Sasquatch Sightings

Account

X with uncle Bill and cousin Charles, elk hunting in Rabbit Ears Pass region in Routt National Forest, were returning about 4.30 p.m. to Walton Creek Campground. About 4 miles south of camp they heard something crashing through the woods behind them, and they ran to the edge of a canyon the supposed elk would have to cross. Instead they saw across the canyon, near the rim, a large black creature running up the steep hill on two legs, using brush and limbs to help pull itself up. In 10 seconds it was at the canyon rim, turned for a sideways look at them and disappeared through the trees. They did not follow but looked for its back trail towards their camp, following torn brush and tree limbs for about three miles until it reached US 40, where they abandoned the trail. Next day they examined the sighting area and decided the animal had been wandering in the thicket foraging for service berries, acorns from scrub oak and wild currents. They had passed close to it before it ran. Broken limbs confirmed their estimate of its height at 7.5 to 8 feet. Ground rocky, coveered with fallen leaves etc., and frozen, but in washout areas a few tracks were found, 15.75 inches long. In flight the creature took 7-foot strudesm abd gad hurdled a fallen tree four feet high.