DATE:        06/03/01
 

TIME:          6 p.m. MDT
 

LOCATION:Douglass County,  Colorado
 

TERRAIN: Mountainous Pine Forest
 

OBSERVED:    This weekend I was camping up in the north end of  Pikes Peak National Forest in Colorado. While the  Adults (Me and my wife) were setting up camp, my son (6), Daughter (13), Her friend (Boy 13), and our dog  Larry went for a walk exploring the woods. They came running back!   My son who's 6 was in front, and the closest said;  "This really big red bear ran across the trail in  front of me, but he was just minding his own business, and must of had something to do", (son,6) also said  that he was running on 2 legs. (son,6) was only about  10 feet away when he ran across the trail in front of  him.  The older kids said that they were having a hard time  with our dog, before the sighting, who wouldn't go any further on the walk, and kept trying to get them to go  back. "He is a Border Collie" They were coaxing the  dog to come further with them, but the dog wouldn't  budge, or leave them. Then the animal ran across the  path.  The boy(13 yr old) said it ran on 2 legs, the whole  time. Said it was hairy and red and 6-8 feet tall. It  didn't look at them but just kept on moving, like it  was in a hurry. I asked him how it walked, and he  showed me an bully styled arm swinging walk, and long  strides. He said it yelled. As it disappeared into the  woods.  I asked him to describe the noise. Mind you, that this  description came from a 13 year old boy. Please do not  be offended by his description, but I think it is  valid, as he made the sound for me, and it seams  really the best description of the sound. He said it  sounded like a Constipated Duck. That's about all I  got from the kids about the encounter. The area we  were camping was an open, camp anywhere area. Nobody  within a mile of us. The kids didn't really know  anything about Bigfoot.
Any additional things that were observed or heard:
When I spoke to the person that made the report he added that his wife had seen two very bright glowing  red eyes in the trees while she was doing dishes, and  that she felt that they were so bright that they must  be from a car or truck's tail lights that were driving  in the woods.
 

ACTIVITIES OF WITNESS(ES):  Setting up Camp
 

DESCRIPTION OF CREATURE:  The boy said it ran on 2  legs, the whole time. Said it was hairy and red and  6-8 feet tall. It didn't look at them but just kept on  moving, like it was in a hurry. I asked him how it  walked, and he showed me an bully styled arm swinging  walk, and long strides. He said it yelled.
 

OTHER NOTES:  We also found something unusual close to the camp site  that's probably unrelated. Apparently, someone tried  to burry their dog out in the woods, and some animal,  or something dug it up. The reason I say someone  buried it is because there seemed to be pieces of a  blue tarp scattered about the dogs body. Here is what  was odd. There was white and black dog hair scattered  about the ground, and the dog was skinned, and gutted.  The innards were all placed together in a pile, like  someone purposely put then there together. It was  almost like some hunter dug up this animal, and  skinned it for its coat. I don't think it has anything  to do with BigFoot, but thought it worth mentioning,  in case it does.
 

OTHER SIGHTINGS IN THIS AREA?:  Through out the 70's and 80's .
 

Follow up: fI met the witnesses in the same place the  following weekend. The 13 year old friend described  the creature's hair as dark red-brown and it appeared  matted and dirty. He also added that it had long  greenish black finger nails. He said it's hair on  it's head was longer than the rest and that it's nose  was smallish. He showed me with a tree it's height as  he remembered it and this was approx. 6'6" to 7" tall.  There were no smell associated with this particular  part of the incident.  However on 6/8 Friday(this is the following weekend)  the 13 yr old daughter and her female friend came  across something hairy laying down amongst a group of  5 small pine trees. The two girls were walking down a  small hill and as they approached the area they  smelled a strong "B.O. and puke smell". They joked  with each other and made gestures of smelling their  own armpits. As they got within 50-60 yards they saw  what appeared to be a portion of a hairy animal  sticking out of a small group of pine saplings, and  the odor was making them sick. They turned around and  ran back to camp. When they got back to camp the told  the mother that they felt ill because they smelled  something real bad but did not mention the hairy thing  among the trees till the following day. I looked for  hair and smelled the pine needles among several small  patches of saplings but found nothing. We did find  large disturbances about 13"-14" long and about 5'  apart but these are indistinct and inconclusive. The  area where the girls smelled the odor was littered  with both dog and deer bones. The family is in my  opinion very credible and now very curious. a