When you're driving at night, it's easy for your eyes to sometimes fool you. That's what one Missouri woman thought was happening when she encountered large red eyes in the woods while driving near her property, but there was a problem with that theory.

This eyewitness story comes directly from a Missouri woman named Tara who shared what she saw with the Sasquatch Theory YouTube channel recently. She lives in the Mark Twain National Forest part of Missouri and had her encounter between 8p and 9p one night when she was driving home.

Tara - "I was in my little bitty car...and I was driving home...it was pitch black...I was looking...something caught my eye...my bright lights were on and I was looking at the woods to the right...right as you get to our property line...all I see are these TWO HUGE RED EYES."

She tried to convince herself that she was only seeing reflectors...they are not eyes. Next time she would drive through the area, she would look again and see those reflectors. The problem is that when she would repeatedly drive down that road near her property and look into those woods, she never could see any reflectors. It was then she realized that she really had seen two large red eyes that night.

What did Tara see that night? If it was red reflectors like you'd see on a pole or warning sign, why were they not visible again? The fact that this happened in the part of Missouri where strange creature sightings are common makes her question even more chilling.

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