Report #3 – Delivery Driver Has Daytime Sighting Near RDU Airport

Incident Description:
I was driving west on I-40 in Wake County just beyond the RDU airport. Just as I was exiting I-40 on the ramp to I-540, I looked over to my right to view the body of water as I always do when I pass a river, creek, lake, etc. As I had just passed the exits to RDU airport, I assume this large pond was part of the RDU airport property. As I was looking at the water, almost halfway through the exit ramp onto I-540, I saw a large, black, furry creature standing on two legs beside a young pine tree on the bank of the far side of the pond. I approximated the pine tree to be around 5ft. This creature was at least 2ft taller. Having seen a sasquatch a couple times before, I immediately knew what I was looking at. The creature was too far away to make out any facial features.

Date of Incident:
April 12, 2026

Location of Incident:
Ramp from I-40 to I-540, Wake County, NC, near RDU airport.

Location Environment:
Wooded area surrounding a large pond on RDU airport grounds.

Other Witnesses:
None

Additional Information:
I was on the job in my work tractor trailer enroute to deliver a load. I felt fine as I had just started my shift. As soon as I saw this creature, I started to feel extremely tired. It didn’t make sense, given the fact I was feeling completely rested up prior to seeing this creature.

Similar Incidents:
Not in this particular area.

Follow-Up Investigation:
Spoke with the witness the day after the incident. On Sunday, April 12th around 4:00 pm, the witness was driving his delivery route near the Raleigh Durham International Airport. After exiting onto the ramp from I-40 West to I-540 East, the witness looked to his right in the direction of a large pond, at which time he saw a tall, black, hairy creature standing on the bank of the opposite side of the pond. Beside the creature was a smaller pine tree that he estimated to be around 5 ft. He stated the creature was at least 2 ft taller than the pine tree. Witness has had multiple encounters in the past and immediately knew what he had just seen. Due to the distance, the witness was unable to make out any discernible facial features. Witness was at the beginning of his work shift and fully rested up when this incident occurred. However, upon seeing this creature, the witness started feeling unusually tired….very exhausted. He said he felt like he could lie down and go into a deep sleep. Since the witness has had previous sightings and experienced physical and emotional effects after each sighting, he is certain the onset of this sheer exhaustion is connected to this incident.

This witness is very credible and is also part of The Veil Project team. He and I are planning an investigation of this location in the coming days and will post a Field Update at that time.

Update:
Witness contacted me this morning. He was on this same delivery route around 4:00 am the morning of Wednesday, April 15th. As soon as he approached this same location, on the exit ramp from I-40 West onto I-540 East, he did not see anything as it was still dark, however his fully charged phone, bluetooth earpiece and flashlight were all depleted of charge. It made no sense to him. He stated the phone was actually plugged to the charger and almost fully charged at that time and the bluetooth earpiece he was wearing went completely dead. As soon as he reached his delivery destination, about 5 miles from the incident location, he found his flashlight that was fully charged prior to his 15 minute route, was now completely dead. Witness thought it was worth mentioning that prior to these incidents, he would always get an uneasy feeling at this delivery location. He has previously actually called me on a couple occasions while at this location expressing feelings of uneasiness. He is usually there along during night hours.

Again, we are planning an investigation of the sighting location in the coming days and will post a Field Update at that time.

Investigator(s):
Mechelle Johnson
The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey

