Truck Driver Recalls Multiple Terrifying Bigfoot Encounters on Nightly Route

Posted Monday, August 10, 2026

By Squatchable.com staff

So there's this video I came across on YouTube from a channel called The Facts By Howtohunt.com, and honestly, the host's opening story about getting absolutely demolished by yellow jackets while wearing shorts and a weed eater around his neck had me laughing out loud. But once he gets into the meat of the episode, things take a serious turn. The bulk of the video centers around a written encounter report submitted by a long-haul truck driver who runs the nightly route from Connecticut to upstate New York along I-87. Five nights a week, this guy drives through pitch-black stretches of highway where he regularly spots 30 to 50 deer, plus the occasional moose, coyote, or black bear. He's been doing this run for about three years, so he knows the road like the back of his hand. The story starts with him hitting a deer at 70 mph around 1 a.m. He doesn't stop, just bungee cords and zip ties his way back to Connecticut. About a week later, in the same general area, he hits another deer, but this time he sees something strange on the side of the road, what he initially thinks is a massive black bear chasing the deer. The deer crosses the highway, boom, broadside strike, and the black figure turns toward the woodline. Two days later, he's back on the same stretch, this time with LED super bright high beams and fog lights, both hands on the wheel, slowing down to about 60 mph. Around 2 a.m., about 75 yards out near the edge of the median, his headlights catch something massive. He describes it leaning slightly before something slams into his truck between the driver's door and the windshield. Dirt and rocks fly across the hood and windshield. The door post gets dented, and there's a chunk of frozen ground splattered under the hood by the wipers. It was 4°F outside, meaning whatever hit him had the strength to scoop up frozen earth and hurl it. The driver estimates the figure stood 9 to 10 feet tall, and the reflection in his headlights made it look even bigger. He's a 55-year-old ex-boxer and boxing trainer, and he says flat-out he was terrified, not just scared. When he pulled into the truck stop, the waitresses noticed he was "white as a ghost" and shaking. An old-timer in the restaurant told him he probably saw "him" in that exact five-mile stretch, claiming locals know something is out there. But here's where it gets really interesting. Two nights later, the driver gets home at 4:30 a.m., walks into his house, realizes he left his lunchbox in the car, and finds a 15-pound rock sitting right by his driver's door that definitely wasn't there three minutes earlier. He gets the feeling he's being watched, the hair on the back of his neck stands up, and he finally speaks out loud, telling whatever is out there to leave him alone "in the name of Jesus Christ." He says the encounters stopped after that. Now, for anyone familiar with Sasquatch lore, this kind of targeting behavior is something researchers have discussed for decades. The idea that a Sasquatch could follow someone home, or at least somehow communicate across distances, isn't new to longtime followers of this subject. There are countless reports of these beings appearing to track specific individuals, sometimes for weeks at a time, and sometimes responding to verbal commands or spiritual declarations. Whether you interpret that as intelligence, territoriality, or something more interdimensional, it's a pattern that keeps showing up in witness testimony. The host also mentions he was supposed to have a guest on but the link didn't work, so hopefully that interview gets rescheduled. There's also a fun bit with his co-host Kevin, who sounds like a French bulldog trying to attack a weed eater blade, and Ruby guarding the front entrance. If you're into trucker encounters, nighttime highway sightings, or stories where the witness seems to be deliberately singled out, this one's worth checking out. The full video has the entire written account read out, plus the host's commentary throughout.