Post by brian on May 20, 2008 4:54:36 GMT -11
DATE: 1981
LOCATION: Cripple Creek, Colorado; Teller County off of Hwy 67 North of Cripple Creek
OBSERVED: My uncle was working the graveyard shift for a mine overlooking Cripple Creek. He was out on his nightly rounds checking the ponds to make sure everything was still running the way it was supposed to. Some of the places he had to check are rather secluded. He finished checking one of the buildings where the equipment to keep the ponds up and running. He locked the building up and went around the side of the building to get in the truck, when he saw the creature. My uncle stands 6'5" and he weighed a good 220 at the time. He ran back to the bldg. unlocked the door, and used the emergency phones that they had in the bldg. ( I was 13 at that time, and I had never seen or heard my uncle cry. I am 29 now and I have never seen or heard him cry since that time.) First, he called my grandfather and asked him to come and bring the gun, crying the whole time. We lived 40 miles away from where he was calling from (near Guffey). My mother and grandfather also worked for the mine so they knew right where to go. My grandmother stayed on the phone with my uncle to try and keep him calm. He just kept repeating "It wasn't a bear, Oh my god it was huge is pa coming?" He spoke to my mother and grandfather about it. My grandfather said he was on drugs so he didn't speak about it very much after that. I am very close to my uncle as is my mother we are the only ones he ever spoke to about it again. At the time he was 22 and afraid of nothing. Growing up where we did we knew what a bear looked like as well as all the other wildlife in the area. EXCEPT for the thing he saw that night. When he spoke of it he said it was on two legs and taller than any animal he had ever seen. I tried to get him to send this to you, but he doesn't like to talk about it. He starts shaking every time he does.
ENVIRONMENT: Mountains, pond.
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DATE: This event occurred approximately Dec. of 1982.
LOCATION: Approximately 100 Miles south of Colorado Springs, near Pueblo; off the east shoulder of I-25 in Pueblo County
OBSERVED: On approximately December of 1982, two friends and myself were returning to Colorado from Texas, by car. At just before midnight, on a dark stretch of Interstate 25, heading North towards Denver (just 100 some miles before Colorado Springs,CO.) something strange caught my eye. I was seated in the passenger side of the car. A friend, Trent, was driving. In the backseat, asleep and extremely ill, was another friend. To the right, traveling at 60 MPH, the headlights caught what appeared to be a 3-4 foot, white haired ape-like creature, with a dark face. It was standing upright. My eyes caught it some 100 feet ahead in the lights, and I followed it with my eyes. It was merely standing there at the side of the road. Although I admit a childhood interest in BIGFOOT lore, I almost instantly dismissed it as such a creature. Surely my eyes were playing tricks on me. I said nothing to my friend, who was driving. My first instinct was to ask my friend to turn around and go back to investigate. Instead, I said nothing. Five minutes later, my friend pulled off to the side of the road, as he had to "relieve" himself. We met at the back of the car to "take care of business", where he expressed he was getting tired. I agreed, telling him, I, too, was tired, and was starting to "see things". He then told me, that he was also "seeing things", saying, "Yeah, I just thought I saw a Polar Bear back there." A chill went up my spine, and I asked him if it was "white and furry".
He said yes. I told him that I thought I saw a "small white ape, with a dark face!" Without missing a beat, he told me to get in the car. "Let's get out of here!" We wanted to go back to investigate, but our sick friend in the backseat needed to get home, due to his illness. He was passed out throughout the entire episode, and we didn't want to pester him with our shared "illusion". We're obviously unsure of what we saw. However, we agreed that it was not a coyote, and we both only saw two legs. This account was dismissed by us, until 5 years later, when "Unsolved Mysteries" did a feature on some unusual sightings of a large Bigfoot like creature. Their report: Along the Colorado Frontrange, there had been reports of a WHITE haired APE-LIKE CREATURE, roaming around the homes in the foothills just NORTH of Colorado Springs. (Our sighting was 100 some mile SOUTH).
ENVIRONMENT: The environment of the exact place along I-25 would be difficult to assess, due to the time of day: 11pm to Midnight. We could speculate that this stretch of highway would be some 6 miles east of the front range of the Rocky Mountains: Hilly fields and pastures east of the highway. Elevation, app. 5000ft.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): 3 car passengers: 1 asleep, 1 driving for some 6+ hours, 1 passenger. All tired.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I think it important to mention, for credibility, that I have held a strong fascination in Bigfoot lore since childhood. I am not totally convinced that what I saw was what I know as a Bigfoot. The account is true, however, I believe the circumstances of the event and the accounts in that region are interesting and worth reporting here. I have never told of this event to more than a half-dozen people.
