Texas: Bigfoot Sighting at the Neches River
Sighting report received in email:
“Two friends and I were fishing in South Texas on the bank of the Neches River about three in the evening. We had been there about four hours when my friend said something about hearing something in the woods behind us. We all had been hearing it but were not concerned and did not think it was important.
“Anyway, my friend Tim turned around and almost had a heart attack. He just kind of whimpered because he was too scared to talk. It is funny now but was rather serious then. Anyway, we all turned around to see a very large animal standing just outside of the treeline looking at us as if he wanted something. Well needless to say we did not stick around to see what it wanted. We all backed into the water about ten or fifteen feet and then walked down the river until we were at least fifty feet downriver from it.
“The thing we saw was a good six and a half to seven feet tall with hair all over it. It did not appear mean and I think if it was I would not be telling you about it. Anyway, we left. Only thing was we left all our gear so we went back the next day to get our stuff and found the darndest thing. All our stuff was there except the stink bait. The can was there but the bait had been scooped out and I guess eaten. I don’t know if it had eaten it or what but I think that is what it was there for in the first place. It smelled our bait and thought maybe it could get an easy meal.
“When I think back on it now I can’t help but think that if we had not left when we saw it then it would probably just have left. It did not seem mean or aggravated at all. We were just scared anyhow. That is my story. I swear its true. My name is Thomas Vick. I won’t tell the names of my friends but can tell you they, like me, will never forget that day. But you know I feel very fortunate to be able to say that I have seen what I’ve seen and I think that it is realy cool. By the way, we were fishing on the bank of the Neches River near Beaumont, Texas.”
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i have always wanted to see and believe in Bigfoot, i will be in port arthur texas on the 4th vistiting the in-laws wish i could get a chance like you had
Comment by Rob — June 20, 2007 @ 8:58 am
is this bigfoot creature for real?
Comment by Dimis — July 6, 2007 @ 2:05 am
Mr. Vick,
I was very fascinated by your story, and felt the need to write and share with you our story, though it’s not a sighting or even close to yours, it still leaves me wondering…’what is that’? We’ve heard extremely loud sounds. It’s hard to explain but I thought like a growl, yelp, howl, whipping noise. I know that sounds very strange and most didn’t believe us until they heard it themselves. It’s not a panther, well, I say no way as does my husband and the ones that’s heard it. It’s always been at night, mostly late and during cool weather. But I can tell you it sent shivers up everyones spine. Funny, we never heard it (and it’s rare that anyone has actually) until we had a bad tornado that knocked so many of the trees out. It’s just so loud that I was stunned. Sometimes it will last for only a minute, once I heard it for a good ten and was frozen in my spot. I’ve listened to recordings said to be Bigfoot, and that was the first thing that came to mind. Anyway, I just wanted to share that and thanks for reading. Oh, and I live in Newton, not far from Beaumont.
Comment by Terry — July 18, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
did they smell really bad?
Comment by claire — July 24, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
Hey Mr. Vick, i read your story and terry’s story and i myself have never seen bigfoot but i can tell you that i have heard the same thing as terry did ive also heard fake hoot owls, whistles and rocks being pounded together me, my boyfriend and some friends i guess what you would call hunt bigfoot and have all this on tape we also have eyes 2 red eyes on tape that we did not see while there but saw later on a tape. Please write back with other comments i would love to hear from you! spoiled_brat_21807@yahoo.com
Comment by Laura — September 9, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
Dear Mr. Vick
I lived in a Town north of Beaumont called Jasper. My sighting was at a public park called Ebenzar park close to the dam on Sam Rayburn. Yes i saw a Bigfoot. But instead of running i stayed put. What i saw i will never forget.It has stayed with me for close to 20 years. My friends have seen 2 at a park called Boykin Springs. I have gotten really in to looking for signs of the Gorrila in a number of area’s around Jasper and have found signs from more than one spot. Have had friends tell me of seeing a bigfoot behind the prison in Jasper. Have had a friend of mine tell me that he has seen the foot prints of a large man between the prison and Roganville texas which is about 12 miles from the prison.
Comment by Todd — November 17, 2007 @ 8:54 pm
This is so cool! i have always wanted to see big foot.
Comment by Kelsey — December 7, 2007 @ 8:35 am
I just happened on to your website. Glad I did. After I check with my X-wife and her first husband, I would like to tell you of their experience that happened back in the early 70’s. At that time, everyone called them a lie, but now that there has been quite a few bigfoot sightings, what they were saying seems to be real. They still say the same thing about a 7 or 8 foot hairy giant. But let me get their permission first. Get back to you later. Herb
Comment by Herbert Butler — January 2, 2008 @ 10:02 pm
Would it be possible to use female gorilla hormones to possibly attract a BigFoot?
