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28 July 2026 Lake City, Hinsdale County, Colorado Class A #81439

Daylight sighting by motorist along highway 149, ten miles SE of Lake City

The witness was riding as a passenger in a truck descending a mountain pass while looking for wildlife. A tall dark hairy figure emerged at the forest edge, turned uphill and walked along the treeline with a gliding gait for four to five steps until a road curve blocked the view. The witness was unable to speak at first, then asked the driver to stop, but the driver did not see the figure.

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22 July 2023 Bailey, Colorado #293f0db2-9db3-4fd0-b7f1-11c1b22084b0

Tracks near Bailey, Colorado (2023)

The next afternoon a small party bushwhacked up a trailless mountain south of camp to scout a route for that night. They noted odd crystal rock circles, trees snapped and twisted about six feet up, and a large print with a smaller one beside it in a low between hills. The forest was noted as completely quiet.

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21 July 2023 Bailey, Colorado #293f0db2-9db3-4fd0-b7f1-11c1b22084b0

Tracks near Bailey, Colorado (2023)

The witness had just set up his tent at a group camp when a child exploring where two hills met called out about footprints. The witness and an organizer inspected the muddy ground and found a large clear print plus partials and a smaller impression nearby, with an organizer later finding additional impressions around the hillside. Photos and a plaster cast were made of the best print.

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25 July 2019 Between Climax Pass And Copper Mtn, Summit County, Colorado Class A #63153

Daylight sighting by hikers at Mayflower Gulch outside Leadville

The witness was sitting on a rock in a high basin while hiking when they saw a large brown biped try to climb a snow cornice, fail, climb down, and walk briskly north out of view, then later reappear walking south above the cornice. About 45 minutes later the witness returned to the spot with another hiker and found handprints and footprints in the snow and photographed them. No further sighting occurred after traversing the difficult slope.

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Last spring of 2019 Colorado #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/paZYw-XUCLfKpl7A9rvTIP9buFTNkiAheIwwpznWbnQ

Cryptid sighting in Colorado (2019)

After poultry losses and a daylight yard sighting by his wife and mother of a tan long-legged tailless animal with pointy ears and a canine muzzle, the witness set a game camera that failed to capture expected animals. Days later he saw it watching from the rimrock and shot it with a .223. It knocked back, left blood and clawless cat-like tracks, then disappeared with no further killings.

Full-body sightingProperty disturbance
23 August 2018 Jefferson, Park County, Colorado Class B #60877

Mother and daughter have a scary daytime encounter while hiking on North Twin Cone

Two hikers were descending a road when they heard multiple loud tree knocks, had rocks thrown past them, smelled an intense stench, and one of them saw a dark figure watching. They fled downhill toward their vehicle while using an air horn, heard a loud guttural whoop near the car, and reported being followed for several miles.

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in the fall of 2018 Colorado #gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/paZYw-XUCLfKpl7A9rvTIP9buFTNkiAheIwwpznWbnQ

Tracks in Colorado (2018)

With his coworker and brother-in-law the witness revisited the pond area to find it bulldozed, a track with missing toes, and a large log thrown into the pond with no drag marks. After sitting into the evening coyotes sounded, then a deep howl ending in a growl silenced them followed by a tree knock. The brother-in-law went quiet for days.

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21 December 2016 Windsor, Larimer County, Colorado Class B #57114

Possible snow tracks found outside Windsor

The witness reported large footprints in a light dusting of snow near the family home. A relative photographed one of several prints arranged in a row before they melted by midday. An investigator later reviewed the photos as inconclusive and visited the site to assess the nearby river corridor as cover for travel.

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5 July 2015 Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado Class B #49243

Hiking family finds possible track off trail outside Estes Park

A family of four was hiking and identifying animal tracks in a forested mountain area when the husband found a single large footprint off the trail. The print was about 13.5 to 14 inches long and about half an inch deep, with possible toe impressions, and crossed perpendicular to the trail. The husband could not leave a comparable impression in the same vicinity. The family photographed the print with a boot for scale, felt uneasy, and continued on without seeing or hearing anything that could have made it.

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May 2012 Bailey, Park County, Colorado Class A #35596

Early evening sighting by two women hiking in Bailey

Two women on an evening hike heard a loud branch break and saw a large bipedal figure running parallel to them through the forest and down a hill. They watched it for several seconds as it moved very fast with long strides and a forward lean, making no running noise despite dry ground cover. Both described it as tall, bulky and covered in dark grey to black hair, concluding it matched a bigfoot and was not a human or common animal.

