South Carolina Drivers Report Horse-Sized Bigfoot Near Highway 292

A fresh 2026 sighting out of South Carolina is making waves, and if you're anything like me, your ears just perked right up. Two travelers had an encounter on a dark rural highway that left them questioning everything they thought they knew about the woods around Spartanburg. Late May 2026, around 11:30 at night, a driver and his passenger were cruising along Highway 292 near Inman and Lyman, northwest of Spartanburg, close to Lake Cooley. They topped a hill and their headlights caught something massive standing just off the roadway. The driver initially thought it might be a black bear standing on its hind legs and braced to swerve, thinking the creature might dart into the road. But what they saw wasn't behaving like any bear they'd ever encountered. Both witnesses described a very large, dark, hair-covered figure standing upright on two legs. The passenger reportedly said it looked in sheer size like a horse standing on its hind legs. We're talking something that towered at least seven feet tall, possibly even taller. As the witnesses talked it over after pulling over, they kept revising their estimate upward, realizing the figure was taller than a nearby light post when it reached up. That's not bear territory. That's not any known wildlife in the region. What makes this report stand out is that the authorities actually took it seriously enough to investigate. Officers spoke with the witnesses, visited the location, and checked surveillance cameras in the surrounding woods. They didn't find any physical evidence, no broken vegetation, no tracks, nothing that could be directly linked to the sighting. And there were no roadside cameras to capture anything either. The witnesses got the classic response that so many sincere people have heard over the years: "I believe that you believe what happened." South Carolina has a longer history with Sasquatch reports than most people realize. The Blue Ridge foothills and the wooded areas around the Upstate have produced scattered sightings for decades, and the dense cover around Inman and Lyman provides exactly the kind of secluded habitat that a reclusive hominid would favor. Reports of large, bipedal, hair-covered figures have trickled out of the region for years, though they rarely get the kind of attention that Pacific Northwest sightings command. The full discussion of this encounter, along with some fascinating details about how the witnesses reacted in the moment and what the investigating officers had to say, is worth catching on the original video. The hosts spend a good amount of time breaking down the witness descriptions and comparing them to known wildlife behavior in the area, and they also touch on a separate 2026 sighting involving a famous Scottish lake creature that you'll want to hear about too. If you're a researcher or just someone who keeps a file on these things, this one's worth adding to the record. Two witnesses, police follow-up, no definitive explanation, and a creature description that doesn't match anything in the official wildlife catalog. Check out the video and see what you think.