Utah Highway Encounter: Driver's Close Encounter with Mysterious Bigfoot
Posted Friday, May 09, 2025
By Squatchable.com staff
A chilling encounter with a Bigfoot has left a truck driver, David, questioning his sanity. In a video posted on the YouTube channel Real Eyes Tv, David recounts his terrifying experience while driving late at night on I-15 southbound towards St. George, Utah.
The video begins with David explaining that Tuesdays are his least favorite days, and this particular Tuesday was no exception. As he was driving, a thin fog began to roll in, and in the distance, he heard the howl of a wolf. David was alone on the highway, and the eerie silence made him feel uneasy.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw what could have been a deer running through the bushes. David swerved to avoid hitting the animal, but in doing so, he saw a creature emerge onto the road. Its eyes glistened a bright yellow that cut through the fog, and it stood 8 ft tall, towering over the hood of his truck.
David swerved again to avoid the creature, but it roared at him, making the truck window vibrate. He managed to avoid any damage to the vehicle and pulled over to the side. He looked in his rearview mirror to see where the creature was, but when he tried to find it, he saw nothing but pavement and a calm sky.
David got back in his car and let out a gasp of air, beginning to hyperventilate. He took out his cell phone and dialed his parents. His mother answered the phone and she sounded groggy and unrested, which was understandable for that time in the night. "David, what's the matter? This better be good," his mother said impatiently. David could hardly catch his breath. "It's real, Mom. It's real. I saw it."
David's parents were recreational Bigfoot researchers, and they had been out camping in the Crystal Basin Recreation Area in Tahoe National Forest for a few days. They had been out there since Monday in a secluded camping spot with nothing happening except the typical deer and squirrel sightings. They had a dinner of Mimana noodles seasoned up the same way that Shaun Evidence does it. Lime, cilantro, green onions, Sriracha, MSG, fish sauce, and dried shrimp. After they were done eating, they went to bed early because they were heading home the next morning.
Somewhere around midnight, they heard heavy shuffling footsteps in the direction of where they had dumped the broth. The husband told Shawn that he thought they were done for. He thought a large hungry bear had come into camp and he was terrified to stick his head out of his tent. He said he didn't want to look like a Freddy Krueger victim from a paw swipe. Those were his words, not mine.
After a brief period, they heard the animal move towards the pickup truck, and it started moving things around. He said it was quiet. The amount of noise it was making rummaging in the back of the pickup wouldn't have been enough to wake most people up. After a short period, the heavy footsteps moved off, and the rest of the night was uneventful, but he said they didn't sleep again. Once daylight came, they investigated the area. Their camping spot had a good layer of pine needles, so they couldn't make out any footprints. The spot where they poured their broth was a little disturbed looking, but that was it.
What led them to think it may have been a Bigfoot was that the needles around the bed of the truck were undisturbed. A bear getting up onto their hind legs tends to shuffle their feet a lot. Also, the contents of their truck were mostly as they had left them. Their tote was open, but the only thing missing was the small bag of dried shrimp they had left over.
We wanted to share this report with you because it's interesting how Shawn's culture has bumped up again to a possible Bigfoot encounter. Is it possible that smells from Lao and other ethnic foods are different enough from what is cooked at a hunter's camp that Bigfoot doesn't associate it with being attacked? Maybe there is something attractive about the umami flavor and the contrasting scents that come with these types of foods that Bigfoot can't resist.
This video is a must-watch for any Bigfoot enthusiast. David's encounter with the creature is both terrifying and fascinating, and it's always interesting to hear about new Bigfoot sightings. Don't forget to check out the YouTube channel Real Eyes Tv for more Bigfoot videos and updates.