US man claims to have filmed legendary Bigfoot

Melbourne, Mar 25 (ANI): A man in North Carolina, US, has claimed that he has managed to capture the legendary Bigfoot on his video camera.

Thomas Byers was driving with a friend when he said he saw Bigfoot cross Golden Valley Church Road in Rutherford County. He took out his video camera and filmed a five-second video from about 4.5 to 6m away.

"It ran across the road and into the woods right in front of us and I was able to film it," the Herald Sun quoted Byers writing in an email to WCNC-TV.

"One thing I know is the smell of it was horrid. It smelled like a cross between road kill and a skunk.

"And it did not like the fact that I was there on the road with it. In the video you can hear it snarl or growl at me as it crosses the road," he said.

Byers detailed the event on a personal website where he has posted the video and a handful of pictures.

In the description, he explained that Bigfoot, or Knobby as the beast is known locally, has been "spotted for years".

Those who viewed the video remain divided over the authenticity, but Byers said he was satisfied simply to have experienced the moment.

"It was truly one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen," he said on his website. (ANI)