BFRO #74678: Possible 1AM sighting by commuter on forest road 17 miles west of Daytona Beach

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📝 Description

July 20th 2021. I was coming home from work and was travelling south down highway 11 in DeLeon Springs FL. It was about 1am and was hot and humid night. Normally I don't take this road home, but I was curious if I could see any deer along Blackwelder road late at night, as I was interested in hunting at a property on that road.I was in my pickup truck and it does have a bright light bar on it, so as I approached the wooded section of the road, I turned on the lightbar so I could see more of the side of the road, so I could tell if there were deer along the side of the road. I was travelling at about 60 MPH. Right as I flipped on the lightbar, and it shone down the road, I noticed a large creature moving across the road on two legs. I was a good distance from it still. I gradually slowed down from surprise at seeing it. It cleared the road in about two steps and disappeared behind a group of trees close to the road. Once I reached the point where I thought it crossed, I was going probably 30 miles per hour. It didn't seem to notice the guard rail at all, just went over it in stride it seemed. I could tell right where it crossed because there where big wet footprints on the road.I went up to the boat ramp parking lot and turned around to see if I could go back and see it again. As spooked as I was, I wanted to see it again to confirm what I saw. I slowly went back, keeping my lightbar on. As I passed the area, I could see the place where I believe it went into the woods. There was an area where it looked disturbed at the tree line, like something had just walked into the woods there. There was no sign of the creature.As I approached the footprints, I compared them to the stripes in the road. One footprint was on the dividing line down the middle. It appeared to be about 8 inches wide and maybe twice as long as it was wide. This observation was done while traveling maybe 10 mph so I could be wrong. It was much larger than a human print.I was very spooked by the experience and it didn't even cross my mind to take a picture of the prints. This was the first time I saw such a creature so my mind was not thinking about documenting it!Here is how I would describe what I saw. It was tall and had reddish brown hair, tending toward brown. The legs looked darker under the knee joints, looking back that was probably cause it was wet. The hair appeared to be long and shaggy. As it crossed the road the arms swung slightly, especially when going over the guard rail. The creature never looked towards me, it was looking towards the other side of the road at the tree line. If I had to guess, it was probably close to 7 or 8 feet tall. It was much taller than any living thing I had seen before. Its chest was large as well, almost like a body builder.I only saw it for a couple seconds as it crossed the road so that is the best I can remember. I really wish I had my dash camera installed at that point. I quickly put one on a couple days after that! Hopefully I will see another one day.

🔍 Circumstances

Just myself.

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Around 1am. Very dark and the weather was calm. Humid and hot, typical Florida summer night.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Around 1am. Very dark and the weather was calm. Humid and hot, typical Florida summer night.

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