Bowhunters report unusual encounters in the South San Juan Mountains witnessed in Conejos County, Colorado

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Preface: The following is an excerpt from a true story my brother wrote several years ago for a hunting magazine. I've edited it down to just the relevant portion of the story where he has an encounter with'something. ************************************ '.sliding on my wallet with boot heels braking, I claw to a halt beside a dense stand of willows. Parting the foliage, I see the bull is mine at last. Snapping a few quick photos, I'm hoping to slide the his sizeable mass down to a creek side flat for field dressing, but wedged in the tangle, it's a case of too much elk and not enough me' 'Nightfall has now engulfed the landscape. Stepping aside, by Braille I grope through my pack for a flashlight. Successful, I turn its beam across the downed elk, only to be startled by the sounds of a heavy animal scrambling uphill from beside the carcass. While my adrenal glands haven't exactly been on vacation this evening, all sensory gauges are now pegged. It appears I'm not the only one w...