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Bigfoot sighting near Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Oct 1978 · Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado, United States
An elk hunter in the Mt. Zirkel Wilderness, Colorado, found four-toed tracks crossing a creek around noon in October 1978 and followed them until his horse became panicked.
Facts
- Reported as
- Elk hunters find series of tracks in Mt. Zirkel Wilderness
- Date
- Oct 1978
- Place
- Steamboat Springs, CO, Colorado, United States
- Evidence
- track
- Point
- 40.554, -106.708
- Located within
- 5.2 km
- Time
- about 12:00, daylight
- Witness was
- hunting
- Witnesses
- 3
- Duration
- 30 min
- Behaviour
- standing
- Animals
- horses reacted
- In the account
- family lore, felt fear, footprints found, horses spooked, hunting season, near water, returned to spot, ridge or mountain, searched after, snow on ground, thought person first
- Tracks
- 32 cm (12.5 in) long, 4 toes
- Account
- firsthand
- Sources
- 2 independent (5 listings)
Sources
- BFRORead the report
- BFRO (full-text copy)Read the report
- BFRO (KML copy)Read the report
- ManganiRead the report
- BFRO (Renner copy)Read the report
Nearby sightings
- Possible tracks found by snowshoers near Steamboat Springs
- Daytime sighting on the edge of Lost Lake, near the Continental Divide
- Outdoorsman finds tracks in snow in Fall ; possible stalking encounter while mountain biking the following summer
- Hunters have an encounter returning from hunt
- Daylight sighting by woodsman of two bipeds stalking an elk
- Bigfoot sighting near Jackson County, Colorado
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