Incident #991872
Longview, Harrison Cty, Texas
about 1965
Account
Nick E. Campbell was told by David Lawson and Royal Jacobs about a giant hairy creature reported roaming the thickets and back country northeast of Longview, Texas about 1965. A man and his daughter said it was large, black and not a bear. It killed several head of cattle and a couple of people. Royal Jacobs said that as a teenager he was a member of a posse hunting the creature, and that he saw the body of a murdered person that had been torn apart.
When
- Year
- about 1965
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Harrison Cty
- Nearest Town
- Longview
- Latitude
- 3236
- Longitude
- 9438
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Multiple Sightings Y/N
- Yes
- Dead person or Sasquatch
- P
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Bulletin, Oct. 31, 1970, Nick E. Campbell, Fort Ord, CA, quoting Pvts. David Lawson and Royal Jacobs, from Longview, TX, quoting a man and his daughter.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Aggressive To
- peopleýcattle
- Object Handled
- personýanimal
- Human Contact
- attack