Bigfoot · Decatur, Texas · 1980s
Why it's on Wait… what now?: A humanlike creature with a backpack that drops off to reveal a young one is an odd, mundane object.
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- When
- the 1980sto the decade
- Where
- Decatur, Texasfallback location
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
A man who lived on the property reported seeing a large creature resembling a human with a backpack that dropped off its back, revealing a young one, and possessing bright yellow eyes.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Bigfoot
- Where
- Decatur, Wise County, Texas, 76234, United States
mapped to town level · from the account's own words, recovered by a model pass after the extractor's window missed them
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the account's own words, recovered by a model pass after the extractor's window missed them. - When
- the 1980s
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Oct 14, 2026
- Case id
- case-41c051d4dc
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Source trail (1)
Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.
- Mother Sees a 7-Foot Figure Step Onto a Trail Near St. Louis | Bigfoot Society #1218
YouTube · 2026-10-14
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Further reading
- Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us, John Green (1978)
Newspaper-publisher's file of Pacific Northwest reports.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Sasquatch, Don Hunter with Rene Dahinden (1975)
Casebook from a long-time field investigator.
Borrow on Internet Archive - On the Track of Bigfoot, Marian T. Place (1974)
1970s account of reports and searches.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America, Loren Coleman (2003)
Coleman's history and case survey.
Borrow on Internet Archive
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