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Submitted by (confidential) on Thursday, July 2, 1998
DATE: Last time was two years ago
LOCATION: Four Corners Area of New Mexico and Colorado
OBSERVED: Large something walks along the San Juan River it goes on to the Navajo Reservation, it has been seen even by our local sheriff. large brownish red hairy thing. stinks to high heaven and makes some god awful noises. We usually know it's outside when the dogs start howling. We live about 1/8 of a mile from the river. it usually shows up every 3 to 5 years. We don't go down to the river everyone knows it's down there.
ENVIRONMENT: Russian Olive forest follows the river. The river comes from Colorado. We live in the high desert plateau region.
ALSO NOTICED: heard something messing around inthe shed...went out there and this thing was in there looking around. it was about 7ft or taller.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): minding their own business watching t.v.
CONFIDENTIALITY: Please don't post my name or anything else. You wanted to know so I told you. We are just plain scared and was hoping someone would look into this
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Older sightings but still very cool.
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Submitted by Jeromy M. Havener (Contact Information Supplied upon Request to researchers) on Tuesday, May 19, 1998
DATE: Early November 1997
LOCATION: State Highway 24; 6 miles west of Manitou Springs, Colorado
OBSERVED: The creature was seen during mid fall snow storm from the east bound lane of Highway 24. Traffic was backed up due to snow and ice on the highway bringing traffic to a standstill after stepping out of the vehicle we saw a woman pointing up onto the hillside. We observed the creature about two hundred feet above the highway on a ridge-line ofver looking the road. Due to the snow and ice and the fear of everyone around we were not able to follow the creature. To this day I have talked to about 35 people in the front range area who have also had sightings of the creature
ENVIRONMENT: Mountain ridge 2 miles east of the Pikes Peak Toll Way north east of Highway 24 about 200 up on the east ridge line.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): Sitting in heavy traffic, along side Highway 24.
LOCATION: Cripple Creek, Colorado; Teller County off of Hwy 67 North of Cripple Creek
OBSERVED: My uncle was working the graveyard shift for a mine overlooking Cripple Creek. He was out on his nightly rounds checking the ponds to make sure everything was still running the way it was supposed to. Some of the places he had to check are rather secluded. He finished checking one of the buildings where the equipment to keep the ponds up and running. He locked the building up and went around the side of the building to get in the truck, when he saw the creature. My uncle stands 6'5" and he weighed a good 220 at the time. He ran back to the bldg. unlocked the door, and used the emergency phones that they had in the bldg. ( I was 13 at that time, and I had never seen or heard my uncle cry. I am 29 now and I have never seen or heard him cry since that time.) First, he called my grandfather and asked him to come and bring the gun, crying the whole time. We lived 40 miles away from where he was calling from (near Guffey). My mother and grandfather also worked for the mine so they knew right where to go. My grandmother stayed on the phone with my uncle to try and keep him calm. He just kept repeating "It wasn't a bear, Oh my god it was huge is pa coming?" He spoke to my mother and grandfather about it. My grandfather said he was on drugs so he didn't speak about it very much after that. I am very close to my uncle as is my mother we are the only ones he ever spoke to about it again. At the time he was 22 and afraid of nothing. Growing up where we did we knew what a bear looked like as well as all the other wildlife in the area. EXCEPT for the thing he saw that night. When he spoke of it he said it was on two legs and taller than any animal he had ever seen. I tried to get him to send this to you, but he doesn't like to talk about it. He starts shaking every time he does.
ENVIRONMENT: Mountains, pond.
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DATE: This event occurred approximately Dec. of 1982.
