Footsteps near Silverton, Colorado (2009)
Account
The witness was sleeping in a tent at a campground with family when he awoke in the night. He heard four loud heavy bipedal footsteps pass through the campsite. A young deer that had stayed near camp the prior nights was gone the next morning. He later speculated an animal had pushed the deer toward others waiting in the woods.
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Sounds
Facts & provenance
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| Date |
2009–2010
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:40:17-00:42:25
· read with 60% confidence
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
middle of the night
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:38:18-00:40:17
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| Place |
Silverton, Colorado
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:40:17-00:42:25
· read with 85% confidence
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| Map point |
37.8109, -107.6647 (± 15 km)
Geocoded
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· gazetteer:place
· read with 50% confidence
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Silverton town (GEOID 0870580), matched from nearest town 'Silverton'
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| Account type |
First-hand
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:38:18-00:40:17
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| Witnesses |
1
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:38:18-00:40:17
· read with 70% confidence
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| Witness was |
sleeping in tent at campground
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:38:18-00:40:17
· read with 80% confidence
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| Witness's word for it |
something big and heavy
Stated
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:40:17-00:42:25
· read with 80% confidence
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| Creature category |
UNKNOWN
Derived
Sasquatch Chronicles (podcast, local transcripts) report #0db62c1b-3a41-44c0-a905-f731df7fd550
· transcript:00:38:18-00:42:25
· read with 70% confidence
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