Incident #991907
Gainesville, Cooke Cty, Texas
Aug 1984
Account
Fishing between I-35 and the old toll bridge, they saw something big, hairy, black or dark brown, moving. Horses started raising Cain. No more information on sighting, but they went back later, found several footprints, but only one good one, which they cast. No dimensions given, but there were 6 toes and no claws.
When
- Observation Date
- AUG 02 1984
- Month
- Aug
- Year
- 1984
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- day
- Duration
- brief
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Cooke Cty
- Nearest Town
- Gainesville
- Latitude
- 3338
- Longitude
- 9710
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- Tracks
- found later
- Cast Made Y/N
- Yes
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 2
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- No. of Track Witnesses
- 2
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Gainesville, TX, Daily Register, Aug. 4, 1984, quoting Kenneth Williams and Lynn Wages.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- large
- Hair Colour
- brown black
- Evidence Left
- footprints
Footprints
- Set of Tracks
- 1
- Footprint Length
- big
- Number of Tracks
- few
- Number of Toes
- 6
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- fishing, shore
- Action on sighting
- departed slowlyýcame backýmade cast