Oklahoma motorist has encounter on north side of South Canadian River

Witness Observation

Driving south on Indian Nations Turnpike about 4AM with light fog/drizzle (wiper blades/intermittent). I was approaching the bridge over the Canadian River and slowed due to patchy freezing drizzle. To the right side of the road (before the sign), I saw a figure on the outer side of the guard rail. I thought it was a deer at first, but as I got closer, it shielded its eyes from my headlights. I was traveling about 20 mph. It was standing upright, tall and thin, reddish-brown matted hair with some lighter skin showing through at the chest. What stands out from my memory, was the tangled hair hanging from its arm while it covered its eyes from the lights. It did not look like the “bulky” muscular artist’s renditions of “Bigfoot”. There was no other traffic as I approached the bridge. I am the world’s biggest skeptic but the sighting left me shaken. I am not sure what I saw. There was fog and it was approximately 20 feet from the car as I passed.

Time and Conditions

4:00 am – Dark, fog/drizzle.

Additional Information

Approximately nine miles due south of the Toll Complex, while approaching the South Canadian River bridge, the witness reportedly saw a patch of color up ahead on the right side of the road; she said the color was reddish-brown. She stated that she often looks for deer and sees many along this stretch while making the trip with her husband. I can attest to this, as I have seen deer in this area for years myself. As she closed on the object she realized that it was too tall to be a deer, and it became clear that it was standing upright on the outside of the guardrail. As she slowed, the subject ahead apparently was raising an arm to shield its face from the headlights, which were on high-beam.

She described the subject as being as tall as a basketball player, seven feet in height and very thin and “skinny.” She added that its arms were out of proportion to the rest of its body; they were longer than what she was accustomed to seeing in humans.

The subject had shaggy, matted rolls of hair that hung from its arms as well as the rest of its body; the witness was emphatic that it looked like hair and not fur. The witness stated that the hair looked like dreadlocks, only much shorter; they appeared similar to clumps of matted hair on a dog. She also said that there was a contrast between the hair and the skin on its chest and the abdominal area, which she described as “flesh-toned” and devoid of any hair.

The witness recalled that as she began to pass the subject, it just stood there, stationary and motionless, as if it were waiting for her to pass so it could perhaps cross the road. As she passed within twenty feet or so, she slowed down to twenty miles-per-hour or less and looked over her right shoulder, but could no longer see it as it was out of the view of her headlights. She did not see it again from this point.

The witness then told me that as she drove forward, the hair on her neck stood up and she felt nauseous. She consciously told herself that she did not see what she had just seen; she didn’t believe in that sort of stuff.” She continued on to her destination and did not tell anyone until she returned home late that evening and told her husband and son about the incident. She recalled that her husband laughed and made fun of her, but her young son thought it was “cool.” Over the weeks and months after the sighting she continued to be bothered by this incident.

The witness described the subject as looking both ape-like and human, and that there was no doubt in her mind that what she saw was a real animal. She grew up in southwestern Louisiana and has heard stories all of her life but always assumed they were just made up.