BFRO #25511: Couple finds large human-shaped footprints while elk hunting near Bear Creek
π Location
Beaver Meadows area, Bear Creek Rd, La Plata County, Colorado, Bayfield, CO
Specific Location: Off Beaver Meadows Rd onto an old logging road off Bear Creek Rd, near US-160
Coordinates: 37.52000, -107.60000
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37.5200Β°, -107.6000Β°
π Description
My wife and I were elk hunting. We went up to our favorite area Beaver Meadows. We had decided to try a different area the next week. We went back up Beaver Meadows road and went off on Bear Creek road. We went down an old logging road. My wife and I had gone about 100 yards when my wife said do you smell that. I smelled the air and said no. I left her on a stump and I went a ways further. I found a place for myself. Looking over a meadow I started to smell this fowl wet musty odor. Then I heard a loud crack, not a gun shot, not an ax, but more like a log hitting another. I walked back to my wife and explained the smell and she said that was what she smelled. We started back toward the truck when my wife tripped. I looked down to see what she tripped on. To my surprise a huge track, not a bear, it was about 16 inches long and 6 inches wide no claw marks. There were two tracks. I am six foot tall and could not even match the stride. My wife was so excited about this she wants to go back this spring to see if we can get picture of the creature.
π Circumstances
My wife and myself. We were hunting and looking fora good place to sit and watch.
π€οΈ Weather Conditions
late morning
βΉοΈ Additional Details
late morning
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Case Information
- Case ID
- cmiy92oc000pa8fyse8g324a3
- Primary Source
- BFRO
- Added to Map
- December 9, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 10, 2025