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New Jersey couple report seeing 8-foot tall Bigfoot stepping out in front of their car: 'We know what we saw'

A New Jersey couple deemed to be credible witnesses by the investigators who met with them say a Bigfoot, roughly 8-feet tall, crossed the road in front of them while they were driving on a rainy Sunday night around 10:30 p.m.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 12, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC
Key points
  • Following their encounter, they called the NJ State Park Police and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
  • She called her mom and told her what they had just witnessed crossing the road in front of them.
  • The husband and wife "had a very normal, human reaction to seeing something they didn't believe exists," BFRO investigator Jacob Korbel reported.

The car's high beams had caught a glimpse of a massive figure stepping out in front of their vehicle on what she described as a rural road.

Additional details
  • And investigators credited the heavy rain in Southern New Jersey this fall for washing away any evidence that might have been left behind.
  • It was definitely about 8 feet tall." Unfortunately, they weren’t able to snap a picture of this creature.
  • "Before then, I knew almost nothing of a Bigfoot or a Sasquatch," she added to her reported sighting.
  • I saw enough detail to distinguish human-like hands and unusually long arms," she claims.
  • Did these two see a Bigfoot or was it another enormous animal who walks like a human?

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