issue of Texas Fish and Game, it opened right to the page with the picture of the "creature" on it, and the hairs stood on my head. The image of ...

January 1979