A couple’s account of a large figure crossing a New Jersey road has reached renewed coverage, including an IBTimes UK report published on 14 November. The sighting itself was reported on 11 October 2026, not this weekend, and the figure’s identity remains unverified.
A brief encounter and a later reconstruction
The original BFRO record, report 82683, describes a rainy night drive on Route 542 in Burlington County. Keyara Klawitter said the headlights illuminated a tall, dark, fur-covered figure and that her husband also saw it. Neither reported seeing its face.
BFRO investigator Jacob Korbel says he and a colleague visited the area with the couple about a week later. Their reconstruction suggested four or five seconds of visibility. The estimated height of roughly seven-and-a-half to eight feet relied on recollection and a nearby reference, rather than measurement of the figure.
The evidence has limits
The investigators found a wildlife trail, damaged branches and indistinct ground impressions, but said none could confidently be linked to the encounter. Their suggestion that rain might have removed tracks is a possibility, not a demonstrated explanation for missing evidence.
The recent IBTimes coverage notes the absence of a photograph and the difference between the witness’s approximate 22:00 timing and the investigator’s 22:30 account. BFRO’s Class A label expresses the organisation’s assessment of the testimony; it is not independent scientific confirmation of Bigfoot.
The published source supports reporting a claimed encounter and an investigator follow-up. It does not establish a new species or identify what crossed the road. The conceptual illustration above is not witness footage or a reconstruction of a verified animal.
Sources checked 15 November 2026. More UKPX news →