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Bigfoot sighting near Zavalla, Texas
Aug 1979 · Zavalla, Texas, United States
In August 1979, a seismic driller in Angelina National Forest near Zavalla, Texas, saw a large dark brownish creature stand and walk away on two legs in late afternoon.
The account itself raises a hoax or a misidentification.
Facts
- Reported as
- Man recalls daytime sighting 30 years ago as a seismic hole driller in the Angelina National Forest
- Date
- Aug 1979
- Place
- Zavalla, Texas, United States
- Evidence
- visual
- Point
- 31.237, -94.451
- Located within
- 4.5 km
- Light
- daylight
- Witness was
- working outdoors
- Witnesses
- 2
- Creatures
- 1
- Distance
- 91 m (300 ft)
- Duration
- 10 s
- Described as
- both
- Behaviour
- standing, walking
- In the account
- field or clearing, reported years later, ruled out bear, thought bear first, vanished, walked upright, woods silent
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Bigfoot sighting in Texas, United States
- Campers Have Late Night Visitors
- Group of students have 2:00 a.m. encounter while camping in Angelina National Forest.
- Campers are disturbed by strange vocalizations in Piney Woods of East Texas
- 2 boys riding 4-wheelers encounter a Bigfoot.
- Near exotic animal ranch not far from Huntington, motor vehicle passenger reports late-afternoon visual encounter off Highway 69.
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