Class A
First-hand
BFRO #3606
Campers have daylight sighting near Leadville
September 1971
daytime
Granite, Chaffee County, Colorado
9 witnesses
Account
The witness was camping with family and climbed a hill with cousins, rolling rocks from the top. They heard crashing in aspens across a ravine and saw a tall, long-haired figure standing on two legs about 300 feet away watching them for several minutes. After watching it rock back and forth, the group ran back down the hill. The witness maintains decades later that it was not a bear.
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What was reported
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Sightings
Other senses
Context & caveats
Described appearance
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- Height src
- at least eight feet
- Build src
- large
- Hair colour src
- golden brown
- Hair length src
- very long
- Face src
- very dark, in silhouette
- Posture src
- standing on two legs
- Other features src
- not built like a bear
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
September 1971
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| Time of day |
daytime
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| Place |
Granite, Chaffee County, Colorado
Stated
BFRO report #3606
· BFRO report, labelled fields: State, County, Nearest Town, Location Details, Nearest Road
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| Map point |
39.25, -106.30 (± 28 km)
BFRO map layer point for report 3606 with published boundary
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
9
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| Figures reported |
1
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| Witness was |
camping with family and rolling rocks from a hilltop
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| Witness's word for it |
a bigfoot
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| Source classification |
Class A
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Source timeline
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BFRO report #3606 Primary
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BFRO map layer Reference