Great story! Thanks for sharing

My brother's father in law from Wise County was on his way home from work one morning and he saw... well, I will let this link tell the story. He told me the tale too once when I was visiting the area, riding the backroads and whatnot. He sure seemed to believed what he saw. This is his account, he reported it to whoever tracks down these cryptids.

https://bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=2237

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YEAR: 2001
SEASON: Spring
MONTH: March
STATE: Texas
COUNTY: Wise County
LOCATION DETAILS: Please contact me for directions.
NEAREST TOWN: Chico
NEAREST ROAD: Farm Market Road 1810
OBSERVED: In March 2001 at 4:30 am on my way home from work, on the back roads, something crossed in front of my headlights, this "thing" had long hair, long arms, between 6-7 feet tall and traveling fast. It crossed the road in front of me in 2-3 steps, it stepped over a fence and went into a coastal field out of my vision. It was grayish color but everything in that area is covered in rock crusher dust so it could have been any color. This "thing" was not as hefty as the pictures on your site, but he was tall with long arms. He stood on two feet like a human with long arms and didn't run but was lumbering across the road.
I told others at my work about this and two other men saw the same "thing" on April 12, 2001 about 1 mile from where I saw it. My boss saw "it" when he was a young man and stated it screamed like he had never heard before and couldn't mimic the sound it made. We live in Texas and are hesitant to speak about this but what I saw that morning was something I have never seen before.
OTHER WITNESSES: Just me on this sighting coming home from work.
OTHER STORIES: As stated above in my story. 3 other people have seen this "thing."
TIME AND CONDITIONS: My headlights shined on it as it crossed the road. It was a cool night because I had my windows rolled up in my pickup.
ENVIRONMENT: Rock quarries, hills. But at the time it was out in the open crossing a dirt road. There is a creek that runs through that country. The crusher has many pits that are full of water and there are hills around the area.

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The interviewer's impression of the story:

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I spoke with the witness via telephone about his close encounter. Even though it had been two years since the incident occurred, and I contacted him in a "cold-call" fashion, the witness presented himself in a very credible manner.

As he had stated in his initial submission, the witness was "getting off work and coming home." It was approximately 0430 hours when he noticed something up ahead standing on the side of the road. The witness's first impression, in an instant, was that of a cow, as his mind attempted to rationalize what he was seeing. However, the witness then noticed that "the thing was standing up like a human." At that moment, it occurred to the witness that he was seeing something highly unusual and as he approached to within 50 feet, the creature "took two to three strides in a fast walk" and was completely across the road.

The witness stated that he believed at that moment that he was seeing "a bigfoot." He said that it didn't make sense to him, but there it was, very plain and there was no mistaking it for anything else. It was tall approximately six to seven feet in height. The bigfoot had "an eye shine" as it looked at him while crossing the road but the witness could not remember a distinct color. The witness stated that he had always heard that the hair of these creatures was brown, but the one he saw "was definitely gray." The witness attributed the gray coloration to "dust from rock crushing." Apparently there is a large facility nearby that crushes the limestone rock found in the area. The rock crushing has the rather undesirable effect of giving dark colored objects a gray or off-white hue. The witness went on to say that the hair of the creature was "long but wasn't shaggy." The witness said that the sighting happened so quickly that he was unable to discern any other details relating to face, hands, feet, etc.

The witness stated that the animal cleared the road and "stepped over the fence". That was the last the witness saw of the animal. The witness said, "I started to turn around, but I just went on home." I asked him if the sighting alarmed him. The witness stated that it surprised him more than anything and that he was not frightened at all.

Summation: Two years had lapsed since the witness reported this sighting, but he was still able to talk to me in a very confident and compelling way. He was not hesitant at all in telling me of the encounter, even though he had endured some skepticism from his friends and co-workers. I asked him if he had entertained the idea of a "man in a monkey suit." The witness unequivocally stated that it was a real animal and without question what he saw that morning "was a bigfoot."

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duff el pud said:

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I used to visit the Chisos Mountains a few times a year. My in-laws' ancestors used to own land in what is now the National Park and some cousins also worked as wranglers at the regatta up in the Basin until it was shut down. Consequently I got bits and pieces of interesting info about the area over the years and would track down many of the relics, caves, prehistoric artifact sites and geologic points of interest every chance I got.

One region that was of real interest was an area called Cattail Canyon where, supposedly, the highest waterfall in Texas was located - 500'. In the early 80's a young man died of hypothermia trying to rappel down the falls. His soaking wet rope got stuck in his rigging and he died trying to work it loose. I made a number of visits over several years trying to find a way into the canyon from near the bottom of the 100' terminal waterfall at the canyon's outlet just south of the Window. The entrance is hidden from view until you're right up on it and when I finally did find it I had to make a free climb up an exposed cliff, then scramble several hundred feet to the top of a saddle, then half climb/half slide down a talus slope until coming to rest at the narrow floor of the middle canyon. From there you could walk downstream until you came to a series of pour-offs that required technical gear to bypass to the exit (another story). Moving upstream you could hike and climb with some difficulty to a spectacular view of the 500' waterfall (also another story).

About 200 yards upstream from where I first entered the canyon there was a beautiful spring fed pool at a fault which ran through the granite bottom of the canyon. When I first came upon it I was mesmerized and stood staring at it until quite suddenly the proverbial hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. I looked around and slowly moved around and past the pool farther up-canyon where the feeling passed.

The following year I led a small group into the canyon and as we passed through the same area one observant member of the party looked back as we passed the pool and noticed a hidden cave above it that was hidden by brush. He crawled up to the opening and was greeted by a foul smell and observed a nice collection of bones. We figured a big cat must have used the perch to prey on other animals that came to drink. I suspect the big kitty must have been watching me as I passed by his hunting blind the previous year.

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