Is this Bigfoot caught on video? Hiker swears she really HAS caught him this time

Last updated at 4:02 PM on 28th May 2011

A woman hiker got the fright of her life after she went walking with a friend in Spokane, Washington, and stumbled across what she claims is Bigfoot.

Samantha, who has not revealed her surname, caught the footage in Downriver Park with her iPhone camera and posted the video on YouTube.

After capturing the mysterious creature, also known as a Sasquatch, on film, her YouTube video has become a hit and has already been viewed almost 8,000 times within four days.

The hiker took a walk in Downriver Park in Spokane, Washington, and end up catching Bigfoot on her iPhone

In her post, Samantha said she didn’t realise Bigfoot was there until she replayed her video after the hike at home.

She wrote an email to KXLY news website in the US, and said: ‘Someone asked me in the comments section if I believed in Bigfoot before the video.

‘I have never given it much thought, but now I’m not so sure. Seem real enough to me.

KXLY apparently showed the video to students and staff at Spokane Community College to ask for their opinion, seeing as their school mascot dresses as Bigfoot.

Student Margaret Clarke said: ‘Looks like just a normal person to me.’

While fellow pupil Ryan Constable added: ‘I think there is something big and hairy walking around out there like that.’

The Bigfoot YouTube video has become a hit and has already been viewed almost 8,000 times

And Professor of Theatre and Film Arts, Adam Sharp, said he has seen Bigfoot around their school grounds from time to time.

He said laughing: ‘We do get messages from him, from the faculty and staff. But he’s pretty elusive, he doesn’t like the spotlight a whole lot.’

Bigfoot is allegedly an ape-like cryptid that is said to inhabit forests mainly in the Northwest regions of North America, but his existence has not been scientifically proven.

Watch the video of the alleged Bigfoot below: