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14 October 2011 FortGarland, Costilla County, Colorado Class B #34078

Father and son witness fast-moving biped crossing road east of Fort Garland

While driving south to go hunting before sunrise, the witness and a companion saw a grey, shaggy bipedal figure run across the highway and up an embankment over a fence. The figure was bent over and moving very fast with its arms pumping, and had very long hair on its forearms. After stopping to look with a flashlight, they heard two distinct whistles from the trees.

Road crossingFull-body sightingWhistle
November 2009 San Luis, Costilla County, Colorado Class A #26868

Elk hunter has late afternoon observation near Sanchez Reservoir

While hunting elk and glassing a snowy mountainside with binoculars, the witness saw a tall brown figure walking upright on two legs along a distant ridge. The figure moved quickly, paused to look over the valley, then walked back the way it came and disappeared into the trees. The witness noted it wore no hunter orange and did not seem to be a normal man.

Full-body sighting
1940 Monument Lake, Costilla County, Colorado Class B #1353

Father relates Native accounts from the Sangre de Cristo mountains to teenage son.

The writer relays a story from a relative who as a teenager worked as a fishing guide and spent spare time hiking with an older companion. When the relative suggested hiking into a new area near Blanca Peak, the companion refused, saying that was where the Sasquatch lives and describing it as an animal that walks like a man. The relative dismissed it at the time but recalled it with surprise after publicity of the Patterson film.

Folklore