Incident #1001410
Platoro, Conejos Cty, Colorado
Jul 1997
Account
Randall and wife were driving the Saddle Creek logging road scouting for elk at about 1.30 p.m. when they saw from a rocky overlook a group of hikers about a quarter mile away and 1000 feet below descending the Lake Fork (of the Conejos ) trail between Big Lake and Rock Lake. About a quarter mile ahead of the hikers and in a meadow to one side of the trail was a much larger black biped also going downhill, but at a much faster speed. There was a belt of aspens between it and the hikers. After about 5 minutes it jumped Lake Fork and bore farther away, disappearing in the trees on the southern edge of the valley.
When
- Observation Date
- JUL 13 1997
- Month
- Jul
- Year
- 1997
- Season
- summer
- Time of Day
- early afternoon
- Duration
- 3 to 5 minutes
Where
- State / province
- Colorado
- County
- Conejos Cty
- Nearest Town
- Platoro
- Direction from Town
- South Southeast
- Distance from Town
- 2.5
- Population of Town
- 100
- Elevation/Altitude
- 3
- Latitude
- 37191-
- Longitude
- 106304-
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
- First Seen
- in
- Terrain Object
- meadow
- Near or/at
- trail
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Both sexes
- Report type
- 1st person
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine, valley
- Exact Terrain
- hillside
- Slope
- valley bottom
- Nearby Water
- river
- Distance to Water
- close
- Cover
- some trees
- Tree type
- deciduous
- General
- none
- Species
- aspen
Weather and light
- Clarity
- clear
- Lighting
- direct sunlight
- Visibility Index
- 5
Source
- Source
- Report submitted by Randall - [email protected] -
- Source Type
- internet
- Source Date
- JUL 25 1996
- Source reliability
- 7
- Incident reliablility
- 6
- Jwg file date
- AUGUST 1997
- Incident type
- 1
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- very large
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Movement
- walking
- Later Movement
- went down slope, entered woods
- Speed
- fast
- Movement re observer
- away from observer
- Reaction
- did not see
- Position when first seen
- erect
Witness
- Sex
- Both sexes
- Witness Saw with
- binoculars
- Observer Was
- hunting
- Moving Y/N
- No
- Position
- upright
- Making Noise Y/N
- No
- Closest horizontal distance
- half mile
- Least vertical distance
- 500 or more
- Action on sighting
- studied
- No of witnesses
- 2