Incident #991910
Hamilton, Hamilton Cty, Texas
Jan 1992
Account
Driving south on Hwy 281 toward Hamilton, approaching Leon River bridge, saw animal jump over guard rail. Stopped car to look at it, 7 to 8 feet, 400 to 500 pounds, body covered with hair, most of face bare, four fang-like teeth, others flat. It hurdled the guard rail and ran into the night towards the brush along the river bank. Arms hung below knees.
When
- Month
- Jan
- Year
- 1992
- Season
- winter
- Time of Day
- night
- Duration
- considerable
Where
- State / province
- Texas
- County
- Hamilton Cty
- Nearest Town
- Hamilton
- Latitude
- 3146
- Longitude
- 9807
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- rural
- First Seen
- beside
- Terrain Object
- road
- Near or/at
- water
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- 5
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
Setting
- Nearby Water
- river
Weather and light
- Lighting
- headlights
Source
- Source
- Bigfoot Co-op, Jan. 1992, quoting Dallas, TX, Morning News, Feb. 27, 1992, quoting Hamilton, TX, Herald-News, quoting letter from "Daniel Fisker."
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 7-8 ft
- Build
- very heavy
- Posture
- erect
- No hair on
- on face
- Face Appeared
- humanlike
- Arms
- long
- Movement
- jumping up
- Later Movement
- stopped stillýcrossed roadýentered woods
- Movement re observer
- across observer front
- Arms Action
- hanging
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Witness Saw with
- naked eye
- Observer Was
- in car
- Closest horizontal distance
- close
- Action on sighting
- stayed stillýstudied