Bigfoot Mile-High, but Light-Years from Acceptance

The article identifies three Colorado hotspots: (1) Leadville, where the Little Creek Monster was reported as early as the 1880s; (2) the southern San Juan Mountains; and (3) Pike National Forest. A few reports even come from the plains east of the Front Range.

Coloradoans have reported seeing the animals walking along a stream below Loveland Pass, drinking from a pond in the Lost Creek Wilderness, running after deer in the Roosevelt National Forest, chasing cars near Gypsum and roaring at hikers, campers and fishermen in various locations. The reports have come from scientists, wildlife biologists and elk hunters.

Surely, this is enough to convince everyone of Bigfoot's reality. Not so! To recognize Bigfoot officially scientists must have a living specimen, a corpse, or at least a good skeleton. They do not.

Even though there are thousands of Bigfoot sightings recorded continent-wide plus hundreds of casts of huge footprints, these are not enough. Just as with UFOs and sea monsters, fraud and misidentification abound in that field of endeavor called "cryptozoology." However, Bigfoot researchers do have one advantage over UFO and Loch Ness aficionados; namely, those hundreds of casts of outsized footprints. Some are so detailed that the skin's ridge patterns are clearly apparent. These ridge patterns (dermatoglyphs) do not seem to match those of human feet or any of the other great apes. (Science Frontiers #129)

This is all very good, and some scientists are impressed by the sheer magnitude of the evidence. As G.W. Gill, a professor at the University of Wyoming, comments: "Either the most sophisticated hoax in the history of anthropology has gone undiscovered for centuries, or the big ape exists." Of course, the same can be said for UFOs and Nessie.

On the other hand, if bigfoot is so ubiquitous, as claimed, why do not the many hunters of lions and bears, who scour the Rocky Mountain wilderness aided by dogs, ever submit credible bigfoot reports? If bigfoot is really out there, these woods-wise hunters should have seen him or her.

We still need that bigfoot specimen, dead or alive. M. Shermer, editor of <>Skeptic, speaks for most of mainstream science: "If you believe in bigfoot, you most likely believe in the Loch Ness monster, the lost continent of Atlantis, whatever."

© Science Frontiers, No. 134, Mar-Apr 2001, pp. 2&3 - BIOLOGY (Stein, Theo; "Not All Scientists Doubt Bigfoot Now," Denver Post, January 14, 2001. Cr. G. McCudden and D. Phelps)

Colorado Researcher Responds to Science Frontiers

In response to Science Frontiers statement regarding Colorado bigfoot and Stein's Denver Post article: "On the other hand, if Bigfoot is so ubiquitous, as claimed, why do not the many hunters of lions and bears, who scour the Rocky Mountain wilderness aided by dogs, ever submit credible Bigfoot reports? If Bigfoot is really out there, these woods-wise hunters should have seen him or her."

Since many physical anthropologists, forensic criminalogists, and professional wildlife trackers have come to the conclusion that the tracks can not be ignorred, Science Frontiers is forced to find a reason to reject bigfoot based on a lack of sightings by hunters. This is ridiculous, as many many of the sightings in Colorado are by exactly that "woods-wise" group. In fact, the more woods-wise, the higher the likelyhood of seeing a bigfoot in Colorado. Several very experienced hunting guides have reported seeing bigfoot in Colorado in broad daylight and from very close range. Hunting guides represent only a very small percentage of the general outdoor using population in Colorado, yet several of them have seen bigfoot. The next outdoor using group with the highest percentage of sightings in the west are the bowhunters. The "woods-wise" are exactly the group that is seeing bigfoot, in a highly disproportionate number of cases. Science Frontiers only and final reason for rejecting bigfoot in the west does not hold water at all. Not even close to logical.

Colorado Bigfoot Researcher Keith Foster

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