Geographical Index > United States > Texas > Orange County > Report # 21438
(Class A)
Submitted by witness on Sunday, September 2, 2007.
Late Night Sighting by Motorist near I-10
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YEAR: 2007
SEASON: Summer MONTH: August DATE: 13 STATE: Texas COUNTY: Orange County NEAREST TOWN: orange NEAREST ROAD: womack rd OBSERVED: my mom and i where driving home from a friends house
and we noticed a very large man crouched on the side
of the road so we turned the car around to see if he needed help by the time we had returned he was gone so we continued on are way and about a quarter of a mile down the road we saw a very large thing cross the road in two steps it walked upright had very dark brown red shaggy fur and it had to have been 7.5-8 foot in hight after we witnesses this we where pretty spoked so we didn't stick around ALSO NOTICED: i noticed that it had pulled up some wild onions OTHER WITNESSES: one other witness OTHER STORIES: yes a close family friend said that he had seen it at the same location about 20 years ago TIME AND CONDITIONS: 9:01pm fairly light hot and dry ENVIRONMENT: farmland with swampy woods about a mile east of sighting location
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator D.A. Brake (PhD):
The witness was interviewed in detail by phone. The witness was a passenger in the car driven by her mother and was traveling approximately 40 mph when it passed the crouched animal with its back to the road approximately 10-20 ft off the passenger side of the road. They continued approximately ¼ mile down the road, turned around and started back to the area of the sighting moving at a slower speed of 25-30 mph. Their car continued past the point of the first sighting at which point another car was noticed approaching from the other direction.
In the headlights of both cars, the witness described seeing a bi-pedal animal cross the road approximately 150 feet in front of their car, moving from left to right. She described the creature as moving at a fast walk, slightly hunched forward and having a pointed head, unusually long arms with hair on its back, chest and upper thighs. She also described the animal as having an athletic build and weighing at least 400 lbs. The animal did not turn its head toward either car while crossing and appeared to be carrying root-like objects in its left hand. When the creature reached the other side of the road, it briefly stopped and looked left and right and then disappeared into the tall bushes. The animal was not observed by the time the car passed the point where the animal had entered the bushes. They continued up the road and then turned around and started back in the original direction they were headed and do not see anything further.
The next morning the witness and mother returned to the point of the sighting where the creature was first spotted crouching by the road. The witness looked around the area and noticed that the ground had been dug up and described it as looking similar to what a wild pig may do when feeding on plants and roots. She also noticed several broken branches about 1 to 1.5 inches in diameter about 4-5’ off the ground. No footprints were observed and the witness commented that it had rained late the previous night and into that morning.
The witness lives approximately 10 miles from the area of the sighting and travels this same road 3-4 times a week. A Union Pacific railroad line runs parallel to the road. The area of the sighting is fairly rural with forested hardwoods and pines with sporadic swamps and farmland on both sides of the road. The witness spends a lot of time outdoors hunting and fishing and is familiar with the indigenous animals of the area.
About BFRO Investigator D.A. Brake (PhD):
D. Brake holds a PhD in Immunology and attended the Maine 2008 expedition.
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