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Matt Lankford
Daylight Texas motorist witness whose transcript gives a precise date, time and route and documents the witness’s changing attempts to identify the distant figure conventionally.
Highway 84 between Abilene and Coleman, TexasMay 20, 2019Provisional research profile
Media & documentation
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Original source
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Open original source ↗Trucker Sees Bigfoot — Sasquatch Odyssey
Sasquatch Odyssey · September 18, 2026
A later firsthand appearance revisiting Lankford’s 2019 Highway 84 encounter and adding subsequent law-enforcement/search context. The later detail is preserved separately rather than folded backward into the earliest recovered account.
Open source series ↗Overview
At a glance
Encounter periodMay 20, 2019
RegionHighway 84 between Abilene and Coleman, Texas
Direct visualReported yes
Repeat / ongoingNo repeat encounter established
Co-witness / corroborationNone independently established
Primary sourceMy Bigfoot Sighting Episode 227
Exact locators1
Media / transcript records1
Summary
Lankford reported seeing a dark figure at about 9:35 AM while driving an 18-wheeler south on Highway 84. He initially interpreted it as a black bull, then a large hog, then a man in dark clothing before concluding it did not match those explanations. The 2026 interview also discusses a later May 2026 sighting, which is not merged into the 2019 event.
Background & context
Central Texas resident and professional truck driver at the time of the encounter.
Only public, encounter-relevant context is shown. Private contact details and precise residential information are not published.
Events
Encounter record
May 20, 2019 · Highway 84 between Abilene and Coleman, Texas
Matt Lankford reported encounter
Lankford reported seeing a dark figure at about 9:35 AM while driving an 18-wheeler south on Highway 84. He initially interpreted it as a black bull, then a large hog, then a man in dark clothing before concluding it did not match those explanations. The 2026 interview also discusses a later May 2026 sighting, which is not merged into the 2019 event.
Source-linked / published-provisional
Open case →Reported observations
LOC-MBS-227-MATT-2019
2019 transcript — directly stated
- Date/time given as May 20, 2019 at approximately 9:35 AM
- Driving south on Highway 84 between Abilene and Coleman
- Initial interpretation changed from black bull to hog to human figure
- Observed movement described as unusual/undulating at distance
- Witness later returned to the location
Media & source material
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2 source records1 playable here1 transcript located
Audio interviewSeptember 12, 2026
Bigfoot Goes There — My Bigfoot Sighting Episode 227
My Bigfoot Sighting / Spreaker
Named truck driver’s account of a May 20, 2019 daylight roadside observation on Highway 84 between Abilene and Coleman, Texas; episode also contains a later 2026 sighting that must remain a separate event.
TranscriptTranscript available from provider
Research details
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LocatorLOC-MBS-227-MATT-2019
Statement historyfirst recovered long-form firsthand account in SRO
Audio interviewSeptember 18, 2026
Trucker Sees Bigfoot
Sasquatch Odyssey
Later firsthand appearance revisiting the 2019 Highway 84 sighting. A later detail about sheriff vehicles apparently searching the same highway stretch is retained as an added-later detail, not as independent corroboration.
Indexed source passages
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Exact source passage not yet indexed.
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Provenance
Source history
A chronological record of where this testimony appears. Media above is presented for reading or playback; this timeline preserves source order and provenance.
2019-05-20
Highway 84 daylight encounter
Primary event centered in this profile.
2026-09-12
My Bigfoot Sighting Episode 227
Long-form firsthand interview; also includes a separate 2026 sighting requiring its own event record if later admitted.
Open source/record ↗Consistency & changes over time
Stable / recurrent
None coded in the current record.
Added later
None coded in the current record.
Changed / contradicted
None coded in the current record.
Unresolved
- Additional source layers are needed before longitudinal stability can be tested.
September 18, 2026
Sasquatch Odyssey — later firsthand appearance
Lankford revisited the 2019 event and added later context involving sheriff vehicles apparently searching the same Highway 84 stretch. The Observatory preserves this as an added-later detail and does not infer that the vehicles were responding to the same subject.
Open source series ↗Controls
Corroboration & evidence
None independently established. Reported co-witness information is not treated as independent testimony unless that person’s own source is recovered.
Research assessment
Documentary strengths
- Named firsthand witness
- Exact date, approximate time and highway route supplied
- Transcript available with timecode
- Witness describes sequential conventional identifications rather than beginning with a Sasquatch conclusion
Limitations / controls
- Single-witness event in current record
- Distance was substantial during much of the observation
- No physical evidence establishes subject identity
- A later 2026 sighting must not be blended into the 2019 chronology
What would improve the record
- Extract a dedicated record for the May 17, 2026 sighting
- Search for any earlier public telling of the 2019 event
- Recover additional claim-level transcript timestamps
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Connections
Related reporting & research
No witness-specific analytical publication is linked yet.
This does not mean the witness is absent from future cross-era or trait analysis.
Public record reference
Record identifier
- Witness ID
- WIT-6.0-003
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