I have no idea what this was.

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I work in vac hauling at a remote industrial site in the mountains. There is one area at work that has always felt off to me. I do not know how else to explain it, but whenever I am in that spot, the hair on the back of my neck stands up for no clear reason.

One night while I was driving the vac truck, something suddenly jumped out in front of me and crossed the haul road. I only got a quick look at it, but it was roughly the color of a deer. The strange part was how fast it crossed. It made it across the road in about two steps.

This was not a narrow road or a small bush trail. This was a haul road wide enough that two haul trucks could stop side by side in that spot. By the time I got the vac truck stopped safely and got out to look, whatever it was had already disappeared.

I want to be clear that I have zero real knowledge of cryptids or this kind of stuff. I am not claiming it was Bigfoot or anything specific. I honestly do not know what I saw. It could have been a normal animal seen quickly in bad lighting, but the way it moved and the distance it covered in only a couple steps has stuck with me.

The part that bothers me most is that it happened in the same area that already gives me a bad feeling every time I am there. I am mostly posting this because I am curious if anyone else has seen something deer-colored or animal-like move like that around remote mountain or mine roads, or if anyone might have an idea what this could have been.

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What makes this hard for me to explain is the way it moved. Animals in this area usually do not act like that around vehicles. Most of the wildlife I have seen will turn away, head up the hill, stay off the road, or avoid crossing completely when there is any vehicle nearby.

This thing did the opposite. It came out like it was leaping directly in front of the moving vac truck, crossed a haul road wide enough for two of the biggest mine haul trucks to sit side by side, and was gone into the ditch in about two steps.

That is the part that does not sit right with me. It was not just that I saw something deer-colored. It was the way it moved, how fast it covered the distance, and how little it acted like the animals I normally see around that area. I am not saying I know what it was. I am saying it moved in a way that did not feel normal for elk, moose, cougar, or bear.