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Nov 1969
Fort Worth, Tarrant Cty, Texas
Charles Buchanan was sleeping in the back of his pickup across from Greer Island while he had fishing lines out in Lake Worth. About 2 a.m. he was picked up, sleeping bag and all, and then dropped by a huge,…
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Apr 1970
Reno, Lamar Cty, Texas
Bob Allison kept watch to see why livestock were acting up night after night. One night he saw a 7-foot creature that fled. Next week it was back and he fired at it twice with a shotgun from 30 feet.…
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1972
Paris, Lamar Cty, Texas
Making butane delivery in late evening a few miles from Paris, stopped on dirt road, then smelled foul odour and saw hairy creature approaching truck. It was as tall as the truck. They drove off, but saw it again as…
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Sep 1973
Commerce, Hopkins Cty, Texas
Dave Lewis wrote that a creature similar to the Fouke Monster had been sighted twice in the South Sulphur River bottoms near Peerless, TX, and that one of the witnesses supposedly had photos of its tracks.
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1774
Terrel, Kaufman Cty, Texas
Unnamed fireman was riding near Hwy 429 between Terrel and Lake Tawakoni looking for lost cattle, in very heavy rain, horse spooked by something coming out of a nearby gulley, moved very fast into trees, but only 30 feet away.…
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Aug 1976
San Antonio, Bexar Cty, Texas
Ed Olivarri said that he went outside early in the morning to see why his dog was barking and was looking towards a wooded area along Quintana Road when a train whistle sounded on the Missouri-Pacific tracks and an animal…
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Aug 1976
San Antonio, Bexar Cty, Texas
Rosa Medina awakened by her dog barking, looked out and saw an animal sitting on her back steps. She knocked on the window and the animal jumped up and ran off on two legs.
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1976 to 1977
Manchester, Red River Cty, Texas
Lonnie Hamm said his daughter screamed on the porch so he went out with his .308 rifle and saw 100 yards away across a dirt road a creature 4 to 4.5 feet high but broader than a man, bent over…
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1976
Hallsville, Marion Cty, Texas
Unnamed woman said she and her son had been frightened from a blackberry field by a creature that came from the bushes breaking trees and bushes in its rush. Zollie Owens got permission to do a stakeout, using corn and…
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1976
Hallsville, Marion Cty, Texas
Woman and son frightened from a blackberry field by a creature that came from the bushes, breaking trees and bushes in its rush. Zollie Owens saw two-inch trees snapped in half. No description of the creature given, but hairy biped…
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Oct 1976
Alice, Jim Wells Cty, Texas
James Mapes said he was riding his motorcycle at San Diego Creek a half mile from his home when he saw an 8 to 9-foot creature tearing through the brush climbing a 70-degree slope up from the creek. He sat…
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Mar 1977
Diana, Upshur Cty, Texas
Dodd Smith told his mother he had found Bigfoot prints in the yard. She wouldn't look at first. No information as to how many tracks or where, but a big fallen tree limb moved aside, a section of barbed-wire fence…
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Jul 1977
Hawley, Jones Cty, Texas
Tom Roberts and Larry Suggs were clearing brush on Bob Scott's ranch when they noticed breaking of tree limbs and a shower of rocks, one of which hit Suggs in the leg. They ran to the nearby home of Ed…
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Jul 1977
Longview, Gregg Cty, Texas
Tony McCullough and Carl and Jimmy Reid heard rustling leaves behind the H.J. McCullough home and saw a tree fall. Next day they found a clear 14" footprint 15 feet from the house, in line with three indistinct prints. From…
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Aug 1977
Trinidad, Henderson Cty, Texas
Mrs. A.C. Gray said she was drivig on Hwy 274 half a mile south of Trinidad around 11 p.m. when she went by a 6 or 7-foot, slender creature covered with long brown hair that was standing so close to…
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Sep 1977
Corsicana, Navarro Cty, Texas
James Smith saw the 7-foot "object" standing by Hwy. 31 half a mile east of I-45. It quickly moved away as he approached, and he did not get a good look.
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1978
Marshall, Harrison Cty, Texas
Two residents of the Sand Hill area (not on map) have reported sightings to Harrison County authorities of a white creature that stands up like a human. One man said it seemed to be sitting, on top of a hill,…
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Jun 1978
Vidor, Orange Cty, Texas
Bobby Bussinger and wife Beckie, in house on North Tram Road, had something howling and yelping at night and clawing at window screens. Bobby went out with a shotgun and approached the creature at the back of his cleared lot.…
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Jul 1978
Rogers, Milam Cty, Texas
Near Ad Hall (not on map) Jeffrey Gelner was waiting for his grandfather, John J. Gelner who was combining in a maise field when he heard a growl behind him. He ran but looked back, saw a big brown hairy…
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Aug 1978
Georgetown, Travis Cty, Texas
Brief account says 8-foot hairy creature resembling a human was tracked into a slough near the Little River. There was an odour of dead flesh, 24-inch footprints and claw marks on trees.
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Aug 1978
Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas
Harvey Garrison, Wolfe City High School senior, visiting friend in South Sulphur, saw brown, 7 to 8-foot creature beside a country road and nearly hit it. It went over the road in one step, into the ditch with the next,…
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Aug 1978
Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas
Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford were walking about midnight on the same road where Harvey Garrison had seen a creature two nights before. They heard a noise and tried to see an animal behind a small tree. The…
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Aug 1978
Neylandville, Hunt Cty, Texas
Wayne Matlock, Anthony Wilson and Ray Rutherford were walking about midnight on the same road where Harvey Garrison had seen a creature two nights before. They heard a noise and tried to see an animal behind a small tree. The…
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Apr 1980
Powderly, Lamar Cty, Texas
Farmer checking trotlines found tracks around a fishing pond, entering the water at one point.
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May 1980
Hardin Cty, Texas
Nancy Williams and Doris Wilson found a huge footpring while "picking mayhaws in a baygall thicket" 100 yards off a farm-to-market road at Slop Jar Slough (not on map) and called Buddy Moore, editor of the Hardin County News-Visitor, to…