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September 2009 Red Feather Lakes, Larimer County, Colorado Class A #26671

Two brothers witness an upright creature while at a cabin near Red Feather

Two people staying at a mountain cabin watched a large black upright animal move from near a river across a road and uphill toward an aspen grove over about two minutes, using binoculars for part of the observation. The animal turned toward a passing truck, then moved away with longer strides while looking back. Afterwards the witnesses went to the grove and found and measured a large five-toed footprint, but snow prevented further tracking.

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12 October 2008 Bayfield, La Plata County, Colorado Class B #25511

Couple finds large human-shaped footprints while elk hunting near Bear Creek

While elk hunting, the witness and his wife both noticed a strong musty odor and the witness heard loud wood-on-wood-like raps from nearby woods. While walking back to their vehicle, they discovered two very large five-toed footprints in firm soil that they estimated were one or two days old. No creature was seen.

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2007 Colorado #7c8e8bba-da6d-4877-b9a2-5b6a33a386b2

Tracks in Colorado (2007)

While turkey hunting with his wife in deep snow on an unused dirt road, the guest saw huge spaced divots. He crossed a creek and found a giant footprint with toes in a straight line. He followed the same individual's older and newer tracks to a cliff where it climbed, with body drag in snow, and photographed them.

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10 June 2006 We Were In The Middle Between Lake City And Creede, Hinsdale County, Colorado Class B #14997

Possible approach to campers near Spring Creek Pass in the San Juan Mountains

A couple stopped at sunset in a pullout beside a stream to eat and fish for the night. The witness heard loud crashing in brush near the truck, faint low growls from across the road, and later loud splashing from a drainage, while the companion reported finding very large, deep footprints in mud by the stream. Neither saw the source of the sounds or tracks, and they left the area feeling something large had stayed hidden nearby.

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28 December 2005 Larmie, Larimer County, Colorado Class A #30058

Elk hunters see huge, white upright figure approach their campfire north of Fort Collins

Four men arrived after dark at a family property for an elk hunt and built a campfire. They heard heavy footfalls and branch breaking approaching from a draw, then saw a large light-colored upright figure about 40 feet away at the edge of the firelight. The figure crouched, turned to look at them, then stood and walked away quickly in a few steps. The group sheltered in a trailer and found no tracks the next morning.

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8 September 2005 Leadville, Lake County, Colorado Class B #12904

Notes from the Colorado BFRO Expedition

During a daytime hike up a drainage on 10 Sept, the witness stopped at an old hunting camp and heard two clear wood knocks about 150-200 yards away. After confirming by radio that no other participants were nearby or knocking, the witness knocked back and received an immediate two-knock reply from slightly farther away. Further knocks and whoops over about 30 minutes drew no additional replies, and no movement or odor was noticed. The witness then returned to camp and later revisited the area by ATV with others.

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1 June 2004 Bayfield, Archuleta County, Colorado Class B #9018

Campers driven off mountain by unseen intruders

Three campers were around a late-night campfire when they heard repeated series of deep two-tone howls from hills to the north and south and a loud tree-impact sound. One source of howls moved from about 100 yards west to about 50 yards in the treeline, appearing to exchange calls with a distant source while crashing through brush toward camp. Alarmed, the group packed under guard and drove out, hearing the howls again from about a mile behind them. They later interpreted the incident as possibly involving three large communicating beings.

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Winter 2004 Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado Class B #16661

Possible tracks found by snowshoers near Steamboat Springs

The witness and a companion were snowshoeing off trail and became stuck in a steep ravine. They found a trackway of large human-like footprints with a long stride ascending a very steep slope through deep snow. They judged the tracks unlike deer, elk, bear, or human due to depth, stride, and lack of drag marks.

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20 June 2003 Silverton, Dolores County, Colorado Class B #6538

Large tracks found in southwest Colorado mountains

The witness and his sister examined three large barefoot-like impressions found on a closed section of trail near timberline. The clearest impression showed a heel, arch, ball and five toes and was compared on video to a size-12 hiking boot. No animal was seen, and no further prints were found as the ground became harder toward the parked vehicles.

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September 2002 Aspen, Pitkin County, Colorado Class A #7036

Elk hunter trailed by large biped in twilight, finds tracks the next day

The witness was returning on foot to camp at night after sitting and hunting in a mountain park. He heard steps, snapping and rustling following him for some distance to an open moonlit bald. After waiting there and then entering timber on the far side, he looked back and saw a large dark shape where he had sat stand up and come toward him; after he shouted it ran into the trees.

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