LOCATION: Approximately 100 Miles south of Colorado Springs, near Pueblo; off the east shoulder of I-25 in Pueblo County
OBSERVED: On approximately December of 1982, two friends and myself were returning to Colorado from Texas, by car. At just before midnight, on a dark stretch of Interstate 25, heading North towards Denver (just 100 some miles before Colorado Springs,CO.) something strange caught my eye. I was seated in the passenger side of the car. A friend, Trent, was driving. In the backseat, asleep and extremely ill, was another friend. To the right, traveling at 60 MPH, the headlights caught what appeared to be a 3-4 foot, white haired ape-like creature, with a dark face. It was standing upright. My eyes caught it some 100 feet ahead in the lights, and I followed it with my eyes. It was merely standing there at the side of the road. Although I admit a childhood interest in BIGFOOT lore, I almost instantly dismissed it as such a creature. Surely my eyes were playing tricks on me. I said nothing to my friend, who was driving. My first instinct was to ask my friend to turn around and go back to investigate. Instead, I said nothing. Five minutes later, my friend pulled off to the side of the road, as he had to "relieve" himself. We met at the back of the car to "take care of business", where he expressed he was getting tired. I agreed, telling him, I, too, was tired, and was starting to "see things". He then told me, that he was also "seeing things", saying, "Yeah, I just thought I saw a Polar Bear back there." A chill went up my spine, and I asked him if it was "white and furry".
He said yes. I told him that I thought I saw a "small white ape, with a dark face!" Without missing a beat, he told me to get in the car. "Let's get out of here!" We wanted to go back to investigate, but our sick friend in the backseat needed to get home, due to his illness. He was passed out throughout the entire episode, and we didn't want to pester him with our shared "illusion". We're obviously unsure of what we saw. However, we agreed that it was not a coyote, and we both only saw two legs. This account was dismissed by us, until 5 years later, when "Unsolved Mysteries" did a feature on some unusual sightings of a large Bigfoot like creature. Their report: Along the Colorado Frontrange, there had been reports of a WHITE haired APE-LIKE CREATURE, roaming around the homes in the foothills just NORTH of Colorado Springs. (Our sighting was 100 some mile SOUTH).
ENVIRONMENT: The environment of the exact place along I-25 would be difficult to assess, due to the time of day: 11pm to Midnight. We could speculate that this stretch of highway would be some 6 miles east of the front range of the Rocky Mountains: Hilly fields and pastures east of the highway. Elevation, app. 5000ft.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): 3 car passengers: 1 asleep, 1 driving for some 6+ hours, 1 passenger. All tired.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I think it important to mention, for credibility, that I have held a strong fascination in Bigfoot lore since childhood. I am not totally convinced that what I saw was what I know as a Bigfoot. The account is true, however, I believe the circumstances of the event and the accounts in that region are interesting and worth reporting here. I have never told of this event to more than a half-dozen people.
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Submitted by (confidential) on Thursday, July 2, 1998
DATE: Last time was two years ago
LOCATION: Four Corners Area of New Mexico and Colorado
OBSERVED: Large something walks along the San Juan River it goes on to the Navajo Reservation, it has been seen even by our local sheriff. large brownish red hairy thing. stinks to high heaven and makes some god awful noises. We usually know it's outside when the dogs start howling. We live about 1/8 of a mile from the river. it usually shows up every 3 to 5 years. We don't go down to the river everyone knows it's down there.
ENVIRONMENT: Russian Olive forest follows the river. The river comes from Colorado. We live in the high desert plateau region.
ALSO NOTICED: heard something messing around inthe shed...went out there and this thing was in there looking around. it was about 7ft or taller.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): minding their own business watching t.v.
CONFIDENTIALITY: Please don't post my name or anything else. You wanted to know so I told you. We are just plain scared and was hoping someone would look into this
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Older sightings but still very cool.
Posted to the BFRO List :
Submitted by Jeromy M. Havener (Contact Information Supplied upon Request to researchers) on Tuesday, May 19, 1998
DATE: Early November 1997
LOCATION: State Highway 24; 6 miles west of Manitou Springs, Colorado
OBSERVED: The creature was seen during mid fall snow storm from the east bound lane of Highway 24. Traffic was backed up due to snow and ice on the highway bringing traffic to a standstill after stepping out of the vehicle we saw a woman pointing up onto the hillside. We observed the creature about two hundred feet above the highway on a ridge-line ofver looking the road. Due to the snow and ice and the fear of everyone around we were not able to follow the creature. To this day I have talked to about 35 people in the front range area who have also had sightings of the creature
ENVIRONMENT: Mountain ridge 2 miles east of the Pikes Peak Toll Way north east of Highway 24 about 200 up on the east ridge line.
ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES): Sitting in heavy traffic, along side Highway 24.