Scottish Highlands sighting - possible yeti/similar?

I'm putting this here because I'm not sure if what I saw fits 'Bigfoot' exactly, but it's the closest category. This happened in the Scottish Highlands about three weeks ago and I'm still trying to process it.

I was hiking solo near Ben Nevis, quite high up the mountain - probably around 700m elevation. The weather was misty, visibility maybe 30 metres, temperature was cold but not freezing. It was early morning, around 6:30am, very quiet.

I heard movement in the rocks above me before I saw anything. Heavy movement - not animal-light, but not human-weight either. Something in between. Then I saw it for maybe five seconds before it moved back into the mist. I know how this is going to sound.

It was brown-reddish in colour, roughly human-shaped but bulkier, appeared to be around 6.5 to 7 feet tall, covered in what looked like fur or hair. It moved on two legs. I didn't see its face clearly - the mist was too thick and my brain was too busy panicking - but I got an impression of heaviness, of density. The thing weighed more than it should have for its size, somehow.

It didn't seem aggressive, just... curious maybe? It looked at me (I think), then moved away rapidly into the mist. I didn't pursue it, obviously. I finished my hike with a very elevated heart rate and kept looking over my shoulder constantly.

I'm not an expert on cryptids. I'm not even sure I believe in Bigfoot. But I saw something that didn't fit any animal I know. Advice?

The Scottish Highlands is definitely cryptid territory. There are documented sightings in the Cairngorms and around Ben Nevis specifically. Whether it's the same species as North American Bigfoot is debatable, but the description - bipedal, large, reddish-brown fur - matches several historical accounts from Scotland.

Could have been a bear? Scotland doesn't have them now, but there's occasional reports of escaped animals, zoo animals, that sort of thing. A brown bear would match your description reasonably well and would be similarly curious-but-wary around humans.

The 'it weighed more than it should' description is actually really common in cryptid sightings. People consistently report a sense of density or heaviness. Whether that's real or psychological projection is the question. Did you notice anything about its movement - gait, speed, agility?

Did you check for tracks afterwards? That's the most concrete evidence you could gather. Even partial prints in mud or snow could be analysed. If you ever hike that area again, worth bringing a camera with decent zoom lens.

Ben Nevis is high enough and remote enough that something substantial could theoretically survive there. The climate's harsh but possible. If there's a breeding population of large primates in the Scottish Highlands, Ben Nevis and the Cairngorms would be the most likely habitat. Interesting sighting.

I'm not an expert on cryptids. I'm not even sure I believe in Bigfoot.

That's actually the best position to be in for reporting something like this. You're describing what you observed, not interpreting it through a belief lens. That gives your account more credibility. Have you reported it to any official databases?