How I Almost Hit Bigfoot!

A True Story

      One cold, dark night in February, I was driving home after having dinner with friends, with my 5-year-old son in the backseat of my Honda Pilot. I had just turned on the radio and we were both singing along happily to it. When suddenly, I saw something strange up ahead in a field.

The country road we were driving down ran through a large farming area, with fields on both sides of the road. Looking around, I saw no homes or barns nearby, and we were the only car on the road at the time.

As we closed in on the suspicious moving entity, I could see that it was some kind of creature, about half a mile away. The creature seemed dark in color and covered in fur. It appeared to be a large animal of some kind, running on all fours, but what was peculiar was that it seemed to run with its butt or backside slightly lifted in the air as it ran. I also noticed it was running sideways along the left side of the road in the field, getting closer and closer to the road as if to cross it soon.

I didn’t have time to speak or ask my son if he was seeing what I was seeing because the strange beast-like creature suddenly jumped onto the road. I quickly realized that if I didn’t stop my car soon, I would surely hit it. Slamming my foot down on my black Honda Pilot’s brakes, we abruptly came to a halt on the dark country road as the unusual creature passed in front of my Honda’s headlights.

I could see that the creature was abnormally large. In fact, if it were to stand upright, it would probably have been about 10 feet tall!! It had long black hair that curled upwards on its ends and a large black wet snout, similar to an ape you would find in a zoo.

As it ran past our vehicle, its eyes met mine through the windshield and I sat back further in my driver’s seat in fear as it stared me down with intimidation. Its eyes were unusually big and you could clearly see the whites of them, which seemed to glow in the darkness.

Still running sideways, I saw the ape-like creature had something large it seemed to be carrying in its mouth. However, I couldn’t make out the strange object. After the bizarre creature crossed the road (which felt like many minutes), it continued to run through the dark fields, sideways, until it disappeared into the night.

I sat in my driver’s seat for a few minutes, terrified. My adrenaline was flowing fast through my body due to what I had just witnessed and experienced. I tried calming myself by breathing in and out slowly. Now that the creature had passed and was gone, I slowly remembered my poor son alone in the backseat. The small 5-year-old child had been so quiet I had completely forgotten that I was not alone.

Turning my head slowly toward the backseat via my right shoulder, I saw that my son looked very shocked. His jaw hung down in surprise and his eyes were wide open as he continued to look forward through our windshield. You could tell he was astonished and was trying to comprehend what he had just seen with his little eyes, outside our vehicle.

“Are you okay?” I asked him and waited a bit for his reply.

“Bigfoot…” whispered my son, still looking forward as if in a trance.

Hearing this shocking statement come from my small child’s lips seemed to quickly jar me back to reality. I suddenly realized we were alone in the middle of nowhere on a country road. It was dark and we were the only car in sight. It was a cold winter’s night, and we were entirely surrounded by fields. It was spooky and also getting quite late.

Then I began to think, if we were to scream, no one would hear us. Soon my worst fears came to my mind and rapidly overtook my thoughts: What if this thing turns around and comes back to attack us? The huge creature could come from either the back of the car or the side, and we wouldn’t even see it due to the darkness.

Fearing we could be in danger, I swiftly stepped on the gas pedal as hard as I could, putting the pedal to the metal. As we lurched forward, my tires screeched as we took off down the country road lined with fields. I drove as fast as I could until we reached home, knowing we were safe.

It would surely go down in history as a night my son and I would never forget.

 

®Rosella C. Rowe