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huge human-like handprint found on top of a vandalized sign.
The witness and at least one other person parked on a dirt road near a stream at night. They heard sloshing in the water and later saw a large figure run across the road ahead of the headlights and heard heavy steps in sagebrush. Using a spotlight they glimpsed a tall dark primate-like figure cross in front of a large boulder and enter dense timber.
Hikers observe animal crouched next to a pond in the Lost Creek Wilderness Area.
The witness and a companion were hiking in the Lost Creek wilderness on a sunny Sunday morning when they watched a creature near a pond from 100-150 feet for about 45 seconds. The creature was initially bent over and first taken for a bear, then stood erect and looked at them, provoking intense fear. The pair later returned with photographers but found no trace.
creature seen coming up out of a dry irrigation ditch
The witness was riding as a front-seat passenger in a car of teenagers driving slowly on a country road at night with headlights off. When the driver switched the headlights on, those in the front seat noticed a large hair-covered human-like creature emerging from a deep roadside ditch about 20 feet away. The driver drove away quickly while the witness kept watching the still creature, which had wide eyes and an open mouth, as they passed.
Youngster frightened by "monster" peeping in window
A young boy resting in the upper bunk of a small cabin heard a strange animal-like call followed by footsteps and rustling outside. When he looked through the open shutter window he saw a dark, very hairy face with glowing eyes staring in, which fled when he screamed. The family later estimated anything peering into that high window from the sloped ground would have to be about seven to eight feet tall, but they found no trace the next day.
Campers have daylight sighting near Leadville
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.
Future doctor sees giant tracks high in Rawah wilderness
In summer 1971 the witness and two companions found about a dozen very large human-like footprints crossing remaining snow patches in a high alpine meadow in a Colorado wilderness area. The prints were described as well-detailed, much larger than a large human foot with a stride of four feet or more, and were judged not to be bear tracks, with no prints visible on firm ground between snow patches. The witness noted possible enlargement by summer melt and refreeze and considered a hoax unlikely due to remoteness, and left the area frightened.
Hunters have an encounter returning from hunt
Three elk hunters walking back toward camp heard a loud crash and chased what they assumed was a bull elk to the rim of a deep, steep-sided canyon. From across the canyon the reporter watched through a rifle scope as a tall, black-haired biped ran up the opposite slope on two feet and briefly turned to show its face in profile before entering the trees. The group chose not to pursue closely, later backtracked the trail toward the highway, and examined broken vegetation and footprints the following day.
Bowhunter and wife abandon deer when threatened by large, unseen animal
The witness and spouse were bow hunting in timber when something unseen followed them, starting and stopping as they moved. After the witness shot a deer, the follower vocalized loudly and thrashed brush and trees while pursuing them downhill. The pair abandoned the deer and left the timber, with the follower continuing to vocalize behind them to the timber edge.
Young picnicker sees strange creature on rocky ledge above the St. Vrain River
While gathering firewood during a family picnic along the river, the witness felt watched and looked up. He saw a large hair-covered human-like figure standing on a rocky ledge across the river. The figure looked back briefly, then turned and disappeared. The whole encounter lasted about thirty seconds.
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.
Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk
The witness was positioned on one mountainside watching across a valley toward an opposite slope where an elk was being stalked by two large brown animals first taken for bears. Viewed through binoculars, the two stood upright and walked on two legs, keeping the elk between them and at times hiding behind trees before entering heavy timber after about five minutes. The outcome for the elk was not seen, but the witness thought the pair probably killed it.
Sasquatch sighting in Colorado
A hunting guide and a young client spotted a Sasquatch below some mule deer. The client fired despite being told not to, wounding the smaller one. A larger one charged, jammed rifle failed, and the guide fled after seeing it tear the client apart. Authorities were said to have recovered body parts and recorded it as a [name withheld] attack.
Footsteps near Woodland Park, Colorado
The guest and two companions camped by a river while fishing and kept a stump burning in a fire ring overnight. Something heavy entered the camp and moved around the tent without approaching the fire. The group shouted, and the visitor eased back into the woods rather than running.
Partial sighting in Colorado
While staged for night gunnery on a military range, crews ahead reported a large person downrange moving across the firing lanes as seen through thermal sights. Range control halted firing for hours to search for anyone downrange. The guest did not see the figure directly and only listened over the radio.
Dogman sighting near Leadville, Colorado
The witness and his father were watching elk behind their home when the herd suddenly stampeded. Using binoculars they saw a tall brownish figure with black chest patches running bipedally at unnatural speed toward where the elk fled. It paused briefly then ran off and was not seen again.
Sasquatch sighting in Colorado
The guest was five when his father took him to put pig heads in a bear bait barrel. The father left him by a tree to get more bait and the boy ran screaming back to him. The father later admitted a Bigfoot took the heads from the barrel and had tossed the barrel into a tree.
Footsteps near Meeker, Colorado
The following year the witness camped in the backcountry with two relatives. Around 2 a.m. he woke to heavy padded footsteps walking near the tent that stopped and resumed. The next morning while separated by a creek he twice heard loud breaking several hundred yards up the slope, and the group saw no game on that side of the mountain.
Unidentified sound in Colorado
The witness was bow hunting alone on a ridge in Colorado when he heard an extremely loud smash like a huge tree hitting another tree. The sound repeated twice more from farther away within minutes. With lifelong hunting experience, he later concluded it was not a natural tree fall.
Sasquatch sighting near Denver, Colorado
The witness's father was driving toward Denver for work when another car's lights lit a large hairy human-like creature in trees and bushes by the road. He looked for pulled-over motorists to explain it but concluded it was something unusual that frightened him.
Sasquatch sighting near Park County
Three friends drove back from a day of fishing when headlights lit a large human-like figure hunched by the roadside. It looked over its shoulder with bright eyes, then took a couple steps up the hill with pumping shoulders and disappeared behind a boulder. They later returned that night with a light to retrace the bend but could not relocate the spot or find tracks.