Terrifying new Bigfoot encounters have rattled witnesses, even as iconic 1967 footage of the legendary woodland beast is exposed as an elaborate hoax
A spooked motorist called emergency services after an encounter with a towering, sodden creature in the US – just days before a hunter reported being overcome by a foul “smell of death” in the wilderness. The bizarre encounters were logged by the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO), as enthusiasts continue to report sightings despite recent revelations concerning the world’s most famous Sasquatch evidence.
The iconic 1967 Patterson-Gimlin tape, long considered the holy grail of Bigfoot sightings, was recently unmasked as a deliberate hoax in filmmaker Marq Evans’ documentary Capturing Bigfoot, featuring an admission from Bob Heironimus that he wore the gorilla suit.
Even so, recent reports filed to the BFRO suggest witnesses on the ground remain convinced of the beast’s presence.
Driver Keyara Klawitter was travelling along rural roads near Bass River, New Jersey, alongside her husband Jason and their children at around 10pm on October 11, when she claims an eight-foot creature stepped directly across their vehicle’s path.
“Our high beams illuminated a massive figure up ahead stepping out from the right side of the road. I stepped on the brakes to slow down,” she told the BFRO.
Describing the hulking figure, she said: “It stood about eight feet tall. It was bulky, heavily built giant frame. It was covered in jet-black fur and it appeared to be soaking wet.
“Our headlights were reflecting off its fur. I saw enough detail to distinguish human-like hands and unusually long arms. It walked with a slight hunch but moved at fast speed. It didn’t take many steps for it to get across the road.
“The thing moved fast enough to look like it was gliding without actually gliding. Its arms swung like a human walks but with heavy reach.”
Her husband confirmed seeing the exact same entity before it slipped into the darkness.
Keyara, who noted her children slept through the scare, added: “Before then I knew almost nothing of a Bigfoot or a Sasquatch. I saw this giant creature with my own eyes. We know what we saw. It was definitely about eight feet tall.”
BFRO investigator Jacob Korbel revisited the location with the family, revealing the encounter had frightened them so badly that they attempted to contact both the NJ State Park Police and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, before state officials directed them to the research group.
Just nine days later across the country, an evening hunt in the Idaho mountains took a nauseating turn.
A deer hunter traversing a trail near St. Maries around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, was startled by “loud knocking on a tree” echoing from a nearby creek bed roughly 200 to 300 yards off, as well as a distinct odour in the air.
Though no visual sighting occurred, the hunter told the BFRO: “The knocking persisted for five to ten minutes, and upon searching for any carcasses producing the smell, nothing was found.
“I also heard briefly what sounded like a really deep voice but I couldn’t make out what it was saying, sort of gibberish.
“I did not see any human footprints or any signs of people on that trail or in the general area. I was the only truck I saw all day on the road leading to the drainage I was in.
He added: “The smell of decay was extremely strong, as if you were standing right on top of a carcass. It was overpowering.”