12:40AM sighting by motorist one mile NE of Black River Falls witnessed in Jackson County, Wisconsin

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I was driving home from work back into Black River Falls. It was around 12:40AM. Right before the road divides into a four lane highway, I saw a tall black figure standing in the opposite lane from me. I only saw it for a split second and didn't think much of it and brushed it off as my eyes playing tricks on me. I didn't see eyeshine, as though it was facing away from my van (toward the southeast) as I drove past. I messaged a coworker who had left about 15 minutes earlier than I did. He mentioned he saw a deer flying across the road in the same spot going southeast. Looked like it was fleeing from something. I told him about what I saw. I still don't know what I saw. I wish I had seen more of it than a glance at the edge of my headlights. It was tall and dark, one solid color. The way it was headed is down a steep embankment and then it is forest. The prison is over there too but Jackson County is a lot of state forest. There wouldn't be people out and about on foot that time o...