Elk Hunters Share Close Bigfoot Encounters in Colorado Wilderness

If you've been following the world of Sasquatch research for any length of time, you know that Colorado keeps popping up on the radar. And after stumbling across a recent video featuring some seriously compelling stories from hunters who've had run-ins in the Centennial State, I had to share what I found. The footage features a discussion between two folks who clearly know their stuff when it comes to tracking and the outdoors. One of the stories that really stood out involves a young guy, probably in his early twenties, standing around 6'3" or 6'4", who was on a family bow hunting trip for elk. Picture this: it's pouring rain, everything is mud, and he's walking down a trail by himself when he glances down and sees a footprint in the muck still filling up with rainwater. The kid put his foot inside the print and said it made him look like a little boy. The strides? Six to seven feet apart, heading the same direction he was going. Every hair on his body stood on end. He turned around and hightailed it back to camp, where, predictably, everyone laughed at him. But here's the kicker, not a single one of them would go back down that trail with him to check it out. That reaction alone tells you something. But that's just the appetizer. The main course is a story about a guy who is no joke in the hunting world. This elk hunting guide has been on the cover of magazines multiple times and has been named top guide in Colorado on more than one occasion. So when a guy like that comes forward with a sighting, you pay attention. He had packed into a remote area for archery elk hunting and was a couple days in when he woke up one morning, headed out to hunt, and spotted something near a beaver dam in a slew. At first he thought it was a bear, so he started glassing it with his binoculars. Then it stood up. And when it turned around, it looked him dead in the eyes from a couple hundred yards away. He said even at that distance, the eye contact was unmistakable. The creature eventually walked out, but here's the eerie part, it had to exit the same way he was planning to go. He watched it leave and never saw it again. What makes this story even more interesting is what happened about five years earlier in the exact same location. He was in there on horseback with four or five other guys, and every single one of them got a weird feeling that day. They knew they weren't sick, but something just felt off. Two of them actually saw something flash across the trail, though they couldn't make out what it was. Fast forward five years, and the guide gets his face-to-face moment. And here's the part that really got me. He still goes back to that same area. He doesn't always carry a weapon. His reasoning? "If they're going to get me, they're going to get me." That's the kind of respect these encounters tend to inspire in people who've actually had them. It's not about fear, it's about acknowledgment. Colorado has long been a hotspot for credible sightings, and stories like these from experienced outdoorsmen who have nothing to gain and everything to lose by sharing them are exactly why researchers keep circling back to the Rocky Mountain region. Hunters spend more time in remote, wild places than almost anyone, and their observations carry weight. If you want to hear these stories straight from the source, definitely check out the video. It's worth the watch, especially if you're interested in how Sasquatch encounters tend to cluster in certain areas and how the same locations seem to produce sightings years apart. There's something happening in those Colorado mountains, and the people who spend the most time there are starting to talk about it more openly.