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The case below is the only case that I recall reading about whereas a motorcyclist had a collision with a bigfoot on the road. David Paulides summarized this case in his book, Tribal Bigfoot. The case was told not by the primary witness but by the LEO who investigated the incident. I would imagine that if a vehicle hit a bigfoot (at high speed) there must be blood and hair sample evidence on the vehicle’s grille, bumper, or hood. In this motorcyclist case, the primary eyewitness claims that he grabbed hairs from the creature during the collision, but he did not share it with the LEO and the story ends without ever finding out what happened to this sample. Unfortunately, all we got here is a story with no evidence. On the other hand, that is what we got in most BF stories. --------------------------------------- Extract from Interview with Greg Fork, in Tribal Bigfoot by David Paulides, pp.184-185 From September 2004 until August 2005 Greg spent the majority of his time patrolling and investigating arson fires in the same Yolla Bolly area. There hadn’t been anything unusual happen until he heard a radio broadcast of an accident in late August 2005. He was patrolling a region just outside Hayfork when he heard a call from the California Highway Patrol requesting assistance. The patrol stated that they didn’t have any units to respond to a reported call of a motorcycle down on Highway 36 near “three towers” (three large transformer towers), approximately five miles west of the Wildwood Store. This location is approximately two miles from Mud Springs. Greg advised dispatch that he was only a few miles from the location and he would respond in his forestry truck. He arrived at the scene in just under five minute and found a fully dressed Harley Davidson motorcycle lying in the middle of the highway. The cycle had sustained major damage and it was obvious that it wasn’t drive-able. The operator of the cycle was strutting around the scene in full leathers and helmet, and appeared to be very upset and nervous at the same time. He also appeared to be clenching his right fist as though he was either holding something or about ready to hit someone. Greg parked his truck partially in the road to act as a barrier at the scene and then slowly exited his truck to approach the operator. The cyclist was a white male and stated that he wasn’t seriously injured, just bruised up, and didn’t need medical attention. Greg asked the guy what had happened, and the cyclist stated that he was traveling the speed limit and came around a turn in the road. Just as he was coming out of the turn he saw a huge bigfoot standing directly in the middle of the road. The cyclist described the bigfoot as nearly seven feet tall, standing on two feet, reddish in color, completely covered in hair or fur, and very well built, very sturdy. The cyclist had nowhere to go and had to run directly into the creature. He got knocked down, his cycle knocked down the creature, and in the process of falling he grabbed a clump of hair from the creature. That’s what was in his clenched fist. The cyclist stated that after he fell he looked up to see the creature stand back up on two legs and run off the side of the road, apparently uninjured. Greg examined that hair in the cyclist’s hand and found it to be over six inches long, reddish in color, with the appearance and consistency of pubic hair. Greg said he has lived in the woods his entire life and knows the type of hair and fur that animals have at various times of the year. He stated that the hair that was in the cyclist’s hand was not from a bear, as bears do not have a coat with hair that long or that color during that time of the year. Greg asked the cyclist for a sample of hair and he was told “no way”. An investigation was conducted at the scene and Greg could not find any hair on the pavement or cycle, and there was no blood visible. A search was also made for tracks on the adjacent hillside and none were found. There were no witnesses to the crash. The cyclist was picked up by a friend and the motorcycle was later hauled from the scene by another acquaintance. Greg explained that the motorcyclist was absolutely adamant that he had hit a bigfoot and seemed to be quite hyped up about it. The claim by the cyclist, and Greg’s knowledge that bears don’t have hair like that in the cyclist’s hand, made Greg believe that the motorcyclist actually hit a bigfoot. It may also be quite a coincidence that the accident occurred only three miles from where the hunters were harassed by a creature near Mud Springs. Greg’s conclusion was that the motorcyclist hit a bigfoot and the creature left the scene uninjured. The California Highway Patrol did not respond to the incident because the motorcyclist did not claim an injury. -------------------------------------------- Given the large number of reported cases of bigfoot crossing the road, I suspect that there must be several cases out there of moving vehicles hitting a bigfoot. I took a look at John Green’s database (and many thanks to Hiflier who collated 4,061 reports in Excel and shared a copy with me) and found about 15 cases. The two tables below summarize the limited data available on these 15 cases. I am sure there are more cases out there in the literature, websites, and forums but I did not do an exhaustive search. I did not look into the BFRO or SSR databases since I just wanted a quick spot check to confirm that vehicular collision reports with BF are out there. The green highlighted cases are just the 3 cases that seemed more credible to me. Observations from the limited data (15 cases listed above + motorcycle case) suggest: Only one case (out of 16) claimed to have killed a creature (the one that was hit by a train back in 1880s?); in all others cases the creature walked away. Hair samples taken in 3 only cases but one turned out bovine and other two had no further information. There is damage to vehicle in many cases but it is not clear if the original source had photographs of the damage. With no body or DNA samples of blood or hair, we will never know for sure if the creature that was hit was extraordinary. All cases are poorly documented and lack convincing evidence that will suggest a vehicular collision with a bigfoot. Assuming no bigfoot body will be collected at a collision site, the following is a partial list of ideal items to have from these types of reports: Full eyewitness report of accident Photos of damage to vehicle Photos of bigfoot footprints near accident site Samples of hair or blood collected from the vehicle impact site Proper analysis of these samples with laboratory report indicating likelihood of type specimen Incident report from Highway Patrol or LEO in charge Insurance claim report