53-years after Roger Patterson and Bob Gilmlin first claimed to have caught footage of Bigfoot on camera, the mysterious Sasquatch has once again been captured on film - or so one man believes.

In the foothills of Northeast Provo on January 2, a local resident and a group of friends spotted a large and unfamiliar looking figure lurking a-top a rock on a hill-side.

Noting its apparent towering stature, the man remarks 'Seriously, look how big it is,' before hastily concluding 'I think it's a Sasquatch'.

The camera then zooms closer the the alleged creature, showing the large dark figure moving slowly on the mountain.

One of the witnesses, Austin Craig, was so convinced by the sighting he took the day off work to find more evidence of the legendary monster's presence in the area.

The dark and large figure was spotted in the Provo mountain range in Utah or January 2

Austin Craig (pictured) returned to investigate the sighting

'You can't just see something that's maybe a once-in-a-century discovery and go do your nine-to-five job,' Craig said in an interview with WGN-9.

'You go to look for fur, or footprints, or some kind of evidence.'

Accompanied by a friend , Craig went back up the mountainside in search of Bigfoot but came back empty handed.

When Craig and his friend reached the location the figure was originally spotted in, a voice comes over the radio and tells them:'That is exactly where I saw the 'Sasquatch', and you guys put together aren't even as close to as wide or tall as what I saw.'

'Was it a bear? Maybe. That's plausible. Was it a person? Also plausible,' Craig said.

'Was it something else? I think that's also possible. Who knows?'

The men believe the size and movement of the figure means is could be a Sasquatch. They conceded that it could also be a bear or person

Austin Craig stands where his friend spotted the figure

Utah has been subject to several claims of Bigfoot sightings over the years, so much so, the state has its own division dedicated to hunting down the beast, The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization.

Much like Craig's investigation, The Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization's search was inconclusive.

There years ago, one mother claimed to have captured footage of Bigfoot lurking in a patch of tall grass on her way to Provo airport.

The 1967 footage shot by Roger Patterson and Bob Gilmlin continues to be the most contested piece of evidence as to whether the creature exists

Jerry Crew found a giant cast of a 'Bigfoot' footprint in 1958. But in 2002 the whole thing was revealed to be a hoax carried out by Ray Wallace

Though a long-term figure of Native American folklore, the Sasquatch was first thrust into the media spotlight in 1958, when Jerry Crew said he found giant footprints - belonging to Bigfoot - near Bluff Creek in Northern California.

In 2002, the grandchildren of Ray Wallace revealed their grandpa had staged the whole thing for 'a joke', but alleged sightings of the giant figure in America's mountain ranges have continued to persist ever since.