Bowie County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Several incidents in the woods near the Sulphur River south of Texarkana

I was about 14 years old when these incidents occurred. They happened in about a span of a month, never before or never after has anything like this ever happened to me. The first incident occurre...

October 1978

Hopkins County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Encounter near Sulphur River not far from Sulphur Springs

I was about 3 miles from the Sulphur River on family land. I walked down a creek bed to a pool on the other side. When I came back down the hill I stopped to relieve myself. Just as I started to step ...

May 1978

Gregg County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Sighting by a fisherman at night near Kilgore, and separate nighttime sighting by a family in a mobilehome

The report I am filing with you may be lengthy but I deem it necessary to the understand the account. It was the summer of 1977 or 1978 on the outskirts of town. My father's best friend and fishing bu...

January 1978

Jeffdavis County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Close encounter near Davis Mountains in West Texas

I was towing my friend's car back to Midland TX. We were coming through the Davis Mt. area of SW Texas. The road was a two lane highway. I saw something on the side of the road that at first looked li...

October 1977

Eastland County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Memory told of a scary, daytime encounter while frog hunting near Ranger

It was late summer early fall in 1977. Me and a friend were Bullfrog hunting on his granddads property south of Ranger, TX in the rough Canyon country. He had or leased a large section of land and had...

September 1977

Hunt County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Road cross encounter on Hwy 50 in Sulphur River bottoms

Around 11 pm returning to Commerce along Hwy. 50, as I approached the Sulphur River bottom I noticed movement along the east side of the highway near the shoulder. There was another vehicle heading so...

August 1977

Lampasas County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Hairy 7-8' tall creature confronts fisherman in moonlight

During August of the Summer of '77, I had gone fishing with five of my school buddies down at the Lampasas River. We got there during the early evening hours (approx. 5:30) so there would be plenty of...

August 1977

Palo Pinto County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Brazos River campers encounter powerful vocalizations at close range

I was 14-15 years old. My father and I were camping with another father and son along the Brazos River. It was after midnight and my friend and I were running a trotline we had stretched across the ri...

June 1977

Cass County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Tracks found and other encounters in area near Lake o' the Pines.

1st - Myself, my older sister and a friend of ours found a 16" -20" footprint by the pond at the back of the property my sister and her husband were renting. Something was watching us. We found where ...

January 1977

Cooke County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Youth has sighting near bridge

I was 14 years old in 1976. It was either Nov or Dec 1976 and I had rode my dirt bike to what is known in Cooke County, Texas as the Old Toll Bridge located at the Red River. At the river stands 3 old...

December 1976

Tarrant County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Recollection of hearing frightening vocalizations in the Fort Worth Nature Center

It was the Friday before Christmas, 1976. School was out that day. Everything is a blur except what happened that night at the Nature Center. It was called Greer Island then. My name is Robert. After ...

December 1976

Parker County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Man recalls strange occurrences as a youngster in Weatherford

Seen big dark something twice. I grew up on the eastside of Weatherford, born and raised on town creek, which stretched from Sunshine lake thru Weatherford all the way to Annetta South. During the win...

November 1976

Upshur County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Sighting by a man on horseback of two large creatures near Gladewater

It was about 8:pm , it had been an Indian summer type day and I had taken my horse for a long ride one saturday afternoon , I lost track of time and I was late getting back from my ride, this horse wa...

October 1976

Van Zandt County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two boys have afternoon sighting out behind family land in Sabine River Basin.

A friend and I were at the back of my family's land playing at the creek. As we were playing I noticed something under a tree that was out in a pasture along a fence line. My friend and myself saw wha...

November 1975

Parker County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Woman remembers encounter not far from Brazos River.

I was driving home from town, to my parents house in southwest Parker County, when I came to the turn off to go down their road. I saw something big to the left of the road. It was dark brown or black...

October 1975

Walker County Texas (Class A) BFRO

While rowing a boat across a lake in Huntsville Park witness saw a dark animal in the form of a man running away

My family and I had gone to Huntsville State Park like we always had every summer. My nephew ( who happens to be close to the same age as me ) told me he wanted to take me to a neat place that he had ...

July 1975

Cooke County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Biology teacher's experiences around "the 1893 Bridge."

I feel stupid doing this but my teacher told us in class the other day about his bigfoot experiences. I don't want to attempt to tell the whole story but you people should really talk to him. I respec...

January 1975

Grayson County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Seven-foot tall creature seen by two youths; a local newspaper later carries story about other incidents in the same area

My husband has told this story every since he was a child and his cousin who was with him at the time backs up every bit of the story. If you seperate them and ask specific questions, the stories matc...

January 1975

Cherokee County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Man recalls childhood experience with bigfoot

Our family has some property down in deep East Texas at the top of what is called the Piney Woods region. We have about 200 acres with open pasture fronting a farm-to-market road and pushing back into...

March 1974

Burleson County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Family camping at Lake Somerville is menaced by a loud screaming creature

1. Strange howling scream. 2. Foul stench. Shortly after moon set, the lake wind had died down and the night was calm. Our dog started getting nervous & ran whimpering under the car. A few minutes...

July 1972

Smith County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Childhood sighting recalled near Whitehouse

This happened in the summer of 1972, either June or July and I would have been about seven years old. I was going fishing with my grandfather and cousin at Lake Tyler East. It was about an hour befor...

July 1972

Pecos County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Two brothers have early morning encounter

On a summer morning in 1972, can't remember what month.Me and my brother were sleeping and I noticed by our window where we slept a shadow.It was a big head pointing upward,I told my brother not too m...

January 1972

Ellis County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Memory shared of a daylight sighting while searching for bottles along a rural road outside Garrett

My sister and our friend were picking up coke bottles for cash to buy gas for my sister's volkswagon. She was driving while our friend and I walked along side. We heard this extremely loud roar like s...

January 1972

Sabine County Texas (Class B) BFRO

Encounter on Toledo Bend

Reported on behalf of a friend who wishes to remain anonymous. While fishing from a small boat close to shore on the Texas side of Toledo Bend, D.R. noticed a strong, musky/fecal odor for several m...

June 1970

Palo Pinto County Texas (Class A) BFRO

Encounter during a summer camp campout near the Brazos River

It was 1969, and I was at summer camp at age 14. I was one of about 20 campers and two counselors that went on a 3 day, 2 night canoe/camping trip down the Brazos River. We put in just below the d...

July 1969