"This headline seems out of place for Texas . . . "
Texas is a mighty big place.
The Bigfoot sightings are mostly in the Big Thicket of deep East Texas. The Thicket is aptly named, no long stretches of prairie or rangeland and tumbleweeds. It's dense enough that a critter could find lots of good hidy holes.
Go to the website and read some of the accounts.
I'm not one of the "believers", but I know someone who is. These people are, by and large, educated professionals.
It apparently takes only one close encounter to persuade a skeptic.
It's interesting. Go figure.
In all honesty, when I was about 9yrs old camping at Big Sur, my friend and I saw something big and dark and we ran all the way back to camp scared silly. I beleive we saw BigFoot. I didnt go to college and live in CA, who would believe me? I agree that a close encounter will change a skeptic.