Two Bigfoot Encounters Reported Across Utah

# Two Utah Encounters That Deserve a Second Look A recent video posted by the YouTube channel Sasquatch Offroad Adventures covers two separate witness accounts from northern Utah, and both are the kind of stories that stick with you long after the video ends. Host Matt walks through each one in his typical laid-back style, but the encounters themselves are anything but ordinary. If you haven't seen it yet, it's definitely worth the watch. ## The Sixbit Springs Sighting The first story takes place deep in the Monte Cristo country of Cache County, an area known for its rugged, remote terrain. A bow hunter left the main road and followed Kurt Curtis Creek Road before turning onto a rough four-wheel-drive trail leading toward an isolated spot called Sixbit Springs. This is exactly the kind of country that draws hunters in, quiet, thick timber, and usually full of deer. But something was off that afternoon. As the hunter worked his way through the trees, he realized he wasn't seeing any game. For an area that normally functions like a highway for wildlife, the silence was noticeable. Then came the smell. A powerful, foul odor drifted through the timber. At first, he figured another hunter had wounded an animal and failed to recover it, so he decided to follow the scent. The smell would fade and then return, pulling him through the trees until the forest opened into what looked like an old dried-up pond. The grass in the clearing was greener than the surrounding woods, and sunlight poured in. About 25 to 35 yards away, he noticed what appeared to be a large, blackened tree stump. He didn't think much of it at first and started climbing back up the slope. Then the smell hit him again, stronger, coming from the direction of the clearing. He turned back and looked at the stump a second time. Something wasn't right. It was black, almost like a tree burned by lightning, but there were no broken branches or jagged edges. The shape was smooth, contoured, almost pear-shaped. The longer he stared, the less it looked like a stump. He would later describe it as resembling a very large person sitting with their back toward him, wrapped in a dark shawl. Even seated, the figure appeared to be around four feet tall. He tried to rationalize it, telling himself it was just a burned stump, until it moved. The dark figure slowly listed to one side. His mind scrambled for another explanation. Maybe a black cow. Maybe a moose lying in the grass with its back turned. But he knew cattle, and he had seen plenty of moose, and whatever was sitting in that clearing didn't match either. The figure shifted again, then again, almost like someone adjusting themselves in a chair. Even stranger, the grass directly in front of the figure was moving, as if whatever it was, was intensely focused on something on the ground. Curiosity gave way to fear. The hunter turned and hurried back into the timber, already disoriented, taking several wrong turns before finally making it back to camp around 4 to 4:30 that afternoon. The strange activity wasn't over. Back at camp was a large dog that had accompanied them on numerous trips. Normally comfortable in the woods, this time the dog was nervous and jumpy. Throughout the evening, it would suddenly run toward the tree line surrounding camp, stop, and stare into the darkness, completely fixated on something the hunters couldn't see. The dog's behavior was so unusual that they packed up and left at first light the next morning. The witness never returned to the spot. He remained cautious about calling what he saw a Sasquatch, acknowledging it could have been a cow or a moose, but having seen both animals, he seriously doubted it. Something black and strangely human-shaped had been sitting in that isolated clearing, something that moved, something accompanied by an overwhelming smell, and perhaps most unsettling of all, something that may not have been alone with a hunter in those woods. ## The Bountiful Road Crossing The second story comes from Davis County, in the mountains above Bountiful, Utah. For years, three friends joked about Bigfoot. To them, it was just another story, something people claimed to see in the mountains. Then one night, the joke stopped being funny. The three friends were driving through the mountains when something appeared along the road. At first, it was crouched on the side of the steep hillside, and in the darkness, it was difficult to tell exactly what they were looking at. Then the driver switched on the high beams. The hillside lit up, and the figure stood. Whatever had been crouching there suddenly rose upright, then ran. The creature crossed the road directly in front of them and disappeared up the opposite mountainside, vanishing into the thick timber. The entire encounter happened quickly. There wasn't time to investigate or to fully process what they had just seen, but there were three witnesses in that vehicle, and all three saw it. For years afterward, they talked about the encounter and joked about Bigfoot, partly because joking was easier than trying to explain what they had witnessed. Then years later, one of those witnesses was watching television when dashcam footage appeared on the screen. He got chills because the figure shown in that footage looked like the same thing the three friends had watched rise from the hillside above Bountiful. The same crouched shape, the same upright figure, the same kind of creature that had sprinted across the road and disappeared into the mountain. According to the witness, there was something else that made the encounter difficult to dismiss. There weren't one or two people in that vehicle, there were three, and he was confident that if you separated them and interviewed each one individually, you'd hear the same story. A dark figure crouched beside a mountain road, high beams illuminating it, the figure standing upright, then running across the road and disappearing into a thick Utah forest. They had spent years joking about Bigfoot, but somewhere in the mountains above Bountiful, they saw something they still can't explain. ## Why These Stories Matter What makes both of these accounts stand out is the consistency in the details. The Sixbit Springs witness describes a figure that didn't behave like any known animal, accompanied by a foul odor and a dog that refused to settle. The Bountiful witnesses had three sets of eyes on the same event, and the later dashcam footage reportedly matched what they saw. These are the kinds of details that researchers and longtime enthusiasts tend to look for. Matt from Sasquatch Offroad Adventures also shares some helpful context about the area, mentioning that the Skyline Trail connects Bountiful to Farmington, and that the back side meets Morgan, where he's collected stories from locals about a family group reportedly traveling between Morgan and Bountiful. It's a good reminder that these mountains have a long history of sightings. If these stories piqued your interest, do yourself a favor and check out the full video. Matt's narration adds a lot of atmosphere, and hearing the details in his voice gives the encounters an extra layer of weight. The link is waiting on YouTube, just search for Sasquatch Offroad Adventures and you'll find it. And remember, you can't find them from the couch.