Comment by J. Hall — January 21, 2008 @ 12:51 pm
dear me vick, we live on the neches river right out of jasper.. on hwy.255. our dog is always barking and we know something is there..yes my husband and i belive in bigfoot…. patsy h.
Comment by patsy howell — March 26, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
Dear Mr Vick,
I read up on big foot sightings all the time. I believe there is a bigfoot out there and hope to be lucky enough to see one.
Comment by M Kozak — April 8, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
I lived on Lake Sam Rayburn were most of you posting under here are talking about I myself have never seen Big Foot I have however had many people tell me they have I lived 10 miles from Boykin Springs and 5 from Ebenezer Park and I lived in those woods hunting and fishing and 4 wheeler riding if there is a Big Foot this is definatley the kind of habitat for something to live of that size. I hope we find him one day.
Comment by M. Weatherford — June 1, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
mr.vick some day if u go back get ur camera and take as much pictures as u can and run away it may sound wierd but to it’s a good idea and i’m just in the 6th grade so i barely know anything i do know alot about big foot i have been going on line to see if they have captued bigfoot i have been doing this since 2004
Comment by sierra flores — September 5, 2008 @ 5:33 pm
3 week ago i was on the river fishing about 1 to .5mile away from coffin road in evadale,tx. it was about sun down. i heard some weird nosies i never heard before and tought nothing of it. as i was paddlen down river i seen something in the water ahead swimming accross the river. it wasnt a deer,hog or anything i ever seen cause as it was coming out of the water on to the sandbar it was walking on 2legs. its black hair covered its body was stood about 5 to 4ft. it walked behind a pice of drift wood on the sand bar as i was passing but after i passed it walked away from the wood the into the woods. chills went all over my body and every hair on my body shot up. i started slappin the paddle makin as much noise as possible. i kept telling myself as i was paddlen the fast as i could that is was a monkey or something not so scary.lol i made it to my truck and told my friends that i seen a monkey on the river. they lafhed at me. i know what i seen…….
Comment by blake allen — September 28, 2008 @ 6:27 am
I have friends who used to live outside of Timpson,Texas…who were startled by the same kind of thing. They are very reluctant to tell anyone else about it. They say it’s called the “Goober Hill creature”. Has anyone ever heard of this?
Thank You
Comment by Gary Sowell — December 27, 2008 @ 3:40 pm
I have only told this story to a few people and I would like to share it with you. In 1990 a business associate of mine (Roger) and I were driving to Larado Tx from San Antonio in seperate cars and at the time he was about 50 yards or so in front of me on Interstate 35. About half way through our trip and in a remote stretch of hywy, a very large ape like animal jumped the fence on the left side of the 4 lane hywy. There were no other cars on the road and it never broke stride from the time it cleared the fence, crossed just in front of Roger’s car, and continued to the pasture land and heavy brush to the right of us. We both slowed our speed at the moment it jumped the fence to our left and were able to get a good look at it to judge its size. It had a large upper body, dark long hair and ran in a stooped position sometimes putting it’s hand to the ground as it ran across the uneven ditches across the hywy. As it reached the fence on our right, I slowed my car to where it was directly out my passenger window and watched as it grabbed the fence post and easily hopped over. Judging from the 4 ft. fence, and how much taller it was than the post, I estimate it would stand upright close to 6 ft. or better. When we reached our destination, the first thing out of our mouth was, “did you see what I saw”. Now almost 20 years later, I can still see everything in my mind as though it just happened. The last time I talked to Roger, about 5 years ago, we discussed what we had seen years before and still share the same opinion…”how did an ape of that size get in south Texas”?
Comment by rick mixon — January 11, 2009 @ 1:28 am
I recently visited Boykin Spring Park. This area is full of creeks. It is still wilderness. They are there in good numbers. I will be going back again this summer. Plenty of photo opportunities.
Comment by Barney Bass — June 9, 2009 @ 4:45 am
I live in east texas about 5miles from the neches river near Diboll tx. it was about 10 yrs ago when me and my friend seen something an animal of some kind on their knees drinking water from the bank of the river. it looked like a big ape we were in a small flat bottom boat and we seen this ape like thing about 4 blocks away so we really couldnt see that well i told my buddy to idle the boat and we stop and were floating down the river towards the image when my buddy gave the boat some gas to get a closer look the thing ran into the woods it looked like maybe 5ft or more couldnt tell. when we go the the area we looked for prints and couldnt realy find the spot where it was drinking water. i dont know if it was a “Bigfoot” or not but what i do know is that is weird and we both were shocked and we told some of ours friends and we were laughed at. so i really dont tell that story anymore but i have not been fishing at the neches river again since then.
