ATV rider recalls passing very close to a Bigfoot at dusk in Eight Mile Canyon near Leadore witnessed in Clark County, Idaho

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In July of 2007, a friend and I went camping and fishing to the Birch creek area off of Hwy 28 in Clark County. We crossed the creek and set up camp at the trail head in Eight Mile Canyon. There is an ATV trail system that loops up the canyon and around the mountain range. One evening we decided to go up the canyon to the southwest and explore a bit before dark. We found a lightly used trail that went into a dark canyon. We suspected it went to a dead end but we went up the trail to look around. The trail went through a dark canyon that seemed to have thicker vegetation then the main Eight Mile Canyon. I remember noticing that there was a lot of dead fall. We got to the end of the canyon trail that was about two miles in and came to a very scenic view of towering shell rock cliffs and bowls. We realized that it was slowly starting to get darker so we decided to head back to camp. As we rode down the trail I stayed about 50 yards behind my friend. It was getting dark enough ...