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Bigfoot sighting near Canton, Texas

1978 · Canton, Texas, United States

In summer 1978 near Canton, Texas, a witness saw a large grey-brown bipedal hairy figure by a fence in the afternoon, then found hair on the barbed wire.

Facts

Reported as
Encounter sends youth scrambling.
Date
1978
Place
Canton, Texas, United States
Evidence
visual
Point
32.559, -95.992
Light
daylight
Witness was
at home
Witnesses
1
Creatures
1
Described as
mixed hair, biped
Behaviour
walking
Traces
hair
In the account
corridor, felt fear, firearm present, hair found, likened to ape, near home, reported years later, returned to spot, searched after, stepped over, told no one, walked upright, witness fled, witness yelled
Account
firsthand
Sources
1 independent

Sources

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