Comment by awsome — July 19, 2009 @ 6:02 pm
Im shure something is out in those woods in east texas .just look at pictures of that thick dank shit and if youv EVER spent time outdoors anywhere you know thats prime hiding woods right there.plenty water plenty food and in accessable to a large degree. sooner or later somebody is gonna bring one down and prove that its real. Im not into killin stuff that Im not wantin to eat. ( unless its pissin me of at the time )im tryin to be a better buddist n not just be killin stuff.I hunt n fish like every bad ass true texan but a bigfoot probably taste preeeeettty gamey so thats out. what i would be willin to do is try to try to trick one out in the open with some hott milfs n some stink bait,screw blastin calls n bangin shit together all night thats to obvious duhh.would you walk up on a bunch off idiots doin that in the back woods at night? not me bro,never but if i was king off the woods n there was some hott milfs w some bad ass stink bait camping in the creek bottom itd be on! THINK ABOUT IT! Any one interested in an expedition of this sort can contact me at jdoggyx2@yahoo.com . no bullshit im serious! i live in blanco tx and one of my buds is a biggfoot fanatic. im shure we could do a few trips a year. he has a bunch of video cams (pervert) lol! im shure we could pool some resourses and figure it out! PS byomilfs and ill get mr vicks stink bait recipe!later
Comment by jdog — August 5, 2009 @ 10:48 am
I hear a lot of people on here talking about Bigfoot and seeing it. I have always lived in the Dallas area and even though I love to be out in the woods I guess I have never put my self in a position to see a bigfoot. Well come February that is going to change. I have done a lot of research and have found the place I am going to spend a week in February and do some research. My only problem is all of my friends and family thinks I am rediculous. I would like to meet other believers to do some research with me but I don’t want to pay any dues to a club. If anybody that reads these posts are a true believer, lives in the Dallas area and would like to do some research with me then reply to this post and I will check it every day. Of course before we go tromping in the woods we would need to meet and talk. I am serious about doing some independant research and don’t know what to do because nobody I currently know wants to believe me, or in me. So if anybody is interested and serious about researching with me just post on here and let’s talk or email me at timjo76063@yahoo.com.
Comment by Tim — August 5, 2009 @ 5:44 pm
Tim…I am currently in DFW area…will try and monitor this sight daily, am also interested/skeptical ( wanna believe ) as far as a carcass being found, well how many bear carcassees does anyone find regularly?? yet, we know they are there i’ve lots of friends that have seen/mainly heard it…from E. TX…close to Marshall, Dad lived in Larue close to New York
( east of Cedar creek ) on dead end blacktop…only on 30 acres backed up to 400ac…daddy heard wierd stuff at nite, very isolated no neighbors for MILES…more tomorrow
Comment by Phil — November 14, 2009 @ 12:04 am
I,m an avid hunter and fisherman of forty years and im here to tell ya, night or day on many trips, i,ve experienced many animals of interest in the damdest situations. Flat tire in Seguin TX. was stalked by a brown cougar about 6ft long and eyes the size of silver dollars, yr. 1997. In Bandera TX. a black bear approached camp site looking for food, yr.1975. etc.many more. Bottom line, you have to be willing to be isolated most of the time at night. My most recent experience, JULY2008 at my parents cabin in colorado, surrounded by national forrest, last night before heading for home, bigfoot entered my mind. I did lock all the windows and the 2 doors. Weapon always loaded,fell asleep next to my 13 yr old bloodhound, shepard mix. I woke up at midnight to see my dog standing and staring at the front door of the cabin. Enormous amount of fear over came my awareness as something walking around the cabin in a slow and heavy way. Alone with my dog in the black of night, did not want to take chances. Awoke the next morning to find dog food all over the ground which was in a igloo in the back of my truck. Bear or BIGFOOT ? CANT WAIT TO GO BACK BUT WITH FRIENDS!
Comment by Tom M. — December 9, 2009 @ 2:03 pm
Well, I read all of your stories and I also believe in Bigfoot. I have many stories from my mother and father from the Arkansas and Texas Area. I am from Texas north East part near Wise county. I haven’t seen or heard bigfoot but my mom and dad have. my dad was driving from Texas to Arkansas years ago and he pulled over to sleep but he got in the bed of the pickup and went to sleep . Soon enough he heard something walking in the woods near him . He awoke to hear it jump over the fence and at that moment he leaped through the rear window to his pickup and locked the doors and watched as it ran across the road. That is only one of several encounters he had. but im a believer even though i havnt seen or heard him myself like to though .
Comment by Tasha M. — January 22, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
I was fishing in a creek that runs into the stillhouse lake area. When something started throwing stones near the spot where I was fishing. I looked around because i new I was the only one out there at the time.This fishing spot is about a 300meter hike from the road and there is only one way in and out of the area. Anyway I was the only one there at the time it was late not quite dark yet. But I kept on hearing something in the thick wooded brush behind me to the point that I packed up everything and left. I had this feeling of being watched the whole time I was there.
Comment by Frank — February 13, 2010 @ 12:52 am