Night sighting on Hwy 97, north of Liberty Hill witnessed in Kershaw County, South Carolina

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In the 1980 to 1985 time period, my wife and I spent almost every week-end spring through fall at my sister's place on Santee Cooper, and because we liked travelling off the beaten path, usually travelled on highway 97 through Liberty Hill, SC both ways. to Cross, SC. One Sunday evening very late (11:00pm or so) as we drove toward Great Falls on highway 97, I rounded a curve to the right, and saw a big erect creature with a very athletic body, and covered with hair, crossing the road about 50 feet in front of me. I hit the breaks to avoid hitting the creature, aand shouted, "Look! " to my wife, who was about to nod off in the passenger's seat. The creature turned his head to look at me, and continued to cross the road into the trees. He walked with an easy stride, and did not seem to be hurrying, but crossed the road very quickly. By the time my wife looked up and oriented in the direction I was looking, she only got a brief glimpse before it entered the dense woods. I stopped a...