Night time sighting by motorist in Feather River Canyon near Hwy 70 & 89 intersection witnessed in Plumas County, California

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This event took place 1992 in the Feather River canyon in Plumas County California. I and a good friend of mine were traveling north on hiway 70 just south of the hiway 89 intersection known as the Greenville Y. The time of year, if I remember right, was fall or spring. I remember it was not cold but not hot either and because it is heavily wooded with evergreens i can't place which season it was. It was dark, roughly 930 or 10pm. We rounded a left turn at 45 mph and half way through the turn the headlights caught an animal standing in the right hand lane. I had time to react because of the slower speed we were traveling at so i turned into the left lane to avoid hitting it. I was very awed at the animal because neither of us recognized it for something we knew. It was roughly 4 seconds from sighting to passing it. I saw a large animal on all 4's. It was facing left toward the left lane. Dark brown or black fur that was medium length. It was almost the size of a horse. As we ro...