Logger and granddaughter have brief sighting in the Selkirk Mountains witnessed in Bonner County, Idaho

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My grandfather was a logging contractor and would frequently take me along on sale scouting expeditions. This particular day we were driving in an area know by the locals as the "High Drive". It is a very rugged and mountainous area above Lake Pend Oreille. Most of the road is cut into the side of the mountain so it is very steep on the uphill as well as the downhill side. It was fairly late in the afternoon and was about an hour before dusk. The road is just an old forest service road and not very well maintained so we were going fairly slow maybe 20 to 25 mph. My grandfather made an expletive that I won't repeat and stopped the truck. In front of us across the road ran a huge hairy animal. It ran down the uphill side of the road, crossed in front of us and ran right downhill. This took all of about 2 or 3 seconds that I saw it although my grandfather (always on the lookout for game) must have seen it sooner. I remember that it was dark colored and hairy with long arms that swung sort...