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Bigfoot sighting in Palo Pinto, Texas
Jul 1988 · Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
A Boy Scout at a July 1988 summer camp in Palo Pinto County, Texas, saw a distant upright white figure around 2 p.m. and heard screams; two other scouts reported a similar creature.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Boy scouts have possible encounter near Possum Kingdom Lake
- Date
- Jul 1988
- Place
- Palo Pinto, Texas, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 32.833, -98.383
- Time
- about 14:00, daylight
- Witness was
- camping
- Creatures
- 1
- Described as
- biped
- Behaviour
- fleeing, vocalizing, walking
- Sounds
- scream
- In the account
- alone, at camp, cave or rocks, eyes seen, family lore, felt fear, likened to ape, long arms, looked at witness, near water, on trail, scream, silver or grey, walked upright
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 3 independent (6 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- NAWACRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Brazos River campers encounter powerful vocalizations at close range
- Hunter hears very loud scream at short range near Brazos River
- Encounter during a summer camp campout near the Brazos River
- Boy Scouts Have Night Encounter at Worth Ranch
- Two fishermen report early morning road encounter while enroute to Possum Kingdom Lake.
- Bigfoot sighting in Texas, United States
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