I am working on some behind the scenes video for members as well. I will be interviewing Mark and Mark writes “Hello Wes. I live in Southeast Idaho right in the corner of the state where Idaho, Utah and Wyoming come together. I live in a Mountain Valley near a very large lake.
I work as a miner in an open pit operation near the Idaho/ Wyoming border. Very high in the mountains. We mine phosphate and when we are on an ore haul the one way trip is about 9 miles. Up and down mountains to the valley floor. Very heavy timber on both sides of the road.
In October of 2016 we were on one these ore hauls. It was night shift. Around 2:00 am. I was operating a 150 ton caterpillar 785 truck. This is a very big truck. The tires are taller than I am and I am 6′ 1″. Just to get an idea of how big this truck is. I was on the last long grade just below a point we call the saddle. At this point the truck is moving very slow. Maybe 5 to 6 mph.
It is a straight shot for about 1/4 mile to the actual saddle and then the road drops to the valley floor about 3 miles down. Here on this straight section in the distance I noticed a deer run across the road very fast. We see deer and elk very regularly in this area. And surprisingly they usually aren’t scared of the trucks. This one was different. Right behind the deer I could see something else much bigger jump onto the road. This was standing upright and very tall. It just stood there.
I was best guess 100 yds from it. Then after what seemed like a long time but actually was only a minute or so it took from what I recall 3 big strides and crossed the road. On mining roads there are very large berms. He got to the berm and in one jump was on top. There it stopped and just watched me drive by. You might ask why I didn’t stop? There was snow on the ground. If I stopped the truck I would not get it going again. And I was freaked out to say the least. This thing was not afraid of such a massive truck. To describe the face I would have to say Gorilla like. Conical head. It was showing its teeth.
They were flat looking. Hard to estimate how tall it was. The perspective from a truck that big can be deceiving. I seen a grizzly once from the truck and it looked small. I just kept driving and it watched as I left. It was gone on my return trip empty. That’s all I have.
This area has had a few sighting reports over the years. But I think there have been more that have not been reported. There are some areas here the ranchers will not go. With no explanation why. I have never told this story to anyone. Other than my wife. Most definitely not the guys I work with. They see ufos all the time on night shifts out there. I haven’t but a lot have. They are more prone to believe in aliens than bigfoot. So I keep my mouth shut. You have an open mind so I felt I should share this with you.
This was not a bear. Nor a man in a monkey suit. It was real and like I said freaked me out. And continues to freak me out to this day.”