---
title: "Bigfoot Blamed for Car Accident in Idaho"
description: "In her telling of the Wednesday night incident, she was heading south in her Subaru Forester near milepost 367 when she spotted a seven to eight foot tall \"Sasquatch\" in hot pursuit of a deer near the edge of the road. As she passed the \"shaggy\" giant she immediately stared at her mirrors to get a better look, but failed to notice the deer darting out into the road and collided with it."
date: "2017-03-26"
modified: "2017-03-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/8651/bigfoot-blamed-for-car-accident-in-idaho"
categories:
  - "Culture"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crash"
  - "Dashcam"
  - "idaho"
---

# Bigfoot Blamed for Car Accident in Idaho

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If it's not abundantly clear at this point, you [need to](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7515/dashcam-footage-of-a-subaru-wrxs-head-on-collision-with-a-nissan-is-terrifying>) [own a](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/8552/watch-a-van-blast-a-subaru-forester-off-the-road-during-a-pass-gone-wrong>) [dashcam](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/8225/highway-cable-barrier-prevents-certain-disaster>). Not only are you protecting yourself and your car from idiots and lowlifes alike, but you also have the ability to turn everyone else's moronic driving into [YouTube gold](<https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=idiot+drivers>). And on the off chance you spot a legendary creature chasing after a deer on the side of the road and understandably crash the car in your distracted state, you can prove to the state police and all the online haters that you're not crazy and you aren't just making up some kooky story for attention and/or money. That last one is important.

But sadly, the 50-year-old woman in our tale was not so equipped when she rounded a bend on U.S. Highway 95, north of the town of Potlatch in northwestern Idaho, and found herself in *that very situation.* [In her telling](<https://dnews.com/local/sasquatch-chased-deer-onto-highway-woman-tells-deputy/article_4b83c394-589f-5a29-b54b-a9cc85f7554e.html>) of the Wednesday night incident, she was heading south in her Subaru Forester near milepost 367 when she spotted a seven to eight foot tall "Sasquatch" in hot pursuit of a deer near the edge of the road. As she passed the "shaggy" giant she immediately stared at her mirrors to get a better look, but failed to notice the deer darting out into the road and collided with it.

She reported the accident to the state police, who then referred her to the local sheriff. Either way, [no evidence was found](<https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article140877873.html>), and the deer ain't talking.

![message-editor%2F1490570750221-theroad.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1490570750221-theroad.png>)
**Google Maps**

Here's the southbound view at milepost 367 up there. We don't know where exactly this went down, but it all kind of looks the same along here. To be honest, it's pretty bare for Bigfoot to just be strolling along mostly unnoticed, even in the middle of the night. Not a lot of cover for the guy, but what do I know—I'm not a cryptid. If you are the type who wants to believe, [zoom out a bit](<https://www.google.com/maps/@46.9990821,-116.9077122,3a,49.2y,236.7h,81.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBAw3rdOVePCnd-ZRapwmlQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1>) and you'll see this stretch of road is fairly close to some pretty expansive wilderness in McCroskey State Park and Saint Joe National Forest.

I'm not saying you should head to Idaho and go Bigfoot hunting now, but if you do, bring a dashcam.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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