Report #2 – Truck Driver Has Daytime Bigfoot Sighting on Hwy 56 in Wilton, NC

Incident Description:
I was driving a tractor-trailer truck on my work route about midday on Highway 56 between Wilton and Franklinton. While driving this mostly wooded road from Wilton to Franklinton, I noticed to my left was a newly cleared area of dirt with a wide dirt road leading off the road to the north. When I looked at the dirt road, trying to figure out what was being constructed, I saw a large, black Bigfoot walking across the dirt road several yards off the highway. I could not believe what I had just seen. As I kept driving, my helper obviously could see by the look on my face that something was wrong, because she asked me, “What’s wrong, did we miss our turn?” I didn’t answer her at first trying to absorb what I had just seen. She kept asking what was wrong. At the next road, I slowed down and turned my tractor-trailer around to head back to the area I saw the Bigfoot. I told my helper I just saw a Bigfoot, and she encouraged me to go back to it. We drove back to the place I saw the Bigfoot but it was already out of sight. There are thick woods on each side of the dirt road where I saw it walking. We assumed it went into the woods by the time we returned to that area. The creature was very large, bulky and had brownish/black hair or fur. It reminded me very much of Patty from the Patterson-Gimlin footage the way it walked and seemed a bit hunched over. It was too far away to make out any facial features. Shortly after seeing this creature, I felt sick….sick to my stomach and nervous. I felt dreadful and sad. That very week, I had a bad nightmare in which I saw my own death.

Date of Incident:
Summer, 2024

Location of Incident:
Hwy 56 between Wilton and Franklinton, NC; Granville County.

Location Environment:
Rural heavy wooded road.

Other Witnesses:
My helper was with me but did not see the creature as she was looking down working on her phone.

Additional Information:
Feelings of dread, sadness and sickness.

Similar Incidents:
Have heard about Bigfoot sightings being reported about 45 minutes to the northeast.

Follow-Up Investigation:
Spoke to the witness a few days after the sighting. He was driving his company tractor-trailer truck on a delivery route when he saw the creature to the left on a dirt road in a newly constructed area. Both sides of the dirt road are lined with thick woods. The witness was very shaken, almost traumatized by the incident. Not so much by seeing the creature, but how he felt afterwards. He said he was overwhelmed with a dreadful feeling, almost immense sadness. He said he also felt sick to his stomach. These symptoms lasted about a week. During that week he had a horrible nightmare where he saw his own death. The witness said the nightmare felt so real and entailed him having a deadly heart attack while on his delivery job. The witness was very credible and was still emotionally trying to deal with what he had experienced a few days earlier.

Investigator(s):
Mechelle Johnson
The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey

Report #1 – Tractor-Trailer Driver Has Possible Early Morning Dogman Sighting

Incident Description:
I drive a delivery tractor-trailer truck for a living. I was on a delivery route driving on Gum Springs Church Road in Moncure, NC. It was very early, approximately 6:15 am, still dark and raining. As I was approaching a curve in the road, my headlights shined on a narrow dirt path located in the curve between two wooded residential lots. On the dirt path just out of the wood line and back off the road, I saw a black dog-like creature squatting while holding and eating something that looked like bloody flesh. This creature looked like a large German Shepherd Dog, black fur all over, except with whatever it was holding were hands, not paws. It was definitely not sitting like a dog….more like a squatted human, but the head was very canine. As I my headlights shined on this creature, it looked up and I saw red eyes. I wanted to go back to get another look at it, but I was on the job and had my co-worker with me.

Date of Incident:
September 13, 2024

Location of Incident:
Gum Springs Church Road, Moncure, NC; Chatham County

Location Environment:
Rural heavily wooded, mostly residential road.

Other Witnesses:
My co-worker was with me, but he did not say anything about it, so I assumed he did not see it. I did not say anything to my co-worker about what I had just seen as I feared he would think I’m crazy.

Additional Information:
Prior to seeing the creature, my co-worker and I saw multiple rabbits running out of the woods onto the road.

Similar Incidents:
No.

Follow-Up Investigation
The witness is a researcher/investigator with The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey. He called me shortly after the sighting and was very bothered by what he had seen. We both went back to the sighting location a few days later during daylight hours to investigate the area. We were unable to investigate the dirt path where the creature was seen as it was on private property. The area was very wooded with residential properties. We did notice a Church with a graveyard just up the road from the sighting location. Just prior to the sighting, the witness and his co-worker saw several rabbits coming out onto the road from the woods. The witness said that he did not give too much thought to the rabbits when they initially saw them, but after seeing the creature, he found the whole incident very strange and unnerving.

Investigator(s):
Mechelle Johnson; Scott Faulkner
The Veil Project – Southeastern Cryptid & Anomaly Survey