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Bigfoot sighting near Athens, Texas

1989 · Athens, Texas, United States

In summer 1989 a teen's family saw a large white figure about 8 feet tall on their rented 27-acre property near Athens, Texas, and it threw a tree limb at two friends one night.

The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.

Facts

Reported as
Series of visual encounters on property near Athens.
Date
1989
Place
Athens, Texas, United States
Evidence
visual
Point
32.150, -95.691
Light
night
Witness was
walking
Creatures
1
Height
2.4 m (8 ft)
Described as
white hair, biped
Behaviour
hiding, throwing, vocalizing, walking, watching
Sounds
growl, howl, moan, scream
Traces
broken branches
In the account
branches breaking, childhood memory, felt fear, field or clearing, followed or paced, growl, howl, near home, no smell noted, on or by road, peeked, repeat location, reported years later, scream, silver or grey, threw sticks, very tall, witness fled
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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